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In the first volume of Judge Fornanders elaborate work on The Polynesian Race he has given some old Hawaiian legends which closely resemble the Old Testament history. How shall we account for such coincidences?Take, for instance, the Hawaiian account of the Creation. The Kane, Ku and Lono: or, Sunlight, Substance, and Sound,these constituted a triad named Ku-Kaua-Kahi, or the Fundamental Supreme Unity. In worship the reverence due was expressed by such epithets as Hi-ka-po-loa, Oi-e, Most Excellent, etc. These gods existed from eternity, from and before chaos, or, as the Hawaiian term expressed it, mai ka po mia (from the time of night, darkness, chaos). By an act of their will these gods dissipated or broke into pieces the existing, surrounding, all-containing 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 spiritsi kini akuato 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 earthlepo ula, or alaeaand the spittle of the godswai nao. His head was made of a whitish claypalolowhich 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 ribslalo puhakaof 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].
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