`  ===Footnote about Atua Matariri=== I noticed this footnote:  :In 1886 Ure Vaeiko recited a chant translated as ``Land copulated with the fish Ruhi Paralyzer: There issued forth the sun``, which Fischer cites as a parallel  Where is that in Fischer? I seem to remember something like that, but very vaguely.  Anyway, that can only refer to this verse of Atua-Matariri: Ure Vaeiko: Heima; Ki ai Kiroto Kairui Kairui-Hakamarui Kapu te Raa. Salmon:    God Heima and goddess Kairui-hakamarui produced stars. Métraux: He Hina [He ima?] ki ai ki roto kia Rui-haka-ma-rui, ka pu te raa. Métraux: Moon (?) by copulating with Darkness (?) produced Sun  To get the meaning given by Fischer we need to read:  Henua, ki 'ai ki roto ki a Ruhi Hakamaruhi, ka pu te raa  Henua is ``land``, ruhi is the name of a fish, haka is a factitive verbal prefix, maruhi is ``paralytic``, raa is ``sun.``  But in this case ``ruhi`` is a proper noun because it is introduced by ``ki a``. As a common noun it would be introduced by ``ki te`` viz:  Henua, ki 'ai ki roto ki te ruhi hakamaruhi, ka pu te raa  As for it being a paralyzer, Englert does not give it as dangerous but as a large, dark fish with tasty flesh (cierto pez, grande, de color oscuro, carne sabrosa).   `