Hawaiian Legends of Dreams
Having no written language, Hawaiians passed their history and life lessons down in the form of legends, which were committed to memory and told and retold. And within these stories are a multitude of dreams - as in a famous legend of goddess Pele, who travels in a dream to meet and entrance the high chief Lohi'au. Dreams continue to play an important role in modern Hawaiian culture and are considered by some to have as powerful an influence today as in ancient times. In this companion volume...
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Loebel-Fried is a storyteller and second-generation carver whose illustrations have appeared in books and magazines. In this text for readers young and old, she retells nine dream stories from Hawaii's past. The text is illustrated with b&w and color reproductions of woodblock prints created by the author. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The hidden spring of punahou3Kane, Kanaloa, and the whale13Kalai-pahoa, the poisonwood god21The romance of Lauka'ie'ie41The dream of Pele55Halemano and the woman of his dreams69Village of the eel91Smoke105Kanaka-o-kai, the man of the sea117
\ From Barnes & NobleMoe'uhane, the Hawaiian word for "dream," literally means "soul sleep." According to traditional Hawaiian beliefs, sleepers communicate with their ancestral guardians when they dream. In Hawaiian Legends of Dreams, author/artist Caren Loebel-Fried retells nine stories from Hawaii's deep past that reveal the power of dreams.\ \
