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A review by erraticeldandil
The Kumulipo: An Hawaiian Creation Myth by Keaulumoku, Lili'uokalani
I'm going to leave this unrated as it is a religious and cultural text I don't understand nearly enough about to make any commentary on. The following is just a description of the experience of reading it as a person with no prior background in the topic.
On the whole this was an interesting read, certainly like not much else I've ever read before. It most closely resembled the "genealogy" portion of the Old Testament of the Bible which those who grew up in Christian traditions may be familiar with. The specific edition I read did not contain any footnotes or explanatory sections which made it a bit difficult to parse. In the future I intend to do a bit more research on the side as I am reading this or find a copy that has a bit more context.
On the whole this was an interesting read, certainly like not much else I've ever read before. It most closely resembled the "genealogy" portion of the Old Testament of the Bible which those who grew up in Christian traditions may be familiar with. The specific edition I read did not contain any footnotes or explanatory sections which made it a bit difficult to parse. In the future I intend to do a bit more research on the side as I am reading this or find a copy that has a bit more context.