Hawaiian mythology

Question 4- The perfect destination for the romantic niche market is the Hawaiian Islands. Here, the clients can be sure to have an experience of beaches, beautiful sunsets, tropical gardens, relaxing accommodations and dining experiences to remember. With this, the client can even listen to the waves of the ocean as they sit by it watching the sunsets on the warm nights. Then, during the days there can be water sports, sightseeing and sunny beaches to enjoy. Oahu offers things to do for the…

lights, a dashing beachwalk, towering buildings, and cluster of shops, eateries, and different attractions, was once a marsh and swamp lands with conventional fishponds. It was also the home of the local Hawaiian queens and kings of the time. The area of Waikiki, which means "gushing new waters" in Hawaiian, today reaches out starting from the Ala Wai Canal to the famous crater,…

own land, but instead it was harder for Hawaiians to own land. The land was auctioned off and was sometimes rigged, The Mahele was originally made to give the Hawaiians the land they were demanding. This made things unfair because the hawaiians got a little portion of land compared to the foreigners. The People who spent their lives on farms growing crops have to sit and watch their crops get pulled from the ground.. The Mahele was unjustified because Hawaiians were not able to get land, their…

A lot of forced labor under brutal plantation overseers, or lunas. Usually managements and the skilled jobs were usually held by whites. While the lunas and camp policemen were mostly Hawaiians and Portuguese. The worst jobs were given to all the Asians. They get paid twice a month and work 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. shifts. Everyday they had the same schedule. Wake up at 5:00, eat, start work at 6:00am, end work at 4:30pm, then go sleep at 8:00…

market. The demand is high because the image of living in paradise really catches the eye of rich people around the world. The common conception is that Hawaii would be a perfect place to live because when people experience the touristic variation of Hawaiian paradise they would believe it would be like that all the…

One traditional proverb that captures the Hawaiian religious perspective towards the environment is, “He aliʻi ka ʻaina, he kaua ke kanaka.” The phrase literally translates as, the land is a chief, and the people are its servants,” which defines the relationship that Native Hawaiians have with their ecological environment. Prior to western contact, native Hawaiians structured their society around the ideology that the land they inhabited was their superior and that it was their responsibility to…

Hawaiian Legends There are many different tales to the great island chain of Hawai`i. From scary stories that keep you away from doing what’s wrong, to the creation of Hawai`i. Hawaii is the home to some of the most unique stories passed down from olelo because in the past they didn’t need to write. Hawaiians believed in polytheism, or many gods who controlled certain things. This caused the ancient stories to arise, and begin to be passed on to keep the story alive. The greatest legends…

When someone says “mythology”, people usually think about the myths that come from places such as Greece, Scandinavia, or Rome. But there are also thousands of myths that come from right here in America. That said, there is not just one bundle of myths for the entire continent; in fact, nearly every Native American tribe has its own separate mythology, complete with gods, stories, and explanations for natural phenomena. These myths are not completely devoid of commonalities, though. Many factors…

The internalization of myths is a universal truth for all cultures, especially American culture in modernity. Both Coates and Brant combat the myth of The Dream and also myths of internalized hierarchies of race and status. In Between the World and Me, Coates’s idea of the dream is a lie of innocence that feeds the ignorance that most Americans have towards the injustices constantly occurring around them. He described his wife as being woken from the dream due to her “knowledge of cosmic…

Where The Wild Lamassu Are I chose this particular limestone masterpiece made in Iraq in 750 BCE, for the Assyrian palace, because I felt a personal connection with the Lamassu. Growing up, my family had many statues such as the large and beautiful four seasons around the yard that tower over a human, mythical creatures hidden in the gardens and trolls from Norway hidden around the house spontaneously scaring guests. Also, as a child my favorite book was Where the Wild Things Are, The Lamassu…