| | 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 |
| | 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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