Kingship and sacrifice : ritual and society in ancient Hawaii / Valerio Valeri ; translated by Paula Wissing
- Bib ID:
- 1395820
- Format:
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- Author:
- Valeri, Valerio
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1985
- xxviii, 446 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0226845591
- 0226845605
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Sources
- Part 1. Sacrifice and the Gods
- 1. Summary of Hawaiian Theology
- Cosmogony
- The Pantheon
- The Notion of Akua : Preliminary Conclusions
- 2. The Elements of Sacrifice
- Preliminary Definition
- Classification of Sacrifices according to Their End or the Occasion on Which They Are Made
- The Symbolism of the Offering
- The Role of Prayer
- The Offering as Food
- Remarks concerning the Vocabulary of Sacrifice
- Theories of Sacrifice
- A Model of Hawaiian Sacrifice
- Firstfruits Sacrifice
- Conclusion
- 3. Gods and Humans
- Pure and Impure
- Kapu and Noa
- Mana
- Conclusion
- Part 2. Sacrifice and Hierarchy
- 4. The Hierarchy of Sacrifices
- The Hierarchy of the Gods and the Hierarchy of Men
- Sacrifice and the Hierarchy of the Sexes
- Sacrifice and Rank
- Conclusions
- 5. Sacrifice and Kingship
- The "Sacrificer": Kahuna and Ali'i
- The Priesthood
- Kingship
- 6. The Hierarchy of Temples
- Introduction
- The Concept of " Heiau "
- Functional Types, Architectural Types
- The Temple System
- Part 3: The Sacrifice of the Hawaiian King
- Introduction
- Remarks on Method
- The Calendar
- 7. The Makahiki Festival
- The Makahiki Festival
- Transitional Rites
- 8. The Luakini Temple Ritual
- Preliminaries
- The Luakini Temple and Its Furnishings
- Huikala Rites
- Ritse for Appropriating the Haki 'ohi'a
- The 'Aha Helehonua Rite
- The Kauila Nui Rite
- Rites for Incorporating the God into the Temple
- Rites for the Final Transformation of the God
- The Rite of Kahoali'i and the Hono Rite
- The Final Hale o Papa Rites
- The Ritual Syntagma according to I'i and S. M. Kamakau
- The Treatment of Human Victims
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
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- Translated from the French.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 409-436.
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