Based on Pukui's and Green's work, edited by Martha Beckwith, published in "Hawaiian stories and wise sayings" (1923), "Folk-tales from Hawaii" (1928), and "The

Ku and Hina—man and woman—were the great ancestral gods of heaven and earth for the ancient Hawaiians. They were life's fruitfulness and all the generations

Maui and Hina -- Pele and her family -- Ghosts and ghost-gods -- Myths and legends of old Oahu -- A longer tale: The bride from the underworld.

When the storytellers of ancient Hawaii gathered by the light of candlenut torches, they told tales that explained the world around them. These tales described