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MYTHOLOGY. 
Te po wawa, te po te kitea, The night to be touched, the 
night unseen. 
Te po te waia, The night following on, 
Te po i oti atu ki te mate. The night ending in death. 
This, we are told, is all we have to do with night ,* during 
these periods there was no light — there were no eyes to the 
world. Oti atu koutou ki te Po — e. 
The third period is that of light — 
Na te kore i ai, From the nothing the begetting, 
Te kore te wiwia From the nothing the increase, 
Te kore te rawea, From the nothing the abundance, 
Ko hoputu, ko hauora, The power of increasing, the 
living breath ; 
Ka noho i te atea, It dwelt with the empty space, 
Ka puta ki waho, te rangi e tu nei, It produced the atmosphere which 
is above us. 
The fourth period, the creation of the moon and sun — 
Ko te Rangi e tere tere ana i 
runga o te whenua, 
Ka noho te Rangi nui e tu nei, 
ka noho i te ata-tuhi, 
Ka puta ki waho te marama, 
Ka noho te Rangi i tu nei ka 
noho i a te werowero, 
Ka puta ki waho ko te Ra, 
Ko kiritia ana ki runga hei pu 
kanohi mo te rangi, 
Ka tau te Rangi, 
Te ata-tuhi, te ata rapa, te ata- 
ka mahina, te ata i hiku rangi, 
The atmosphere which floats above 
the earth, 
The great firmament above us, 
the spread out space dwelt with 
the early dawn, 
Then the moon sprung forth ; 
The atmosphere above dwelt with 
the glowing sky, 
Forthwith was produced the sun, 
They were thrown up above as 
the chief eyes of Heaven : 
Then the Heavens became light, 
The early dawn, the e?jdy day, 
The mid-day. The blaze of day 
from the sky.” 
The fifth period, the creation of land — 
Ko te Rangi, e tu nei, The sky which floats above the 
earth, 
Ka noho i Hawaiki, Dwelt with Hawaiki, * 
* The islands of Hawaiki, being then the only land known, is put for papa , 
the earth. 
