296 Traiisactions . — Miscellaneous. 



manaiva (heart) is the origin and seat of all knowledge, power, 

 intellectuality. It imparts strength or vigour to the emotions 

 and thinking-power of man. It is the origin of strength, 

 physical and mental. The eight f^u vianaiva of man are what 

 we should term eight talents. As old Tamarau of Tuhoe 

 watched a man dispose of three large glasses of beer in quick 

 succession he said, " Ko te manaiva o te pakeha, he pia " — i.e., 

 "Beer is the source of the white man's strength (or vigour)." 

 Manawa is also used in another sense. In speaking of a child 

 recently dead a man 'said, " The manaiva ora has departed, 

 the ahua (semblance) alone remains." Here, I take it, the 

 manaiva ora means the breath of life. Again, when the 

 notorious Makurata case occurred at Galatea the kuia said 

 to one who vainly tried to save her from the Pu Taewa and 

 Christianity, "You are my manawa ora." Here the term 

 really meant " salvation " or " hope " — that is, the one who 

 gave her strength. 



Anyhow, Maui failed in his greatest and final task, and 

 was slain by the remorseless Goddess of Hades. Hence death 

 came into the world. This also was the origin of wailing and 

 lamentation for the dead. 



The origm of treachery was the slaying of Tutunui by 

 Kau-niho-haha (or Kae), for an account of which see Grey's 

 " Polynesian Mythology." 



The origin of cursing was Eona. When she went to obtain 

 water at night she cursed the moon for not showing more 

 light, hence she and her sister were taken by the moon, where 

 you may still see them. 



Origin of Theft. 



Far away in the land of Mataora dwelt Pani-tinaku, wife 

 of Rongo-maui. Pani was a sister of Tangaroa-i-te-rupetu, 

 who was father of the Maui brothers. The fame of the 

 kumara (sweet potato) came from afar, and Eongo-maui went 

 forth and visited the regions of the sky, where Whanui* 

 dwells, for Whanui it is who gives the kumara to mankind. 

 And as Eongo-maui ascended to the sky he repeated the 

 following invocation : — 



E Para E ! 



Tukua atu au kia puta 

 Ki tawhangawhanga nui 

 No Rangi, no Papa 

 He aio. 



When Eongo reached Whanui he said, " I have come for 

 some of our children (the kumara), that I may take them back 

 to Mataora with me." But Whanui said, " I will not consent 



* Whanui = the star Vega. 



