Wan

the sea god, woos Lol in the absence of Lono, casting gems, pearls, gold, silver, and corals before her; but she leaves them lying scattered. He then tries to submerge her, but she builds ramparts which resist his waves, He deceives her in a calm night by wearing the mantle of Lono, who suddenly appears and drives Wan back to the sea, white with rage and fear, Lol is ashamed and sinks into the depths. All men would have been drowned, but Paumakea, a friend of Lono, saves some in a great canoe, Lol then bears her firstborn Hawaii, red and glowing, who is the flaming voleano (Mauno-lea) 14,000 feet high—a peak of Mauna Kilea which rises 18,700 feet, and is covered with clouds and snow. It was here that the survivors of the flood landed, and spread thence over Polynesia. The Kanaka ‘Trinity consists of Kané, Ku, and Lono, who made light, and inhabited three heavens, being said to have “sat with earth for their footstool.” They next created the sun, moon, and stars, with other spirits, and lastly man in the likene of Kané, all three gods breathing life into him. They then took from him a bone (lalopuhako), and made it into a woman. This pair would have been immortal, but the foolish angel Kanaloa also made a man and could not vivify him: he therefore cursed the race created by Kané, so that all must in time die. 226