From the Sea-bottom (?) (the male) and Darkness (the female) are born
the coral insect, the starfish, sea urchin, and the shellfish. Next
seaweed and grasses are born. Meanwhile land has arisen, and in the next
era fishes of the sea and plants of the forest appear. Next are born the
generations of insects and birds; after these the reptiles--all the
"rolling, clinging" creatures. In the fifth era is born a creature half
pig, half man; the races of men also appear (?). In the sixth come the
rats; in the seventh, dogs and bats; in the eighth is born the woman
Lailai (calmness), the man Kii, and the gods Kane and "the great
octopus" Kanaloa. Lailai flies to heaven, rests upon "the boughs of the
_aoa_ tree in Nuumealani," and bears the earth. She weds Kii and begets
a generation of gods and demigods.
In the course of these appear Wakea and his three wives, Haumea, Papa,
and Hoohokukalani. Wakea, becoming unfaithful to Papa, changes the feast
days and establishes the taboo. Later the stars are hung in the heavens.
Wakea seeks in the sea for "seeds from Hina," with which to strew the
heavens. Hina floats up from the bottom of the sea and bears sea
creatures and volcanic rocks.
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