The Epic Tale of Hi`iakaikapoliopele: Woman of the Sunrise Lightning-skirted Beauty of Halema'uma'u - Hardcover

Hooulumahiehie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1883528356 ISBN 13: 9781883528355

Publisher: Awaiaulu Pr, 2008

Synopsis

This ancient saga, translated to English for the first time, details the quest of Pele's younger sister, Hi'iakaikapoliopele, to find the handsome Lohi'auipo and bring him back to their crater home. Graced with a magical skirt and wielding supernatural powers, Hi'iaka and her companions make their way through dangers and ordeals, facing spectral foes and worldly wiles. It is a very human account of love and lust, jealousy and justice, peopled with deities, demons, chiefs and commoners. This captivating five-hundred-page translation of Ho' oulumahiehie's original, articulated with 375 chants and lavish illustrations, showcases his profound cultural knowledge and engaging style for English audiences. It highlights Hi iaka's role as a healer, source of inspiration, and icon of the hula traditions that embody the chants and dances of Pele and Hi'iaka. This is the most extensive form of the story every documented, offering a wealth of detail and insights about social and religious practices, poetry and hula, the healing arts, and many other Hawaiian customs. This magnificent work is also available in a volume presented exclusively in the Hawaiian language.

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About the Author

Little personal information is available on the historical Hawaiian writer, Ho'oulumahiehie, but he was a prolific teller of traditional and foreign stories whose works were frequently published in the late 19th and early 20th century newspapers. This tale was originally published as a six-day-per-week serial column in the Hawaiian-language daily Ka Na`i Aupuni in 1905 and 1906 r. Puakea Nogelmeier has taught awaiian language, literature and translation at the University of Hawai i, Manoa, for 25 years, and is Director/cofounderof Awaiaulu: Hawaiian Literature Project, which was established to train a new generation of translators and generate bilingual resources. These two volumes of Ho oulumahiehie's saga, in Hawaiian and English, are the products of those efforts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Awaiaulu Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883528356
• ISBN 13: 9781883528355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 490