Maui kills Mauhvika

Maui turned over and over in the air
and started to come down again, and he
fell right beside Mahu-ika; then Maui
said, "You're having all the fun!"
"Why indeed!" Mahu-ika exclaimed.
"Do you imagine you can send a whale
flying up in the air?"
"I can try!" Maui answered.
So Maui took hold of Mahu-ika and
tossed him up, chanting:
Tossing, tossing-up you go!
Up flew Mahu-ika, and now Maui
chanted this spell:
Up you go to the first level,
Up you go to the second level,
Up you go to the third level,
Up you go to the fourth level,
Up you go to the fifth level,
Up you go to the sixth level,
Up you go to the seventh level,
Up you go to the eighth level,
Up you go to the ninth level,
Up you go-way up in the air!
Mahu-ika turned over and over in the
air and commenced to fall back; and
when he had nearly reached the ground
Maui called out these magic words:
"That man up there-may he fall right
on his head!"

Mahu-ika fell down; his neck was com-
pletely telescoped together, and so Mahu-
ika died. At once Maui took hold of
Mahu-ika's head and cut it off; then he
carried it all the way to his grandfather,
Tane-te-vai-ora, and gave it to him.

- The legends of Maui and Tahaki, translated by J.F. Stimson