Mehemea ka haere koe ki te riri, ka pāngia e Tū-mata-rehurehu, ka puta koe i raro i ngā kūwhā o te ruahine, hai whakahorohoro tēnā i ngā hauhauaitu, i ngā hinapō (W 1971:51). / When you go to battle and are affected by Tū-mata-rehurehu, you will go under the thighs of the elderly woman, that is to free free you from the listlessness and poor eyesight. (Tū-mata-rehurehu represents the atua for breaches of tapu resulting in poor eyesight and lack of ability to fight, which can be remedied by the ritual freeing of tapu.)

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