Lalo-Honua

In Hawaiian religion, Lalo-Honua (Hawaiian for "below the Earth") is the first woman.

She was married to Kumu-Honua and formed out of his side parts;[1][2] 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.

References

  1. ↑ Wichman, Frederick B. (2003). Nā Pua Aliʻi O Kauaʻi: Ruling Chiefs of Kauaʻi.
  2. ↑ Abraham Fornander; Thomas Thrum (1920). Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore. Bishop Museum Press. p. 335.


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