The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant

ISBN-13: 9780824807719 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 276 str.

Martha Warren Beckwith; Martha Warren Beckwith

Opis

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.