Hawaiian Folk Tales Hawaii's mystical past lives in the Battle of the Owls, in the transformation of the the pig-man Kamapuaa, the strifes of the demigod Maui, the diminutive Menehune and the legendary healers of old. First published in 1907, this collection by Thomas G. Thrum brought together a series of legends printed in The Hawaiian Annual by noted folklorist... more »s Emerson, Forbes, Gibson, Hyde, Nakuina and Poepoe.« less