title: Kumu-Honua
text: # 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.
  