Wela-ahi-lani-nui woke and found a beautiful one lying by him, and thought: “This is that thing which has been by my side, my aka. The gods have changed it into this beautiful one.” So he gave her the name “Ke-aka-huli-lani” (The-heaven-changed-shadow). These were the ancestors of the Hawaiians and all the peoples of the islands of the great ocean. [[74]]

It must be remembered that there are many other Hawaiian legends which mention other first men and women as ancestors of the Hawaiian people.

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[1] Toward the mountain. [↑]

[2] Ikuwa was the month of thunder and lightning. [↑]

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