The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant
Book Details
Author(s)
Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
ISBN / ASIN
0824807715
ISBN-13
9780824807719
Availability
In Stock.
Sales Rank
#1,409,318
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
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.
