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This ancient saga begins with the goddess Pele’s migration to Kīlauea and her spirit’s search for a lover. The story then details the quest of Pele’s younger sister, Hi‘iakaikapoliopele, to find the handsome Lohi‘auipo, and bring him back to their crater home. It is a very human account of love and lust, jealousy and justice, peopled with deities, demons, chiefs and commoners.This version by Ho‘oulumāhie-hie ran from 1905 to 1906 as a daily series in the Hawaiian-language newspaper Ka Na’i Aupuni. It is the most extensive form of the story ever documented, offering a wealth of detail and insights about social and religious practices, poetry and hula, healing arts, and many other Hawaiian customs.
Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Awaiaulu, Inc.; Reprint edition (May 31, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0988262916
ISBN-13: 978-0988262911
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 1.1 x 9.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,982,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #58 in Books > Literature & Fiction > History & Criticism > Regional & Cultural > Australian & Oceanian
This is one of the most wonderful books I have ever read or have had the pleasure to own. Translated from the early 20th century Hawaiian, into elegant turn of the century English, and published simultaneously in the original Hawaiian, beautifully set, bound and illustrated, it tells the epic and picaresque tale of Hi'iaka (in the bosom of Pele), the youngest sister of the volcano goddess Pele and her quest to fetch Pele's lover Lohi'au from the island of Kauai, and the many heroic, magical, comic and erotic adventures she has along the way. It features plenty monsters, gods, marvels, magic and resurrections and elegant "high style" language with plenty of "Dear readers". The translators are to be applauded for including these in the translation. The paintings which illustrate the tale, by a young Hawaiian artist, are by themselves, worth the cost of the book. Hi'iaka is one of the great epic characters (heroines) in world literature, combining the cleverness and resourcefulness of Odysseus and the beauty and goodness of Nausicaa. This book belongs on the shelf, in a place of honor, with the works of Homer, Vergil, Dante, Firdausi, Rustaveli, Vyasa, Malory and Sturluson. Aside from it may be hard to find this side of Hilo, but if you need an excuse for a trip to Hilo...
Well written and very detailed. One can read the stories and imagine being there.Excellent edition to any mythology or Hawaiian collector!!!
All i expected and thensome! A very easy read. truly makes it easy to undestand the Pele and Hi'iaka saga!
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