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