A Polynesian creation chant traces all life from coral and sea creatures upward

Evidence

The Kumulipo is the great sacred creation chant of Hawai’i — a vast genealogy in poetry that traces all life from the darkness, through the coral and the sea creatures, up to the chiefs and humankind. It is one of the world’s most remarkable poems. … At the time when the earth became hot,at the time when the heavens turned about,at the time when the sun was darkenedto cause the moon to shine —the time of the rise of the Pleiades,the slime, this was the source of the earth. … Born was the coral polyp,born was the coral, came forth.Born was the grub that digs and builds,born was the sea-urchin, the sea-cucumber,born was the tiny starfish in the sea. — , A Year of World Stories, 12384

Categorization

• XREF: The coral-polyp origin parallels modern evolutionary orderings; connects to reader’s interest in pre-Darwinian ‘evolutionary’ intuitions in myth. — connects to: Humans internally carry oceanic sound because we evolved from aquatic ancestors — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 607

Broader Connections

• Humans internally carry oceanic sound because we evolved from aquatic ancestors #corroborates (0.50) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 607