The author says that there are several versions of this story, probably due to waves of immigration from different areas of Polynesia at different times, but generally they agree on the major points.
Sensing Kāne's presence, Lono and then Kū also pulled themselves free of Po.
It then goes on to explain man was made in the image of Kāne by the hands of Ku with Lono as an assistant.
Some versions say that Kanaloa is the alter ego of Kāne, the dark half so to speak.
An alternative version has Kanaloa as god of the sea associated with squid or an octopus often seen in the same light as Christian devil and the counterpart of Kāne through the stories of strife.
The first-born son of the Wākea the sky god and Hoʻohokukalani the keeper of stars is stillborn.
Aloha, the traditional greeting, was originally spoken while touching foreheads and exchanging a breath of air.
This is possibly a reflection of the legend, exchanging the breath of life, Håloa; originally given by the Gods.