The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation ChantMartha Warren Beckwith 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. |
Contents
THE DEDICATION | 7 |
22 | 22 |
THE GENEALOGIES | 97 |
BRAIN | 110 |
PAPA AND WAKEA | 117 |
THE POLYNESIAN CHANT | 128 |
HAWAIIAN ACCOUNTS OF CREATION | 153 |
OTHER POLYNESIAN ACCOUNTS OF CREATION | 160 |
CEREMONIAL BIRTH CHANTS IN POLYNESIA | 175 |
THE KALAKAUA TEXT | 187 |
117 | 190 |
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Common terms and phrases
a'oe komo kanaka Akua ke komo Ali'i ancestor Atea Beckwith broad stream Born called chiefess child Collection Memoirs darkness daughter earth first-born fish flew Born Fornander genealogy gods Haloa Hanau Hanau ka Haumea Hawaii Hawaiian Mythology heavens heiau high chief Hina holo honua island ka po Kahiki Kalakaua text Kamehameha kana Kanaloa Kane and Kanaloa kane ia Wai'ololi Kauai Keawe Keawe's Kepelino Ki'i Kia'i ia Kona kumu Kumulipo chant Kupihea la'au La'ila'i land Refrain lani laua lele lewa lipo living on land Lono Lono-i-ka-makahiki Makahiki Makali'i makua male Malo Mangareva Maui Maui's myth narrow stream noho i uka nuku Oahu offspring Olohe parent passage plant Pohaha Pokini Polynesian Race prayer chant Pukui rank recitation ruling chief sacred sea Guarded sea there swimming story swimming Born swings symbol Ta'aroa taboo taboo chief Tahiti taro Text writes Tikopia translation uhe'e wahine ia Wai'olola Wakea wawa wife woman word