Kumu-Honua
# Kumu-Honua

In Hawaiian Religion, Kumu-Honua ("first on Earth") is the first man.

He was created from muddy water in the fashion of steam ascending upwards and married to Lalo-Honua; 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.

## Sources

* ↑ Frederick B. Wichman (2003). N_ Pua Aliì O Kauaì: Ruling Chiefs of Kauaì.
* ↑ There are other persons in Hawaiian mythology that can be considered to be the first man; see also Kahiko and Welaahilaninui.
* ↑ Abraham Fornander; Thomas Thrum (1920). Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-lore. Bishop Museum Press. p. 335.
