The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant
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The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant
Book Details
- Author
- Martha Warren Beckwith
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Criticism & Theory
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780824807719
- ISBN-10
- 0824807715
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ISBN: 0824807715
Author: Beckwith, Martha Warren
Condition: New
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.
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