HWST 107: Hawaiʻi: Center of the Pacific

This article surveys elements of Polynesian mythology, and how it threads through several cultures in the Pacific, and brought about as common perception of understanding among the various indigenous cultures of the region.

See chapters "Spirit World" and "Kumulipo"

Briefly describes aspects of Cook Islands native religion.

Te Rangi Hīroa was a former Director of Bishop Museum. In this work, he describes the origins and development of the peoples of Polynesia.

Shows scenes of one of the few remaining shark callers of the Kontu island community, located north of Papua New Guinea, juxtaposed with the activities of other segments of the Kontu population. Caught up in cultural changes, the disappearance of shark callers in the ritual slaying of sharks has a deep significance for this community, since these people believe that sharks contain the spirits of their ancestors.