Pacific Island Legends

Pacific Island Legends
Author: Bo Flood
Publisher: Bess Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781573060783

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
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781573061414

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
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2011-06-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446549518

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
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781573061247

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
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2001
Genre: Chamorro (Micronesian people)
ISBN: 9781573061018

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:
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 9780716626411

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
Total Pages: 578
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0486285820

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
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781839642241

• 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]
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1981
Genre: Legends
ISBN: 9789820201712

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
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520350960

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.