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| HPST 479 - Hawaiian Mythology I - University of Hawaii West Oahu |
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This class is taught as a companion class to Hawaiian Mythology II (HPST 478). The class introduces students to the range of traditional Hawaiian oral literature. These include tales and prayers involving the gods, the creation of the islands and man, stories of menehune, Pele (her arrival, and the local stories of Hawai`i Island), Kamapua`a (the 1891 version), Ku`ula and `Ai`ai, and the late period dynastic oral accounts of rulers of the Kingdom of Hawai`i. The cultural setting of these stories is discussed in the context of where they took place, and of Hawaiian culture and its changes. How these stories were recorded in the 1800s and changes in them, since then, are analyzed. The background of key collectors of oral stories is also reviewed. (Cross-list ENG 479) (DH)
3.000 Credit hours 45.000 Lecture hours Schedule Types: Hybrid-Technology Intensive, Lecture Humanities Division Humanities Department Gen. Ed./Focus: DH - Diversification: Humanities |
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