2. During the po-nui-au-wa-ea or po-nui-aea, the world and man were created by Kane, Ku, and Lono. Light was first made, and when it appeared the world (honua) was seen floating about in the darkness; then all other things were created, and lastly man.
3. During the po-kanaka man was created. Kumuhonua was the first man. He was made from the settlings of muddy water (Koana wai lepo), in the manner of steam rising from the water (puholoholoia). He was also called Honua-ula or the red earth. Afterwards Kane created the woman who was called Lalo-honua. She was made from the side of Kumuhonua. Lalo is an ancient name in Hawaiian for the ribs (iwiaoao).
4. The po-hana is divided in two parts: the po-hana and the po-auhulihia.
The po-hana reaches from the creation of Kumuhonua to the time of Nuu. At first Kane lived with Kumuhonua on earth; then Kane gave him laws and instructions and went up to heaven to reside, and Kumuhonua and Lalo-honua remained on earth. Kumuhonua was now called Kane-laau-uli. He broke the law of Kane. The law referred to a laau kapu (forbidden tree), and uli (feebleness, death,) was the punishment.
The po-auhulihia, so called because the earth and all on it was destroyed by the flood (kai-a-kahinalii). Nuu built a big canoe called Waa-halau-alii-o-ka-moku.
The gods (Kane, Ku, and Lono), seeing the man without a wife, descended on earth, put him into a sleep, took out one of his ribs (lalo-puhaka) and made it into a woman. They then awoke the man who found the woman on his right side, and she was called Ke-Ola-Ku-Honua.
The Hawaiian Legend of Welaahilani is substantially the same, but the first woman’s name is Owe.
A Tahitian legend also refers to the creation of the first woman from a rib of the first man, and calls her Owa, or Owe.
In the Mele of Kamapuaa reference is made to Ku, Kane, Kanaloa, as the gods of the night and of the day.
Kamapuaa is also called “ka haole nui, maka[1] olohilohi,” and is said to have eight legs and eight eyes.