po

    , night, or chaos. By this act light entered into space. They then created the heavens, three in number, as a place to dwell in; and the earth to be their footstool,

     he keehina honua a Kane

    . Next they created the sun,

    moon, stars, and a host of angels, or spirits—

     i kini akua

    —to minister to them. Last of all they created man as the model, or in the likeness of Kane. The body of the first man was made of red earth—

     lepo ula

    , or

     alaea

    —and the spittle of the gods—

     wai nao

    . His head was made of a whitish clay—

     palolo

    —which was brought from the four ends of the world by Lono. When the earth-image of Kane was ready, the three gods breathed into its nose, and called on it to rise, and it became a living being. Afterwards the first woman was created from one of the ribs—

     lalo puhaka

    —of the man while asleep, and these two were the progenitors of all mankind. They are called in the chants and in various legends by a large number of different names; but the most common for the man was Kumuhonua, and for the woman Keolakuhonua [or

     Lalahonua

    ].

    “Of the creation of animals these chants are silent; but from the pure tradition it may be inferred that the earth at the time of its creation or emergence from the watery chaos was stocked with vegetable and 

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