This is a re-telling of stories relating to the many Hawaiian legends associated with Hina. Adapted by Dietrich Varez in 1993, it was recorded to DAT at Moose and Squirrel Studios with native speaker Ka`upena Wong in Honolulu in 1997. Finally, sound editing was completed and the 30 minute legend burned to a high quality audio CD-ROM in fall of 2002 by Coconut Info. Digitally remastered in 2007!

Hina, a strong female force of creative and productive power in the physical world and a common ancestor, is one of the great goddesses with mythologies throughout Polynesia. In Hawaiian mythology and chants there is reference to Hinapukui`a (Hina gathering seafood - the goddess of fishermen), Hina`opuhalako`a who gave birth to all reef life, Hina who held dominion over the art of Kapa making, and the Hina of the moon and stars, just to name a few.

There are many Hina in Hawaiian myth and legend and the distinctions between them are not always clear. An attempt to rigidly distinguish between all the individual Hina would surely be challenged. Yet the indistinctions add a wonderful poetic ambiguity that this story on CD embraces; characteristic of Hawaiian language and tradition. This collection of Hina stories is intended to stimulate new interest as well as preserve the very powerful and pervasive mythology of the Hina goddess in all her forms.

The voice of native speaker Ka`upena fluidly speaking the many references to Hawaiian names and legendary Hawaiian characters makes this a must have, simply because it may be the first and only audio recording of the legends of Hina... now preserved for today's and future generations to come. In English.

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Other Hawaiian Legends on audio CDs from Coconut Info:

La`ieikawai | Maui | Pele



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