Hawaiian Legends Index

The original Hawaiian Legends Index was primarily the work of Mrs. Lillian Ching, who was a librarian in the Hawai‘i & Pacific Section of the Hawai‘i State Library.  She began this project in 1950.   Other librarians added to the index as new anthologies of legends were published.  In 1989, a new edition of the index was made available, edited by Dr. Masae Gotanda, then the Director of the Hawai‘i State Library. 

This edition is a revision of the 1989 edition, adding over 1,000 new entries from twenty-six Hawaiian legend anthologies.  Although every attempt was made to keep the index accurate, the user is advised that there have been many reprints and versions of some of the legend anthologies, and therefore page numbers may be different.  Also, despite the fact that this is called the Hawaiian Legends Index, there are some other Polynesian legends included.

The Hawai‘i State Public Library System is grateful for the many hours of work done by various librarians who had a part in the project over the years, and for the many student helpers who assisted with data entry. 

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 Hawaiian Index A-J
 Hawaiian Index K
 Hawaiian Index L-N
 Hawaiian Index O-Z
 Hawaiian Index Authors