Where any particular myth is more fragmentary in its Hawaiian mode, Westervelt provides the full version from its best locale. The emphasis in this book is on the Hawaiian version of the legends, however constant comparison is made with variants across Polynesia and New Zealand. This book is republished now with a new introductory biography of the author.moreĪ comprehensive overview of the legends of Maui, collected in the nineteenth century. This wonderful text has been selected because of its timeless cultural value and will appeal to anyone interested in exotic mythology. There are three centres of this story: new Zealand in the south, Hawaii in the north, and the Tahitian group in the east and what makes this ancient legend so interesting is that it forms one of the strongest links in the mythological chain of evidence which binds the scattered inhabitants of the pacific into one nation, existing intact or in part in Anietyum, Bowditch, Efate, Fiji, Fotuna, Gilbert, Hawaii, Hervey, Huahine, Mangaia, Manihiki, Marquesas, Marshal, to name but a few. There are three centres of this story: new Zealand in the south, Hawaii in the north, and the Tahitian group in the east and what makes this ancient legend so i This book contains an account of the legends of Maui, a demi-god whose story probably contains a larger number of unique and ancient myths than that of any other legendary character in the mythology of any nation. This book contains an account of the legends of Maui, a demi-god whose story probably contains a larger number of unique and ancient myths than that of any other legendary character in the mythology of any nation.
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