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Contents

Contents

INTRODUCTION

1

PART I. SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

THE PROSE NOTE	7
RANK IN HAWAII	11
THE FIRST-BORN SON AND THE TABOO	15
LONO OF THE MAKAHIKI	18
CAPTAIN COOK AS LONO	22
TWO DYNASTIES	25

PART II. THE CHANT

THE MASTER OF SONG	35
PROLOGUE TO THE NIGHT WORLD	42
THE REFRAIN OF GENERATION	50
BIRTH OF SEA AND LAND LIFE	55
THE WORLD OF INFANCY	61
WINGED LIFE	68
THE CRAWLERS	75
THE NIGHT-DIGGER	80
THE NIBBLERS	85
THE DOG CHILD	89
THE DAWN OF DAY	94
THE WOMAN WHO SAT SIDEWAYS	99
THE FLOOD	107
THE WOMAN WHO BORE CHILDREN THROUGH THE BRAIN	110
PAPA AND WAKEA	117

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MAUI THE USURPER

128

THE DEDICATION

137

THE GENEALOGIES

140

PART III. THE POLYNESIAN CHANT OF CREATION

HAWAIIAN ACCOUNTS OF CREATION	153
OTHER POLYNESIAN ACCOUNTS OF CREATION	160
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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