The Kumulipo
280 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Paperback
Release Date:01 Jul 2000
ISBN:9780824807719
The Kumulipo
A Hawaiian Creation Chant
Edited by Martha Warren Beckwith; Translated by Martha Warren Beckwith
University of Hawaii Press
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.
