Hawaiian Legends of Dreams

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8248-2961-2
Verlag: University of Hawaii Press

Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 263 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

Reihe: Latitude 20 Book

Moe'uhane, the Hawaiian word for dream, means ""soul sleep."" Hawaiians of old believed they communicated with 'aumakua, their ancestral guardians, while sleeping, and this important relationship was sustained through dreaming. During ""soul sleep,"" people received messages of guidance from the Gods; romantic relationships blossomed; prophecies were made; cures were revealed. Dreams provided inspiration, conveying songs and dances that were remembered and performed upon waking. Specialists interpreted dreams, which were referred to and analyzed whenever important decisions were to be made. Having no written language, Hawaiians passed their history and life lessons down in the form of legends, which were committed to memory and told and retold. And within these stories are a multitude of dreams - as in a famous legend of the goddess Pele, who travels in a dream to meet and entrance the high chief Lohi'au. Dreams continue to play an important role in modern Hawaiian culture and are considered by some to have as powerful an influence today as in ancient times. In this companion volume to her award-winning ""Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits"", artist Caren Loebel-Fried retells and illuminates nine dream stories from Hawai'i's past that are sure to please readers young and old, kama'aina and malihini, alike.

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Über Autor(innen)

Caren Loebel-Fried is a storyteller and second-generation carver who learned the ancient art of block printing from her mother. Her award-winning illustrations have appeared in many books and magazines and her stories are regularly published in Parabola. She spends her time with her husband and son in Volcano, Hawai'i, and in New Jersey.