HYTHOLOGY. 
Ill 
Ka puta ki waho ko Taporapora, And produced Taporapora, 
Ko tauware nikau, ko kukupara Tauware nikau and Kukupara, 
Ko wawauatea, ko wiwhi te Wawauatea and Wiwhi te rangi 
rangiora, ora. 
These are the names of lands or islands, supposed to have 
been first created ; Hawaiki, or Hawaii, the largest of the 
Sandwich group, is the one they originally came from, which 
is regarded as the cradle of their race. 
The sixth period contains the formation of gods and men — 
Ko Ru, no Ru, ko Ou hoko, Ru and from Ru Ou hoko, 
From Ou hoko Ruatupu, 
Rua tawito, from Rua tawito, 
Rua kaipo, from Rua kaipo, 
Na Ouhoko, ko Ruatupu, 
Rua tawito, na Rua tawito 
Rua kaipo, na Rua kaipo 
Ko Ngae, Ngae nui, Ngae roa, Ngae, Ngae nui, Ngae roa, 
Ngae pea, ngae tuturi, ngae pepeke, 
Pepeke, ko Tatiti, ko Rua tapu, ko toe, 
Ko Rauru ko Tama rakei ora, ko, &c. 
This is probably a list of ancestors, tracing the descent of 
the chief who furnished it, from the god Ru. 
The following is another 
from an old Nga-ti-rua-nui 
1. I tipu i te Po, 
I kune te Po, 
I whewhe te Po, 
I akai te Po, 
Ho ake ki ao marama ; 
2. Ka tipu te wai, 
Ka tipu te whenua, 
Ka tupu te Atua 
Ka tupu tangata, 
Na te Atua waka tupu ; 
8. Ko tura kanga, 
Ko te hinganga, 
account of the creation, obtained 
priest — 
1. Grew in Hades, or darkness, 
Conceived in Hades, 
Increased the conception in 
Hades, 
Rooted (established) in Hades, 
Going on until light appeared ; 
2. Burst forth water, 
Burst forth the earth, 
Sprung forth God, 
Sprung forth man, 
From God, or the Spirit, was 
the causing to spring forth ; 
3. The felling, 
The falling, 
