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  • Hawaiian Legends: Introduction

  • The Legends and Myths of Hawaiʻi: The Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People
  • By: King David Kalākaua
  • Narrated by: Kekoa Lake
  • Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)

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Hawaiian Legends: Introduction

By: King David Kalākaua
Narrated by: Kekoa Lake
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Publisher's summary

Spanning several centuries of history in the Pacific, The Legends and Myths of Hawaiʻi: Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People is a collection of Hawaiian stories that were preserved through the ages by oral tradition and documented for posterity by King David Kalākaua in 1887.

This massive tome recalls the tales of chiefs and kings, explorers and pirates, prophets, sorceresses, and renegades. This is the first in a series of 22 parts.

Public Domain (P)2022 Kekoa Lake
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  • Categories: History
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Great

Perfect pronunciation, which is rare in these productions. Very well done. Thank you for retelling our history.

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Great book!!

Written by our last king, it was a great account of Hawaii from the very beginning to the government at the time. He speaks of a Hawaii we lost.

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Great, despite the performer.

Well written and extremely interesting, especially in light of what happened to him later. However, although the performer pronounces everything correctly (not an easy task), he speaks in such a droning monotone as to make the stories and information boring and difficult to listen to for very long.

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