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<p><I>Hawaiian Antiquities</I> (1898) is an ethnography by David Malo. Originally published in 1838, <I>Hawaiian Antiquities</I>, or <I>Moolelo Hawaii</I>, 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, <I>Hawaiian Antiquities</I> 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 th

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Author

Davida Malo, Mint Editions

Publisher

West Margin Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781513223872

Category

history

Subjects

Science, History, Biology

Rating

4.8 / 5 (54 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14