107. Mother Earth (Land) was obviously female in character, a woman (Lif) who would give birth (*) to new life, who formed a bridge (Faka-taka) between the generations. Whereas man was only capable to end life (†), to pull down and destroy (Lif-thrasir).

... There is a couple residing in one place named Kui and Fakataka. After the couple stay together for a while Fakataka is pregnant. So they go away because they wish to go to another place - they go. The canoe goes and goes, the wind roars, the sea churns, the canoe sinks. Kui expires while Fakataka swims. Fakataka swims and swims, reaching another land. She goes there and stays on the upraised reef in the freshwater pools on the reef, and there delivers her child, a boy child. She gives him the name Taetagaloa. When the baby is born a golden plover flies over and alights upon the reef. (Kua fanau lā te pepe kae lele mai te tuli oi tū mai i te papa). And so the woman thus names various parts of the child beginning with the name 'the plover' (tuli): neck (tuliulu), elbow (tulilima), knee (tulivae) ...

However, the stretch of Land between Naos and Tarazed was not 7 (the mystic number of the Earth Turtle) months but only 6 * 29½ = 177 right ascension days.