The name Ure Honu (in Manuscript E) was chosen to give a clue to the meaning of the myth - that is how it works with myth makers. The main word means 'lineage' and honu is the same word and concept as that which occurs in Hanga Hoonu, the second resting place of the explorers under Ira ('turn around and look'). The sacred geography of the island has Hanga Takaure on the south coast of the Poike ('place aloft') peninsula and Hanga Hoonu on the north coast. They mark the beginning of the high ground respectively the end of it, moving counterclockwise with the sun. From this we can guess that if Hanga Takaure marks the beginning of summer, then Hanga Hoonu ought to mark its end. We have located Hanga Takaure in the text of G and it should then be possible to find also Hanga Hoonu:
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