About the Book

A collection of Hawaiian, Samoans, Maori and other Polynesian legends about the demi-god Maui and his mother Hina.

Author

William Drake Westervelt (December 26, 1849 - March 9, 1939) is known as one of Hawaii's foremost authorities on island folklore in the English language.

Significance

His anthologies of Polynesian myths, legends and folk tales are considered among the best of the English versions of a Hawaiian view of the sacred and profane.