Beliefs are expressed through beautiful chants, music, graceful hula, and art. Stories relayed from one generation to the next invoke the spirits and the historical events that have shaped the islands. Natural phenomena are understood as the work of gods and goddesses, and many locations and ...
Beliefs are expressed through beautiful chants, music, graceful hula, and art. Stories relayed from one generation to the next invoke the spirits and the historical events that have shaped the islands. Natural phenomena are understood as the work of gods and goddesses, and many locations and ...
One of the most enchanting things about Hawaii is its rich history and culture. The islands are the origin for story-telling at its finest – about the creation of the islands, Hawaiian chiefs like Kamehameha the Great, Hawaiian gods and goddesses, Captain Cook’s last voyage and more. For...
through beautiful chants, music, graceful hula, and art. Stories relayed from one generation to the next invoke the spirits and the historical events that have shaped the islands. Natural phenomena are understood as the work of gods and goddesses, and many locations and animals are regarded as ...
127. To old Hawaiians, remote, desolate high-mountain areas, thought to be inhabited only by gods and spirits (akua) were designated as wao akua, the realm of gods, literally the ‘jungle of gods’ [10], ref. [21], p. 236 [28]. Gods and goddesses inhabiting remote expanses near ...