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Beckwith. Hawaiian Creation Chant

Today's free book is The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant translated with commentary by Martha Warren Beckwith. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Sacred Texts Archive. The links below are to that online edition.


IntroductionThe Prose Note
Rank in Hawaii
The First-born Son and the Taboo
Lono of the Makahiki
Captain Cook as Lono
Two Dynasties
The Master of Song
Prologue to the Night World
The Refrain of Generation
Birth of Sea and Land Life
The World of Infancy
Winged Life
The Crawlers
The Night-Digger
The Nibblers
The Dog Child
The Dawn of Day
The Woman Who Sat Sideways
The Flood
The Woman Who Bore Children through the Brain
Papa and Wakea
Maui the Usurper
The Dedication
The Genealogies
Hawaiian Accounts of Creation
Other Polynesian Accounts of Creation
Ceremonial Birth Chants in Polynesia
Conclusion
The Kalakaua Text
Textual Notes
References
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