PLOTS OF THE FOLKTALES. 



I. LEGEND AR Y HISTORY (I-20) 



THE ORIGIN OF KIWAI ISLAND AND PEOPLE. 



1. Ki'wai was at first a sandbank, gradually forming from the refuse which the people 

 living on the shores threvv into the Fly river. A hawk carried a tish over to the sandhank, and 

 Méuri, the first man, developed out of the decaying fish. Later on some other people cam.e and 

 settled down there. Kapia, the black cockatoo, brought fire to the Island. 



THE ORIGIN OF THE KUBIRA PEOPLE IN KIWAL 



2. While Ki'wai was a sandbank an éterari (fierce mythical lizard) was carried to Kubfra 

 on a floating tree. A little baby in Dibiri was killed accidentally, and the distressed parents 

 abandoned the place and went to live elsewhere. They came to Kubfra where they saw the 

 éterari. The monster made friendly signs to them and spoke to the man in a dream. The three 

 stayed together, and the ctarari caught fish for the people. Later on some more people came to 

 live there. The cterari is the guardian being of Kubfra. — The monster wanted to populate 

 Kubfra and caught some people in another place, bringing them over there. 



THE KIWAI PEOPLE MOVE FROM THE BUSH TO THE COAST. 



3. The Kfwai people lived in the bush ignorant of the .sea. Once a certain man went 

 and saw what the sea was and induced the people to settle down on the coast. — The totems 

 of the différent groups of people were appointed, and certain other things were given names. 



THE FICHT ABOUT GAGAMA, THE COCONUT-PALM, AND THE PARTING 



OF THE PEOPLE. 



4. In the absence of the owner of Gägama, the famous coconut tree. his brother-in-law 

 took a fev\- nuts. A general fight ensued on the return of the owner, and when it ended the 

 combatants parted and formed separate villages. — to of Mao and ikiiri of Idsa had been killed 

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