Pacific Island Legends

Pacific Island Legends

Author: Bo Flood

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9781573060783

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Collects forty-three historical or traditional stories from the Pacific Islands, including creation myths and stories of gods, heroes, and ordinary people. --amazon.com.


Marshall Islands Legends and Stories

Marshall Islands Legends and Stories

Author: Daniel A. Kelin

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9781573061414

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Preserving the qualities of oral storytelling - in fifty stories recorded from eighteen storytellers on eight islands and atolls - the tales in this collection relay the importance of traditional Marshallese values and customs. The collection includes profiles of the storytellers, a glossary, and a pronunciation guide.


South Pacific Tales - Legends and Myths from Tonga, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Easter Island (Folklore History Series)

South Pacific Tales - Legends and Myths from Tonga, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Easter Island (Folklore History Series)

Author: Various

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2011-06-14

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1446549518

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The island nations of the South Pacific have an incredible oral history, their folklore and myths past down through the generations. This book is a fantastic collection of stories from such a vast area as the south pacific but share a common heritage. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.


Micronesian Legends

Micronesian Legends

Author: Bo Flood

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781573061247

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Retells sixty-eight traditional legends of the islands, including creation myths and tales of duhendes, dancing trickster elves of the jungle.


Marianas Island Legends

Marianas Island Legends

Author:

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781573061018

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Offering rare insight to Chamorro and Carolinian cultures, this book contains legends, poems, folklore, history, traditions, rhymes and riddles, and scary stories collected from the elders and the youth of the Marianas Islands.


Myths and Legends of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands

Myths and Legends of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands

Author: World Book

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780716626411

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Who created the world? Where did volcanoes come from? Explore the rich mythologies and legends of the many cultures of the peoples of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. Famous Myths and Legends is a beautifully photographed and illustrated 12-volume series designed to narrate the ancient mythologies and inherited stories from the many diverse cultures throughout the world.


Myths and Legends of the Polynesians

Myths and Legends of the Polynesians

Author: Johannes Carl Andersen

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 0486285820

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Authoritative recounting of myths and legends — gods and creation, nature and supernatural, love and war, revenge, more — plus a lively commentary on Polynesian life and culture. 77 illustrations.


Polynesian Island Myths

Polynesian Island Myths

Author: J.K. Jackson

Publisher: Flame Tree 451

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781839642241

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• Marketing focus on combination of gift production and high content values, delivering a curated read to genre enthusiasts. • Spotlight on submission process for the new stories, promoted online through blogs and social media • Monthly newsletter to increase mailing list of genre special interest readers. • Major interest pushed through Instagram, with Youtube reviewers and influences. The Polynesian triangle covers Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand and the many isles in between. The legends of the region are based on the creation of land, fish, sea, valleys and the volcanic outcrops scattered across the long stretches of the Pacific. The beautiful myths of the ancient Polynesians are brought together in this new collection: from Hawaii the Rainbow Maiden of Manoa undulates through the valleys and rainbow mists; the creator Maui releases his fish hooks into the sea to raise the islands to the surface; and tales of Pele the Fire Goddess, who hurls fountains of molten rock into the air creating vast flows of lava. From the Maori of New Zealand come the strange fruit of darkness, the tales of Tiki and the Great Mother from whom the gods descend, then humankind. And from Polynesia, more legends of Maui creating the ancestors, and Hina the moon goddess. Such myth-making joy creates a rare unity in diversity as the ancient Polynesians strove to explain the beauty and darkness of their lush ocean worlds, now offered in this new selection of myths and legends. FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.


Cook Islands Legends

Cook Islands Legends

Author:

Publisher: [email protected]

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9789820201712

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Myths, stories and legends which once guided the lives of young Cook Islanders reveal a panorama of history, place names and genealogical identity. The mystique of the tales fascinated many young people who gathered around their elders to hear them illuminate the past.


Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest

Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest

Author: Ella E. Clark

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0520350960

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This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure, still in print after fifty years.