Hawaiian FolkloreWhen I think of Hawaii, the first thing that comes to mind are hula skirts, luaus and tikis, but there is much more to Hawaiian folklore than that. As I studied Hawaiian folklore, I developed a more passionate interest in Hawaiian culture. Hawaii has always been my go-to vacation spot, but now I feel like visiting Hawaii for all the culture would be amazing. As a child, I watched many programs that portrayed Hawaiians as superstitious and story-telling people. While researching this assignment, I read many folk tales, legends and superstitions; by taking this course, I also realized that all cultures have a great deal of folklore. My Hispanic culture probably has as much folklore as any other culture. Researching Hawaiian folklore has given me so much information, and like you said, it's too much to include in this article. The three main types of folklore that I liked the most, which I will talk about below, are legends, music and folk medicine. The first type of Hawaiian folklore I would like to talk about are legends. Sandy Schlosser, a well-known folklorist, provides her version of many legends. One of the Hawaiian legends told by Schlosser that I found very interesting was the story of the “Shark King”. Schlosser's retelling of “The King of Sharks” went something like this; One day the shark king saw a beautiful human girl on the shore and fell in love with her. He then transformed into human form to get closer to the village girl. He disguised himself as a chief using the traditional feather cloak. The people of the village were excited to see a chief visiting their village. They had a party and the shark king decided to ask the human girl to marry him....... middle of paper......r education about healing and medicine. Once a person was ill and ready to see a practitioner, he or she would go to one of the specified healing points. Hawaiians believed that the mind and body were synchronized, which meant that both parts of a human needed to be cared for to be fully healed. Once a sick person arrived at the healing places, they would undergo a great deal of prayers to cleanse the body and mind of anything negative before starting any kind of medicinal practice. These types of treatments still take place today in centers such as the Hawaiian Health Care Center (Native Hawaiian Healing). I personally believe strongly in education and the Hawaiians did too. This quality of Hawaiian folk medicine is something respectable, because they care a lot about education. In some ancient cultures there is no respect for education.