maui small rip

Afterwards Maui and Te Tuna pro-
ceded together to the home of Maui,
where they lived until a day came when
Te Tuna spoke to Maui, saying,
"We
must fight a duel together, and when one
of us is killed then the survivor shall
take the woman for himself."
To this Maui assented, inquiring,
"In
what form of contest do you wish us to
engage?"
"First,"
said Te Tuna,
"we must en-
gage in the contest wherein one of us
enters completely into the body of the
other; and when that is over I will kill
you and take my woman and return with
her to our land."
"Let it be as you wish," Maui an-
swered; then he asked, "Who shall be-
gin?"
Te Tuna replied,
"I'll begin."
Maui consented; Te Tuna arose and
began chanting his incantation thus:
The Orea-eel swings and sways,
The Orea balances his head lower and
lower-
He is a mighty monster who has come
hither across the ocean from his dis-
tant isle-
Your phallus shall urinate from fright !
The monster contracts, growing smaller
and smaller!
It is I, Te Tuna, who now enter into
your body, O Maui!
Then Te Tuna disappeared completely
into the body of Maui, where he dis-
posed himself to remain; however, after
quite a long while, he came out again.
Maui was not disturbed in the least.
"Now it is my turn!" said Maui.
Te Tuna assented. So Maui began to
chant his spell thus:
The Orea-eel swings and sways,
The Orea balances his head lower and
lower-
A
small man stands erect upon the
land-
Your phallus shall gush from fright!
The man contracts--growing smaller
and smaller!
It is I, Maui, who now enter into your
body, O Te Tuna!
Then Maui vanished completely into
the body of Te Tuna, and at once all
the sinews of Te Tuna were rent apart
so that he died; then Maui issued forth
from the body of Te Tuna and cut off
his head and carried it away intending to
give it to his grandfather, Tane-te-vai-
ora; Hua-hega, however, took it and
would not give it up; and she said to
Maui, "Take this head and bury it beside
the post in the corner of our house."

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