Children of the Rainbow

by Leinani Melville

In the mid-1900's, the author Leinani Melville was a merchant sailor who was taught traditional Hawaiian religion, mythology, and sacred symbols by Native Hawaiians, which included an elderly Hawaiian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835600025
• ISBN13: 9780835600026
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent And Unique Hawaiian Book

In the mid-1900's, the author Leinani Melville was a merchant sailor who was taught traditional Hawaiian religion, mythology, and sacred symbols by Native Hawaiians, which included an elderly Hawaiian woman in Waikiki. Just before this elderly Hawaiian woman died, she told Melville to write a book. This book took over 2 decades to write and it is about the Hawaiian Gods, select mythology (including the Kumulipo or creation chant), and many illustrated sacred symbols with explanations. In addition, it does have a few astrological references in the context of the presented mythology or history. Children Of the Rainbow is a unique, priceless, and readable authentic Native Hawaiian resource.

Surprise Source

Children of the Rainbow : The Religions, Legends, and Gods of Pre-Christian Hawaii. A most important book for astronomers who date the explosion of X-1 in the beak of the constellation Cygnus as 65 million years ago. First, mankind has not been around that long and, Second, Even though the explosion of X-1 has been recorded all over the world, only the Hawaiians seem to have seen it up close. Apparently, all others were either killed outright by the subsequent flooding of the land or their descendants treated the stories as grandpop's standard story of "the big one that got away." This may be a book about religion, but it is more a book about the heavens and how it reflects years of sky observations, some actual sightings but other views that attempt to explain to their people about the beauty around their islands