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INTRODUCTION

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PART I. SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

I.	THE PROSE NOTE	7
II.	RANK IN HAWAII	11
III.	THE FIRST-BORN SON AND THE TABOO	15
IV.	LONO OF THE MAKAHIKI	18
V.	CAPTAIN COOK AS LONO	22
VI.	TWO DYNASTIES	25

PART II. THE CHANT

VII.	THE MASTER OF SONG	35
VIII.	PROLOGUE TO THE NIGHT WORLD	42
IX.	THE REFRAIN OF GENERATION	50
X.	BIRTH OF SEA AND LAND LIFE	55
XI.	THE WORLD OF INFANCY	61
XII.	WINGED LIFE	68
XIII.	THE CRAWLERS	75
XIV.	THE NIGHT-DIGGER	80
XV.	THE NIBBLERS	85
XVI.	THE DOG CHILD	89
XVII.	THE DAWN OF DAY	94
XVIII.	THE WOMAN WHO SAT SIDEWAYS	99
XIX.	THE FLOOD	107
XX.	THE WOMAN WHO BORE CHILDREN THROUGH THE BRAIN	110
XXI.	PAPA AND WAKEA	117

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XXII.	MAUI THE USURPER	128
XXIII.	THE DEDICATION	137
XXIV.	THE GENEALOGIES	140

PART III. THE POLYNESIAN CHANT OF CREATION

XXV.	HAWAIIAN ACCOUNTS OF CREATION	153
XXVI.	OTHER POLYNESIAN ACCOUNTS OF CREATION	160
XXVII.	CEREMONIAL BIRTH CHANTS IN POLYNESIA	175
	CONCLUSION	181

APPENDIXES

I.	THE KALAKAUA TEXT	187
II.	TEXTUAL NOTES	241
III.	REFERENCES
	a) Kumulipo Bibliography	253
	b) List of References	254

	TRANSLATION	TEXT
1	58	187
2	63	190
3	71	194
4	77	197
5	82	199
6	87	201
7	92	202
8	97	202
9	105	204
10	105	204
11	108	205, 226
13, Part I	113	231
13, Part II	124	232
14	125	233
15, Part I	115	236
15, Part II	135	237
16	138	239

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