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deified by their respective tribes, and thus each tribe had its 
peculiar gods. Tu, was the great god of war in the north, and 
Maru, in the south. Rongo-mai was the chief god of Taupo. 
There were also gods who had human forms, and others who 
had those of reptiles; as in geology there is a reptile age, so there 
was one in the mythology of New Zealand. At one period there 
seems to have been a mixed offspring from the same parents; 
thus, whilst Tawaki was of the human form, his brethren were 
lizards and sharks ■, and there were likewise mixed marriages 
amongst them. It shows how low the mind of man may fall, 
when given up to strong delusions. These ancestral gods still 
hold their places in the genealogical tables of the different 
tribes ; and it is remarkable that supernatural powers are said 
to have been possessed by certain families almost up to the 
present time. At Waitotara there is reported to have been 
a winged race of men,*' whose descendants are still remaining : 
3 Rupe, the father of the pigeon. 
4 Tangaroa, the father of the fish. 
5 lrawaru, the father of dogs. 
6 Nga-rangi-liore, the father of stones. 
7 Mauika, the father of fire. 
8 Maui, the father of land. 
9 Mumuhanga, the father of the Totara. 
10 Parauri, the father of the Tui. Tane and Pararui were married. 
11 Papa, the father of the Kiwi. 
12 Owa, the father of the dog : he was also the father of lrawaru. 
13 Pahiko, the father of the Kaka. 
14 Punga, the father of the shark, tuatini, and lizard. 
15 Tutemanoa, the father of the Kahikatoa. 
16 Hina-moki, the father of the rat. 
17 Tuwairore, the father of the Kahikatea and Rimu. 
18 Haere-awa-awa, the father of the Weka. 
19 Rongo, the father of the Kumara. 
20 Tiki, the father of man. 
21 Tute-nga-nab.au, the father of evil. 
22 Taliu, the father of all good. 
23 Tawiri-matea, the father of the wind. 
* Whanau Moana o te tamaiti tua toru o Turi, ka panga tona ewe ki te 
moana, ka pae ana ki te one, ara ki te uraura. ka kitea e nga tangata, ka tongo- 
hia mai, waka-iria ki te tunga roa o te whare, i kitea atu ka lcorikori, kua wai 
tangata, no te putanga mai he tangata, ka rere mai ka whai mai i tona tinana 
Whanau Moana, ka noho ai ki Wai totara, ko tai ake, o te one kaha wai, na 
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