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Hawaiian Antiquities (1898) is an ethnography by David Malo. Originally published in 1838, Hawaiian Antiquities, or Moolelo Hawaii, was updated through the end of Malo's life and later translated into English by Nathaniel Bright Emerson, a leading scholar of Hawaiian mythology. As the culmination of Malo's research on Hawaiian history, overseen by missionary Sheldon Dibble, Hawaiian Antiquities was the first in-depth written history of the islands and its people. "The ancients left no records of the lands of their birth, of what people drove them out, who were their guides and leaders, of the canoes that transported them, what lands they visited in their wanderings, and what gods they worshipped. Certain oral traditions do, however, give us the names of the idols of our ancestors." As inheritor of this ancient oral tradition, David Malo, a recent Christian convert who studied reading and writing with missionaries, provides an essential introduction to the genealogies, history, traditions, and stories of his people. Engaging with the legends passed down from ancient generations as well as the flora and fauna of the islands in his own day, Malo links the Hawaii of the past to the world in which he lived, a time of political and religious change introduced by missionaries from the newly formed United States. This edition of David Malo's Hawaiian Antiquities is a classic work of Hawaiian literature reimagined for modern readers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Biographical Sketch of David Malo
- Preface by the Author
- Introduction by W.D. Alexander
- I. General Remarks on Hawaiian History
- II. Formation of the Land
- III. The Origin of the Primitive Inhabitants of Hawaii nei
- IV. Of the Generations Descended from Wakea
- V. Names Given to Directions or the Points of the Compass
- VI. Terms Used to Designate Space Above and Below
- VII. Natural and Artificial Divisions of the Land
- VIII. Concerning the Rocks
- IX. Plants and Trees
- X. Divisions of the Ocean
- XI. Eating Under the Kapu System
- XII. The Divisions of the Year
- XIII. The Domestic and Wild Animals
- XIV. Articles of Food and Drink in Hawaii
- XV. The Fishes
- XVI. The Tapas, Malos, Paus and Mats of the Hawaiians
- XVII. The Stone Ax and the New Ax
- XVIII. The Aliis and the Common People
- XIX. Life in the Out-Districts and at the Kingās Residence
- XX. Concerning Kauwa
- XXI. Wrong Conduct and Right Conduct
- XXII. The Valuables and Possessions of the Ancient Hawaiians
- XXIII. The Worship of Idols
- XXIV. Religious Observances Relating to Children
- XXV. Concerning the Circumcision of Children
- XXVI. Religious Worship for Healing of the Sick
- XXVII. Concerning Dead Bodies
- XXVIII. Concerning the Ceremony of Kuni
- XXIX. Concerning the Ceremonies on the Death of a King
- XXX. The Medical Treatment of the Sick
- XXXI. Necromancy
- XXXII. Concerning Obsession (Akua Noho)
- XXXIII. The HouseāIts Furniture and Its Consecration
- XXXIV. The Hawaiian Canoe
- XXXV. Religious Ceremonies Performed by the Aliis for Secure Off-Spring
- XXXVI. Concerning the Makahiki
- XXXVII. Concerning the Luakini
- XXXVIII. The Civil Polity
- XXXIX. Agriculture
- XL. Concerning Fishing
- XLI. Sports and Games, Ume
- XLII. Sports and Games (Kilu)
- XLIII. Puhenehene, or Pa-Puhene
- XLIV. KukiniāRunning Foot-Races
- XLV. The Game of Maika
- XLVI. The Game of Pahee
- XLVII. Canoe-Racing
- XLVIII. Heāe-nalu, Surf-Riding
- XLIX. Holua-Sledding
- L. Noa
- LI. Pukaula, Juggling
- LII. Pa-Pua, or Kea-Pua
- LIII. Hoo-Haka-Moa, Cock-Fighting
- LIV. The Hula
- LV. Mokomoko or Boxing
- LVI. HakokoāWrestling
- LVII. Sundry Minor Sports
- LVIII. The Flood
- LIX. Traditions Regarding the Ancient Kings
- LX. Haloa, the Son of Wakea
- LXI. Waia, the Son of Haloa
- LXII. Kapawa
- LXIII. Kalapana
- LXIV. Kalaunuiohua
- LXV. Kauholanuimahu
- LXVI. Liloa
- LXVII. Umi
- A Note About the Author
- A Note from the Publisher