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113. The Guardians of Marukaia Island 201 



114. The Monstrous Crah near Aibinio 202 



115. Erumia of Mawata 202 



116. Sorea, the Snake of Davare 203 



117. The Saw-Fish of Madiri 203 



118. The „Cat-Fish" of Kubani-Kikava 203 



119. The Haunted Place where a Man had been Drovvned 204 



B. Incidents with Mytkical Beings (120-184) 204 



120. The Oriomu River Being and the Good and Bad Brother 204 



121. A Meeting with Beings who impart Useful Knowledge 207 



122—129. Instruction Received from Mj-thical Beings in Dreams .... 208 



130. The Dream-Giver who was the Son of a Cassowary 212 



131. The Bihare 214 



132. The Oboubi 214 



133. The Busere-Busere cause Sago to grow in Kiwai 214 



134. .An .Adventure with an Utumu 215 



135—144. Adventures with Origoruso (Kiwai) or Oriogoruho (.Mawata) . . 217 



145—146. Beings akin to the Oriogoruho 222 



Mue (145), p. 222. Foopoo (146), p. 323. 



147. The People flee from a Malignant Being 223 



148. A Hiwai-Abere (Malignant Female Being) spirits away a Man and takes 



her Place 225 



149. Another Taie of a Hiwai-Abere who supplants a wife 228 



150. A Hiwai Àbere usurps the Place of a Bride 230 



151. The Brother and Sister and the Deceitful Hiwai-Abere 233 



152. Five Hiwai-Abere carry away a Man 235 



153. How a Hiwai-Abere made the First Dugf)ng and carried away a Man 236 



154. The Adventure of a Little Girl with a Bad Woman and the Attempts 



of her Mother to protect her 238 



155. The Old Hag who killed and ate other Women 241 



156. The Murder of a „Wild Woman" who used to steal from a Garden 242 



157. The Woman in Child-Bed who became a Malignant Being .... 242 

 158—161. Stories of Mythical Women who are attracted by Men .... 244 



162. An Evil Being conceives a Passion for a Woman and subsequentiy 



kills her 246 



163—167. Tales of Women who hâve been carried away by Mythical Beings . 248 



168. An Evil Being appears at an Appointment instead of the Right Person 251 



169. The Man who had to carry a Malignant Being 253 



170. The Man wlio was robbed by a Malevolent Being 254 



171. A Treacherous Being is himself paid out 254 



172. The Woman who was left by her Husband in the Bush where a Ma- 



lignant Being attacked her 255 



173. The Dance of the „Bushmen" inside a Large Tree 257 



174—183. The Ill-Fated Givari-Man, Sorcerer 258 



184. The Sorcerer who frightened the Children and was killed 263 



C. Varions Mythical Beings and Phenomena (185—193) 264 



185. The Bush Being who adopted a Man 264 



186. The Invulnerable Grab 264 



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