Motif
prior race or original inhabitants displaced by later people
prior_race_or_original_inhabitants_displaced_by_later_people
A motif of the Divine Race and Arrival of the Gods family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
hawaiian
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Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends PART II / PART III / STORIES OF THE MENEHUNES / HAWAII THE ORIGINAL HOME OF THE BROWNIES; lines 2705-2765 confidence: medium
Hawaiian informants and kaao legend-bearers differ: some regard Menehunes as original inhabitants, some as a forgotten race, and some as mythical gnomes or dwarfs whose exploits are told like fairy stories.
Some Hawaiian informants are said to believe the Menehunes were original inhabitants who gradually gave way to the heavier-bodied ancestors of the present race.
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