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MYTHOLOGY. 
Yes, round the sea. 
Broken up shall you be (0 earth). 
Do not grieve, yes you, even you, 
Lest you should grieve through love ; 
Lest you should grieve for your water-covered surface ; 
Lest you should lament for the time. 
The offspring of Rangi and Papa were first Kongo Matane, 
the Kumara, which came from the face of heaven, being a 
plant requiring heat ; next came Haumia, the fern root, 
which arose from the back of Rangi, intimating its hardy 
nature, being found on the cold hills and needing no sun to 
make it grow ; Tane Mahuta, from whom trees and birds 
proceeded, was the next ; then Tangaroa, the god of the 
sea and its fish ; and lastly Tumata uenga, who was a man. 
Thus, he is placed amongst the earliest of created beings and. 
numbered with the gods of Hades. 
Another tradition places Tiki also amongst the earliest 
gods, from whom man was said to have proceeded, his wife’s 
name was Marikoriko, or twilight. The first woman was 
not born, but formed out of the earth by the Arohi rohi, or 
quivering heat of the sun and the echo ; their daughter was 
Kauatata, approaching morn. Tu te nga-na hau, the source 
of evil, was likewise numbered amongst them, probably he 
was the same as Tu mata uenga ; and another was Tahu, 
the author of good, Tahu is the name for husband, and may 
have a figurative reference to marriage. Tane signifies a 
male or man ; he ornamented the body of his father, Heaven, 
by sticking the stars over it, as pearl shells are stuck over 
the bodies of images, thence Heaven was called the house of 
Tane. He likewise opened a fountain of living water, thence 
named after him, the life-giving fount of Tane.* 
He was the parent of trees and birds, who owned him as 
their creator. He had six names, each being emblematical 
of his power ; most of those who distinguished themselves in 
the Maori mythology had a similar number, thus we have — 
* He pawa nga wetu no te whare o Tane te waiora ; na Tane i hoaki kite 
poho o tona Matua o Rangi. 
