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LEGENDS FROM THE PACIFIC: BOOK 1 - ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER FOLKLORE AND CULTURAL HISTORY
First edition. October 25, 2022.
Copyright © 2022 Legends from the Pacific LLC.
ISBN: 978-1732059726Table of Contents
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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 SPIRIT
SAMOA’S GODDESS OF WAR—NAFANUA
MALAYSIA’S OILY MAN—ORANG MINYAK
BANGKOK’S GHOST WIFE—MAE NAK
CHILE’S AQUATIC TIGER MONSTER—EL CUERO
GHOST MONTH
JAPAN’S OBON FESTIVAL
THE HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL
CHINA’S GRIM REAPERS
THE MELANESIAN FEMALE GHOSTBUSTER—RIINA
PRINCESS LEUTOGI - SOMOA’S GODDESS OF BATS AND FERTILITY
THE PACIFIC MOON GODDESS—HINA
ADI-MAILAGU—FIJI’S DARK SKY GODDESS
JAPAN’S FACELESS GHOST—THE NOPPERA-BŌ
HAWAIʻI’S FAMOUS HAUNTED HOUSE
HAWAIʻI’S MISSING DIVER
HAWAIʻI’S GREEN LADY OF WAHIAWA
HAWAIʻI’S GOD OF FERTILITY—LONO
THE SUN-EATING DEMON
JAPAN’S SNOW WOMAN—YUKI-ONNA
THE ARCTIC QALUPALIK
THE AURORA AUSTRALIS & BOREALIS
THE HAWAIIAN SNOW GODDESS—POLIʻAHU
THE WENDIGO
THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS
ʻŌHIʻA & LEHUA
SAMOA’S JEALOUS DEMON—TEINE SA
THE SLAVIC SORCERER—KOSCHEI
PELE’S SISTER THE SEA GODDESS—NAMAKA
EXTRA STORIES
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