Akua Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Gods and Their Stories

Akua Hawaiʻi: Hawaiian Gods and Their StoriesHawaiian gods possess wondrous abilities, with humble mortals invoking their names to call upon their superhuman powers for help and guidance. Many of the gods have multiple forms and are able to dwell in any of the different regions that combine to form the Hawaiian archipelago. Their moolelo are branded upon the sacred places where they accomplished their glorious feats. They are the phenomenal spectacles of the natural environmentfresh water,

ISBN: 9781581780888

Date of Publication: August 5

Wonderfully illustrated and written

Abbott’s area of expertise

one to provide the characteristics to determine the identification

with an overwhelming majority of the species being either endemic (found only in Hawaiʻi) or indigenous (naturally occurring in Hawaiʻi but also found elsewhere)

Contributions to the Flora of Hawai'i

These are the trees that first faced the need to adapt to a harsh new environment and the subsequent arrival of man

and general horticultural skills

Pages: 202

and cultural specialists were numerous

taking pains to trace the genealogies of the chiefs