(a) Fornander version (1). In the first era Kane dwells alone
in continual darkness (i ka po loa); there is neither heaven nor
earth. In the second era light is created and the gods Ku and
Lono, with Kane, fashion the earth and the things on the earth.
In the third era they create man and woman, Kumu-honua
(Earth beginning) and Lalo-honua (Earth below). In the
fourth era Kane, who has lived on earth with man, goes up to heaven to live and the man, having broken Kane’s law, is made
subject to death.
Beckwith, Martha Warren, Hawaiian Mythology, new intro. Katharine Luomala,
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1970, pp. 42-43.
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