Hawaiian Legends: Introduction

The Legends and Myths of Hawaiʻi: The Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People

By: King David Kalākaua

Narrated by: Kekoa Lake

Spanning several centuries of history in the Pacific, The Legends and Myths of Hawaiʻi: Fables and Folk-Lore of a Strange People is a collection of Hawaiian stories that were preserved through the ages by oral tradition and documented for posterity by King David Kalākaua in 1887.

This massive tome recalls the tales of chiefs and kings, explorers and pirates, prophets, sorceresses, and renegades. This is the first in a series of 22 parts.

Public Domain (P)2022 Kekoa Lake

Gripping stories told by the mesmerizing voice of the narrator.

Phenomenal stories brought to life by a narrator gifted with perfect pronunciation and a deep, powerful, luminous tone.

Great

Perfect pronunciation, which is rare in these productions. Very well done. Thank you for retelling our history.

Great book!!

Written by our last king, it was a great account of Hawaii from the very beginning to the government at the time. He speaks of a Hawaii we lost.

Great, despite the performer.

Well written and extremely interesting, especially in light of what happened to him later. However, although the performer pronounces everything correctly (not an easy task), he speaks in such a droning monotone as to make the stories and information boring and difficult to listen to for very long.