'Olelo No'eau : Hawaiian proverbs & poetical sayings

Date:

1983.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Call Number:

PN 6519 H4 O56 1983 LOCAL

Oversized:

*

Publisher:

Bishop Museum Press

ISBN:

0910240922

Abstract:

"This extraordinary collection of Hawaiian sayings--collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui--offers a unique opportunity to savor the wisdom, poetic beauty, and earthy humor of these finely crafted expressions. The sayings may be appreciated individually and collectively for their aesthetic, historic, and educational values. They reveal even deeper layers of meaning, giving understanding not only of Hawaii and its people but all of humanity. Since the sayings carry the immediacy of the spoken word, considered to be the highest form of cultural expression in old Hawaii, they bring us closer to the everyday thoughts and lives of the Hawaiians who created them. Taken together, the sayings offer a basis for an understanding of the essence and origins of traditional Hawaiian values." -- Amazon.com viewed August 3, 2020.

Physical Description:

xix, [1], 351 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.

Use Terms:

Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0. Uk

Series:

Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication, 0067-6179 ; no. 71 and Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication ; 71.

Notes:

Special Collections' copy is from the Marcia Brown Collection. LOCAL

Subjects:

Proverbs, Hawaiian, Aphorisms and Proverbs as Topic, Poetry as Topic, közmondás hawaii, Proverbs, Hawaiian, Sprichwort gnd, Phraseologie gnd, Littérature polynésienne Hawaii. ram, Hawaii littérature. ram, and Anthologie. swd

Geographic Terms:

Hawaii, Hawaii-szigetek, and Hawaii gnd