Unwritten Literature of Hawaii - The Sacred Songs of the Hula (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Sacred Hula Chants, Hawaiian Mythology, and Polynesian Oral TraditionBy Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Length13h 29m
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Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula is a landmark work of ethnographic literary preservation, presenting Hawaiian mele—chants, songs, prayers, and poetic narratives—associated with the hula. Emerson translates and annotates these compositions with attention to mythic allusion, ritual function, figurative language, and performance context. Written in the idiom of early twentieth-century anthropology yet animated by deep philological curiosity, the book situates oral poetry as literature: communal, sacred, historical, and aesthetically intricate. Nathaniel Bright Emerson, born in Hawaiʻi to missionary parents and trained as a physician, brought to the project an unusual combination of linguistic competence, local familiarity, and antiquarian zeal. His long residence in the islands, knowledge of Hawaiian language and custom, and concern that traditional knowledge was disappearing under colonial and missionary pressures shaped the book's preservational purpose. Though marked by the assumptions of his era, Emerson's work remains an important record of cultural materials he sought to rescue from oblivion. This volume is recommended to readers interested in Hawaiian literature, oral tradition, performance studies, mythology, and the history of ethnography. It rewards careful reading, not merely as a sourcebook of chants, but as evidence of a sophisticated poetic civilization whose sacred art joined movement, memory, place, genealogy, and divine presence.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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GenrePsychology
Length13 hrs 29 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 13, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Unwritten Literature of Hawaii - The Sacred Songs of the Hula (Annotated)
24XXII. GESTURE
2INTRODUCTION
25XXIII. THE HULA PA-HUA
3I. THE HULA
26XXIV. THE HULA PELE
4II. THE HALAU; THE KUAHU--THEIR DECORATION AND CONSECRATION
27XXV. THE HULA PA'I-UMAUMA
5III. THE GODS OF THE HULA.
28XXVI. THE HULA KU'I MOLOKAI
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6IV. SUPPORT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE HULA
29XXVII. THE HULA KIELÉI
7V. CEREMONIES OF GRADUATION; DÉBUT OF A HULA DANCER
30XXVIII. THE HULA MÚ'U-MÚ'U
8VI. THE PASSWORD--THE SONG OF ADMISSION
31XXIX. THE HULA KOLANI
9VII. WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE HALAU
32XXX. THE HULA KOLEA
10VIII. COSTUME OF THE HULA DANCER
33XXXI. THE HULA MANÓ
11IX. THE HULA ALA'A-PAPA
34XXXII. THE HULA ILÍO
12X. THE HULA PA-ÍPU, OR KUÓLO
35XXXIII. THE HULA PUA'A
13XI. THE HULA KI'I
36XXXIV. THE HULA OHELO
14XII. THE HULA PAHU
37XXXV. THE HULA KILU
15XIII. THE HULA ÚLI-ULÍ
38XXXVI. THE HULA HOO-NA-NÁ
16XIV. THE HULA PUÍLI
39XXXVII. THE HULA ULILI
17XV. THE HULA KA-LAAU
40XXXVIII. THE HULA O-NIU
18XVI. THE HULA ÍLI-ÍLI
41XXXIX. THE HULA KU'I
19XVII. THE HULA KÁ-ÉKE-ÉKE
42XL. THE OLI
20XVIII. AN INTERMISSION
43XLI. THE WATER OF KANE
21XIX. THE HULA MAU-KANI
44XLII. GENERAL REVIEW
22XX. THE HULA OHE
45Memorable Quotes
23XXI. THE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE HAWAIIANS
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