Kumu-Honua
In Hawaiian Religion, Kumu-Honua ("first on Earth") is the first man.[1][2]
He was created from muddy water in the fashion of steam ascending upwards[3] and married to Lalo-Honua; the couple was given a garden by Kāne and were forbidden from eating a particular fruit.
This story may be in whole or in part Christianized.
Sources
[edit]- ^ Frederick B. Wichman (2003). N_ Pua Aliì O Kauaì: Ruling Chiefs of Kauaì.
- ^ There are other persons in Hawaiian mythology that can be considered to be the first man; see also Kahiko and Welaahilaninui.
- ^ Abraham Fornander; Thomas Thrum (1920). Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore. Bishop Museum Press. p. 335.