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"An equally ancient story of three outlets comes
from Hawaii. It appears in Judge Fornander's
invaluable Account compiled a century ago,
when the tradition was still alive. The 'living
waters' belong to Kane, the world-creating
Demiurge or craftsman god. These waters are to be
found in an invisible divine country, Pali-uli
(= blue mountain), where Kane, Ku, and
Lono created the first man, Kumu honua
('earth-rooted') or alternatively, the living waters
are on the 'flying island of Kane' (the Greek
Hephaistos lived also on a floating island).
Fornander describes the spring of this 'living
water' as beautifully transparent and clear. Its banks are splendid. It has three outlets: one for Kane, one for Ku, one for Lono; and through these outlets the fish entered the pond. If the fish of this pond were thrown on the ground or on the fire, they did not die; and if a man had been killed and was after-wards sprinkled over with this water he did soon come to life again." (Hamlet's Mill) The three 'splendid birds' (in the calendar of the week in H and P) therefore ought to be Tane (Sun), Tu (Jupiter) and Rongo (Saturn). Perhaps, then this glyph is Rongo. And the head might be a nut, as is in this glyph:
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