They say that Papa Honomaku, the Earth Mother and Wakea, the sky father came together and birthed a beautiful girl named  Ho’ohokukalani, the stars.

Ho’ohokukalai and Wakea came together to create a child who was born premature and alu`alu, watery or deformed. They named the child Haloa Naka Lau Kapalili, buried it into the ground and after Ho’ohokukalani wept upon the grave the kalo plant sprung forth.

Wakea and Ho’ohokukali came together again and created their second child, the strong baby boy also named Haloa. The kalo in the earth became the sustenance for the younger brother Haloa the Man, and the genealogy of the Hawaiian people was forever linked to the sacred kalo.