HPST 478 - Hawaiian Mythology II

Institution:

University of Hawaii-West Oahu

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Description:

This class is taught as a companion class to Hawaiian Mythology I (HPST 479). The class further introduces students to the range of traditional Hawaiian oral literature. These include stories and prayers involving major and local gods, family 'aumakua (focusing on sharks), the Pele and Hi'iaka story, Kamapua'a (the 1860s Fornander Collectionversion), the Maui stories, accounts of voyaging to Kahiki, and the late period dynastic accounts of the rulers of the Kingdom of O'ahu. The cultural setting of these stories is discussed in the context of where they took place, and of Hawaiian culture and its changes. How these stories were recorded in the 1800s and changes in them, since then, are analyzed. The background of key collectors of oral stories is also reviewed. (Cross-list ENG 478) (DH)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

westoahu.hawaii.edu

Phone Number:

(808) 689-2800

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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