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XIV. PEUPLE WITH GROTESiJUE AND MONSÏROUS BODIES (365-373) 47 



XV. PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FABULOUS OCCUPATIONS (374—386) . . 49 



XVI. DREAMS (387-407) 50 



XVII. TALES OF CHILDREN (408-412) 50 



XVIII. TALES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS (413-450) 51 



XIX. TALES OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES (451—455) 55 



XX. MISCELLANEOUS TALES (456-498) 56 



FOLKTALES 64 



I. LEGENDARY HISTORY (1-20) 64 



1. The Origin of Kiwai Island and People 64 



2. The Origin of the Kubira People in Kiwai 65 



3. The Kiwai People move from the Bush to the Coast 68 



4. The Fight about Gagama, the Coconut-Palm, and the Parting of the Kiwai People 69 



5. Further Conflicts and Migrations of the Kiwais 71 



6. How the Kiwai (lasa) People were taught by the Kubira People to eut off 



the Heads of their Enemies 72 



7. How the Kiwai (lasa) People were taught to cohabit with their Women 



and the latter to wear Petticoats 75 



8. The Foundation of the Paara and Auti Villages 77 



9. The Origin of the Masingara People 77 



10 — 13. Wanderings of the Masingara and other Bush Tribes 81 



14. The Origin of the Bugainu and Kunini People 82 



15. The Origin of the Mawata People 85 



16. The Origin of the People of Dudi 88 



17. The Beginning of Parama Island and People 88 



18. How the Mawata and Gurahi People met ...... ... 89 



19 — 20. The Mawata People move to their Present Village 90 



II. FABULOUS MEN AND WOMEN (21—61) 95 



21-43. Sido, the First Man who died 95 



Sido's Birth (21), p. 95. Sido's Meeting with Sagaru and their Marriage 

 (22), p. 96. Sagaru and the Fish. Sagaru leaves Sido (23), p. 100. Sido 

 finds Sagaru in the Nabea Tree, but she is carried away to Meuri (24), 

 p. 101. Sido follows Sagaru to Dibiri and is killed by Meuri (25), p. 104. 

 Beginning of tiie Wandering of Sido's Spirit (26 — 27), p. 106. Sido's 

 Spirit becomes a Mischievous Character (28 — 33), p. 107. Sido's Spirit 

 and his Twin Mothers (34 — 35), p. 109. Transformations of Sido's Spirit 

 (36), p. 110. Sido's Spirit continues its Wanderings (37), p. 111. Sido 

 in Boigu (38 — 40), p. 112. Sido arrives at Adiri where he remains (41 

 — 43), p. 113. Songs of Sido, p. 116. Addenda, p. 117. 



44. Soido and Pekai, the Promoters of Agriculture 119 



45 — 51. Mesede and Abere 124 



Mesede, the Great Marksman, and Dibiri-Sagaru (45), p. 124. Abere, her 

 Son Gadiva, and her Daughters; Mesede and Dibiri-Sagaru (46 — 47), p. 126. 



Mesede, Kogea, and Nugii (48 — 50), p. 131. Episodes about Abere (51), p. 133. 



52-55. Naga 134 



Naga and Waiti steal Pire from Iku (52), p. 134. Naga, Wakea, and Sigai 

 (53 — 54), p. 135. Naga's Injury and Revenge (55), p. 137. 



56. Merave of the Famous Drum, and Dape 140 



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