Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Sacred Hula Chants, Hawaiian Oral Tradition, and Polynesian FolkloreBy Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Length12h 25m
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Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula is a landmark ethnographic and literary record of mele hula—chants, prayers, invocations, and ritual songs preserved through performance rather than manuscript. Emerson presents Hawaiian texts with translations, commentary, illustrations, and explanations of gesture, mythology, instruments, and ceremonial practice. Its prose combines antiquarian scholarship, philology, and late nineteenth-century ethnography, situating hula within a broader Polynesian oral tradition while also reflecting the assumptions of its colonial scholarly moment. Nathaniel Bright Emerson, born in Hawaiʻi to American missionary parents and trained as a physician, was unusually placed between Euro-American education and long familiarity with Hawaiian language and society. His medical, military, and scholarly careers gave him access to aliʻi histories, native informants, and oral specialists, while his linguistic interests led him to preserve materials that rapid cultural change and missionary disapproval had endangered. This volume is recommended to readers of Hawaiian literature, performance studies, folklore, anthropology, and Pacific history. Though it should be read critically, especially for its period biases, it remains indispensable as a substantial archive of sacred poetic traditions and a testimony to the intellectual richness of hula.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (64)
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GenrePsychology
Length12 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2INTRODUCTION
3I.--THE HULA
4II.--THE HALAU; THE KUAHU--THEIR DECORATION AND CONSECRATION
5III.--THE GODS OF THE HULA.
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6IV.--SUPPORT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE HULA
7V--CEREMONIES OF GRADUATION; DÉBUT OF A HULA DANCER
8VI.--THE PASSWORD--THE SONG OF ADMISSION
9VII.--WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF THE HALAU
10VIII.--COSTUME OF THE HULA DANCER
11IX.--THE HULA ALA'A-PAPA
12X.--THE HULA PA-ÍPU, OR KUÓLO
13XI.--THE HULA KI'I
14XII.--THE HULA PAHU
15XIII.--THE HULA ÚLI-ULÍ
16XIV.--THE HULA PUÍLI
17XV.--THE HULA KA-LAAU
18XVI.--THE HULA ÍLI-ÍLI
19XVII.--THE HULA KÁ-ÉKE-ÉKE
20XVIII.--AN INTERMISSION
21XIX.--THE HULA MAU-KANI
22XX.--THE HULA OHE
23XXI.--THE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE HAWAIIANS
24XXII.--GESTURE
25XXIII.--THE HULA PA-HUA
26XXIV--THE HULA PELE
27XXV.--THE HULA PA'I-UMAUMA
28XXVI.--THE HULA KU'I MOLOKAI
29XXVII.--THE HULA KIELÉI
30XXVIII.--THE HULA MÚ'U-MÚ'U
31XXIX.--THE HULA KOLANI
32XXX.--THE HULA KOLEA
33XXXI.--THE HULA MANÓ
34XXXII.--THE HULA ILÍO
35XXXIII.--THE HULA PUA'A
36XXXIV.--THE HULA OHELO
37XXXV.--THE HULA KILU
38XXXVI.--THE HULA HOO-NA-NÁ
39XXXVII.--THE HULA ULILI
40XXXVIII.--THE HULA O-NIU
41XXXIX.--THE HULA KU'I
42XL.--THE OLI
43XLI.--THE WATER OF KANE
44XLII.--GENERAL REVIEW
45Memorable Quotes
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