2. There are two halves of the year, and each should be ruled by a male god. The dark side of the year is impersonated by Tuna and the light side by Maui, the trickster, using logic instead of brute force. They fought for Hina, the moon god. She will carry the hua of one of them.

In Hawaii, we are told, there were twins born, one of which was a god and the other a man. The firstborn would be king and mate with the queen. The god must be born first, but the man tricked himself into first position by calling himself Ki'i (Tiki, the Image - i.e. the god), while the god was called Kane (Tane, the Man). And their elder sister La'ila'i (Ragiragi, the Sky) was tricked into mating with the man (Ki'i).

In Manuscript E yet another version is told, where the sun king Hotu Matua is quarreling with his wife Vakai (where vaka alludes to the canoe, the vessel for overcoming the hazards of the sea). The dispute originates from the firstborn son, whom the king is dissatisfied with, and whom he suspects to have been fathered by someone else.

In the quarrel the moon queen denies this, and she throws a bitter truth into his face: You are the bastard, not Tuu Maheke!

If woman is the night sky (like the ancient Egyptian Nut), then sun will be on the other side of the earth and man will be closer to woman than the sun. The son will be closer than the sun.