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Author Valeri, Valerio.

Title Kingship and sacrifice : ritual and society in ancient Hawaii / Valerio Valeri ; translated by Paula Wissing
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1985

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Description xxviii, 446 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 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
Analysis Hawaii Rituals: Sacrifice - Anthropological perspectives
Notes Includes index
Translated from the French
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 409-436
Includes index
Notes Translated from the French
Subject Rites and ceremonies -- Hawaii.
Sacrifice -- Hawaii.
Sacrifice.
SUBJECT Hawaii -- Kings and rulers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059356 -- Religious aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006568
Hawaii http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80061028 -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663
Hawaii -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009126216
LC no. 84023991
ISBN 0226845591
0226845605 (paperback)