468 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



maunga, who had Para-whenua-rnea, the personification of 

 flood-waters. He took Hine-wao-riki, who produced the 

 kahika and matai, forest-trees. He took Momuhanga, who 

 had the totara, a forest-tree. He took Tukapua, who had the 

 tawai, a forest-tree. He took Mangonui, who had the tavoa 

 and hinau, forest-trees. He took Te Pu-whakahara (said to 

 be the name of a star), who had the maire. He took Eere- 

 noa, who produced the rata. He took Euru-tangi-akau, who 

 produced the ake. He took Pun^a, who produced the kotuku- 

 tuku, the patate, as also all kinds of insects. He took Tutoro- 

 whenua, who produced the aruhe (fern-root). 



In like manner, Hine-mahanga was the origin of the tutu 

 shrub ; Tawake-toro, of the manuka ; Huna, of the harakeke 

 (flax) ; Tawhara-nui, of the kiekie. 



(Other accounts state that Tane took to wife one Kura- 

 waka, grandchild of Tiki.) 



After Tane had long searched for a female by whom he 

 might produce man, he went to Eangi and asked, " Kei hea 

 te uha" (Where is the female)? And Eangi replied, " Kci 

 raro te whare o aitua e hamama ana, i runga ko te whare tena o 

 te ora, kei raro te uha." Then Tane took Hine-rauamoa and 

 begat man. They had Eongo, who is the personification of 

 peace and the tutelary deity of cultivation and the husband- 

 man. They had Hine-te-iwaiwa, who is the tutelary deity of 

 the art of weaving ; and Tangaroa, the Polynesian Neptune, 

 who rules the ocean and the denizens thereof ; and Tu, god 

 of war ; and Tawhirimatea, who holds the winds ; and Ioio- 

 whenua, and Putehue. The latter had Makara, who had 

 Mahuika and Hine-i-tapeka, the origin and deities of fire. 



Tane and his brethren dwelt in the primal home Auroroa. 

 In the days of Maui Mataora was the home. In the days of 

 Eongoatau it was Hawaiki-nui. 



The Maori of yore traced his descent primarily from chaos 

 and space, before the world was, through Eangi and Papa ; 

 and later through the personifications of the elements of fire 

 and water, as also the sun, stars, and moon. 



Sex originated in the far- distant past when chaos obtained, 

 long ages before Eangi and Papa. The first two beings were 

 Te Pu and Te More ; the former was of the male sex, the 

 latter of the female. They became one and were inseparable. 

 They possessed the two names, but these were applied to 

 the one being. 



Origin of Speech. 



The power of speech is derived from Eangi and Papa, and 

 a different speech was given to man and a different speech to 

 birds, and to dogs, and to fish, and to insects. For birds, 

 and reptiles, and fish all possess the power of speech, al- 



