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Contents

 

INTRODUCTION

1

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

CHANTS

 

TRANSLATION

TEXT

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2

63

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3

71

194

4

77

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5

82

199

6

87

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7

92

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8

97

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9

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10

105

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11

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13, Part I

113

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13, Part II

124

232

14

125

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15, Part I

115

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15, Part II

135

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16

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