THE TOMB OF HEUHEU. 
CHAPTER IIT. 
MYTHOLOGY. 
(CONTINUED.) 
After Maui came a host of gods,* each of which had his 
history and his wonderful deeds, which entitled him to a place 
in the Maori calendar. These were ancestors, who became 
* These were some of the creative fathers :— 
1 Tane was the parent (by some the mother) of the tui, of birds in general 
and of trees. 
2 Ru, the father of lakes and rivers. 
