Question: 1. what is a cosmogonic genealogy?
Answer: In 1889, King Kalākaua printed a sixty-page pamphlet of the Kumulipo. ... The Kumulipo is a cosmogonic genealogy, which means that it relates to the stars and the moon. Out of the 2102 lines, it has 16 "wā" which means era or age. In each wā, something is born whether it is a human, plant, or creature.