The Kumulipo : : A Hawaiian Creation Chant / / ed. by Martha Warren Beckwith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• HerausgeberIn: Beckwith, Martha Warren,
• TeilnehmendeR: Beckwith, Martha Warren.
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©1972
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

The Kumulipo is the sacred creation chant of a family of Hawaiian alii, or ruling chiefs. Composed and transmitted entirely in the oral tradition, its 2000 lines provide an extended genealogy proving the family's divine origin and tracing the family history from the beginning of the world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I Social and Historical Background -- CHAPTER ONE The Prose Note -- CHAPTER TWO Rank in Hawaii -- CHAPTER THREE The First-born Son and the Taboo -- CHAPTER FOUR Lono of the Makahiki -- CHAPTER FIVE Captain Cook as Lono -- CHAPTER SIX Two Dynasties -- PART II The Chant -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Master of Song -- CHAPTER EIGHT Prologue to the Night World -- CHAPTER NINE The Refrain of Generation -- CHAPTER TEN Birth of Sea and Land Life -- CHAPTER ELEVEN The World of Infancy -- CHAPTER TWELVE Winged Life -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Crawlers -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Night-Digger -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Nibblers -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Dog Child -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Dawn of Day -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Woman Who Sat Sideways -- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Flood -- CHAPTER TWENTY The Woman Who Bore Children through the Brain -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Papa and Wakea -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Maui the Usurper -- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Dedication -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Genealogies -- PART III The Polynesian Chant of Creation -- CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Hawaiian Accounts of Creation -- CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Other Polynesian Accounts of Creation -- CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Ceremonial Birth Chants in Polynesia -- Conclusion -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX I The Kalakaua Text -- APPENDIX II Textual Notes -- APPENDIX III References