Hawaiian creation chants

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Hawaiian creation chants are traditional Polynesian oral narratives that poetically recount the origins of the cosmos, gods, and Hawaiian people, forming a foundational part of Native Hawaiian religion and cultural identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hawaiian cultural practice ⓘ
Polynesian chant ⓘ
mythological text ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
religious narrative ⓘ
associatedConcept genealogical worldview ⓘ
mana ⓘ
sacred knowledge ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Kanaloa ⓘ
Kane ⓘ
Ku ⓘ
Lono ⓘ
culturalContext Hawaiian culture ⓘ
Native Hawaiian religion ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian mythology
describes genealogies of chiefs ⓘ
origin of Hawaiian people ⓘ
origin of gods ⓘ
origin of the cosmos ⓘ
relationships among deities ⓘ
structure of the universe ⓘ
function cosmogony ⓘ
cultural identity formation ⓘ
genealogy recitation ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ
hasNotableExample Kumulipo ⓘ
Kumulipo creation chant ⓘ
linked to: Kumulipo tradition
influenced Hawaiian literature ⓘ
Hawaiian performing arts ⓘ
language Hawaiian language ⓘ
medium oral performance ⓘ
partOf Polynesian mythologies ⓘ
performedBy haku mele ⓘ
kahuna ⓘ
trained chanters ⓘ
preservationEffort 19th-century transcription ⓘ
20th-century ethnographic recording ⓘ
region Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
roleInSociety legitimization of chiefly authority ⓘ
transmission of cosmological knowledge ⓘ
style chant-based ⓘ
poetic ⓘ
timeDepth pre-contact period ⓘ
traditionOf Native Hawaiians ⓘ
transmission memorization ⓘ
oral transmission ⓘ
usedIn chiefly investitures ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
temple rites ⓘ

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Haumea → appearsIn → Hawaiian creation chants ⓘ
subject linked to: Hawaiian goddess Haumea
Hāloa → partOfTradition → Hawaiian creation chant Kumulipo ⓘ
linked to: Hawaiian creation chants