The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant by Keaulumoku, Martha Warren Beckwith

The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant

Keaulumoku, Martha Warren Beckwith

277 pages first pub 1951 (editions)

nonfiction poetry religion adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 fami...

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