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The Kumulipo

A Hawaiian Creation Chant

by Martha Warren Beckwith

A translation and study of the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian genealogical chant of creation. Beckwith provides the Hawaiian text, an English version and commentary on its structure and on its place in chiefly genealogy.

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