Kumu-Honua Knowpia

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.

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^ 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.

[1] Frederick B. Wichman (2003). N_ Pua Aliì O Kauaì: Ruling Chiefs of Kauaì.

[2] There are other persons in Hawaiian mythology that can be considered to be the first man; see also Kahiko and Welaahilaninui.

[3] Abraham Fornander; Thomas Thrum (1920). Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore. Bishop Museum Press. p. 335.

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