Footnote about Atua Matariri I noticed this footnote  In  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 AtuaMatariri Ure Vaeiko Heima Ki ai Kiroto Kairui KairuiHakamarui Kapu te Raa Salmon    God Heima and goddess Kairuihakamarui produced stars Mtraux He Hina He ima ki ai ki roto kia Ruihakamarui ka pu te raa Mtraux 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