Hawaiian Lore: Legends, Myths, And Fairy Tales

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Hawaiian Lore
Folklore is a collection of stories passed down from generation to generation that include Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales.
Legends are based on historical facts that have characters or events that have been embellished, they are told and retold, and they are told to sound possible. Myths are based on religion, supernatural beings or creators/gods or demigods, and explaining natural phenomena. Fairy Tales are fantastic elements, may have magic, conflict between good and evil, and imaginary creatures. Folklore in Hawaii in modern times is a mixture of various aspects of Hawaiian mythology and various urban legends that have been passed on regarding various places in the Hawaiian islands. Hawaiian folklore’s most …show more content…

Storytellers tended to have a special place in their societies, whether they were held in high regard or shunned for their lifestyle choice. Regardless, these people could inform the audience about cultural traditions, values, behaviors, etc such as the griots found in some Hawaiian cultures. They could also take advantage of the opportunity to attempt to persuade people to act a certain way or adopt a particular world view. Finally, quite often storytellers were looked upon to entertain at social gatherings to tell humorous stories, such as jesters.” ( http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-significance-storytelling-oral-tradition-396206 )
The Hawaiian oral tradition of folklore helped shape the culture by establishing the identity, the role that oral traditions like stories, comb our hair, and so forth, folklore also helps us to shape our identity.
The importance of the oral tradition in the growth of a community is the culture of native Hawaiians is manifested in many facts of a daily life. One of the most important for any culture is language. The Commission was very fortunate to have an expert on the Hawaiian language. Another discussion about the Hawaiian culture is the different context in historic …show more content…

A archetypal fits into folklore many different ways, it depends on what the folklore is talking about. But you can add an archetypal to folklore.
The strongest legend connection to the archetypal hero’s journey is Pele. Legend says if you do not respect her then your family will not be safe, but if you show your respects to her then she will keep everyone in your family safe. In hero’s journey there is a point in time where archetypal becomes the hero and Pele is the hero because if you show them both respect then they will become the people who protect.
The significance is that pele and archetypal both help people, and their purpose for helping people is to make sure nobody is struggling and nothing bad is happening to them. They are heroes because of what they do for people.
The journey helps the reader connect to the story by learning the good things to do for people and that it will make you a more rememorable person if you help people out and be there

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