Eventually there was the male Pouliuli, or deep darkness, and the female Powehiwehi, or darkness with a little light. This couple parented the fish of the sea. The fish swam everywhere and multiplied: shark, mackerel, the hilu fish. At the same time things grew and grew on the land, but it was still dark.  Then PoÊelÊele, (dark night·male), was born along with Pohaha, (night coming into dawn·female). These were parents to the insects that fly in the night and to the grasshopper, the caterpillar, and the fly. An egg was born, too, and out of that came the bird and then many more birds. It was almost dawn, but really it was still dark. 

 Now Popanopano and Polalowehi were born, male and female, and they gave birth to the animals that came to the land from the sea·the turtles, lobsters, and geckoes. It was not quite light yet.

Po-kanokano and Po-lalo-uli, male and female, were born at this point, and they began to reproduce. KamapuaÊa, the pig, was born. He was dark and beautiful, and his people cultivated the flourishing islands. The foot-prints of these ancient ones born at the end of night can be seen still.

Po-hiolo the male and Po-neÊa-aku the female, whose names mean night ending, were born. They produced rat, PiloÊi, also near the end of night. The rat people damaged the land with their scratching and eating.

Now came the birth of the male, PoneÊe-aku, and the female, Poneiemai, whose names suggest night leaving. They gave birth to dawn, the dog, and the wind, and it was now almost light but still not day. 

 Po-kinikini and Po-heÊenalu gave birth to the time when humans came into the world. Men and women, though different, lived together in deep calmness.

 Then finally, dark LaÊilaÊa, the woman, and dark KiÊi, the man, were born.  Now it was daytime and our world.