{"product_id":"hawaiian-legends-of-dreams","title":"Hawaiian Legends of Dreams","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoe‘uhane,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Hawaiian word for dream, means “soul sleep.” Hawaiians of old believed they communicated with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘auma-kua,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etheir ancestral guardians, while sleeping, and this important relationship was sustained through dreaming. During “soul sleep,” people received messages of guidance from the gods; romantic relationships blossomed; prophecies were made; cures were revealed. Dreams provided inspiration, conveying songs and dances that were remembered and performed upon waking. Specialists interpreted dreams, which were referred to and analyzed whenever important decisions were to be made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving no written language, Hawaiians passed their history and life lessons down in the form of legends, which were committed to memory and told and retold. And within these stories are a multitude of dreams–as in a famous legend of the goddess Pele, who travels in a dream to meet and entrance the high chief Lohi‘au. Dreams continue to play an important role in modern Hawaiian culture and are considered by some to have as powerful an influence today as in ancient times. In this companion volume to her award-winning\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eartist Caren Loebel-Fried retells and illuminates nine dream stories from Hawai‘i's past that are sure to please readers young and old,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ekama‘aina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003emalihini,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCaren Loebel-Fried\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover, 132 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Hawaii Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40262769049766,"sku":"9780824829612","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0465\/5765\/9302\/products\/hawaiian-legends_4538faf5-9dc1-419d-a4ff-fca7045b682b.jpg?v=1613010952","url":"https:\/\/na-mea-hawai-i.myshopify.com\/products\/hawaiian-legends-of-dreams","provider":"Hawaiian Council dba Nā Mea Hawaiʻi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}