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INTRODUCTION | “I felt Asian and Pacific cultural stories were getting the bad 80s movie treatment, and no one knew or cared.”
ELDERS VS SCHOLARS
PELE - HAWAIʻI’S GODDESS OF FIRE
DR. GLEN GRANT - HAWAIʻI’S GHOST MAN
THE MONSTER AND DEMON OF CHINESE NEW YEAR
BUNYIP - THE ABORIGINAL WATER DEVIL
LIMA’S LA CASA MATUSITA
PASADENA’S COLORADO STREET BRIDGE
RANGDA - BALI’S QUEEN OF DEMONS
BABA YAGA - RUSSIA’S BOGEYMAN
EL CALEUCHE - CHILOTE’S PHANTOM SHIP
OKIKU - THE JAPANESE SERVANT GIRL
KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT
HAWAIʻI’S NIGHTMARCHERS
KA‘AHUMANU - HAWAIʻI’S AMBITIOUS QUEEN
DUKE KAHANAMOKU
THE ASWANG – THE PHILIPPINES SHAPESHIFTING VAMPIRE
THE MĀORI PATUPAIAREHE
WASHINGTON STATE’S WALKER-AMES HOUSE
VANUATU’S MYSTERY ISLAND
AMAROK - THE GREAT WOLF
