74 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



1. Tama-tane = waha rawhiti — east = male descent, and 

 tawhito active, and active magic. 



2. Tama-ioahine = ioaha hau-raro = west = female descent, 

 and tawhito passive, and passive magic. 



3. In magic the latter prevails or is the most important, 

 if backed by sufficient mana (power, prestige, intellectual, 

 natural, and supernatural), mana, according to the Maori, 

 being derived from ancestors. 



4. Tawhito = lire = procreative organs. 

 Hence, — 



5. Tama-tane = male = active force. 



6. Tama-wahine = female = passive force. 



7. Waitaha could not be saved by the male taiuhito alone. 

 It needed a blending of the tama-tane and tama-wahine (male 

 and female forces) in order to preserve life. In like manner, 

 when both the tama-wahine and tama-tane thunders have 

 resounded, then the sky clears. 



The whole being the results of the attempt of a primitive 

 people to explain the male and female forces, and to apply 

 such to all departments of nature. And probably these items 

 are the remains of, and point to, a system of phallic worship, 

 as practised by the ancestors of the Polynesian race in times 

 long passed away. 



Kai Uke. 



The rite known by the above term is performed in order to 

 save the life of a person who has been subjected to the magic 

 spells of an enemy, and to cause such magic to recoil upon 

 the author thereof. Ka rere te ringa ki te ure, ka titoiria, 

 katahi ka hapainga te karakia : — 



Kai ure nga atua, 

 Kai ure nga tapu, 

 Kai ure ou makutu, &c. 



And, again, in the whakau rite the following is repeated : — 



To kai ihi, to kai ihi 

 To kai Rangi, to kai Papa 

 To kai awe, to kai karu 

 To kai ure pahore, &c. 



In speaking of the above rites an old Maori said to me, 

 "The ure is the important mana (power, prestige, &c.) of the 

 tapu." An interesting kai ure invocation may be found in 

 " Nga Moteatea," page 305. 



An aged native wrote me, saying, " Friend! I am send- 

 ing the means by which you may ward off the shafts of magic 

 and confound your enemies. Behold this invocation, the 

 tawhito, the kai-ure, which saves man. When a person 

 attempts to interfere with you in any way do as I tell you 

 and you shall retain life ; but your enemy, he shall descend to 

 Hades for all time." He then proceeded to explain how I 



