28 Gunnar Landtman. 



108. Wiobadara of Abaura zvho forms the Ground in/o Hills. He lives in Abaüra, and 

 when the people see a sand-hill somewhat higher than the rest, they believe that Wiobadara is 

 there underneath and has pushed up the ground. 



109. Begeredubu of Waboda. He is a man and at the same time a spirit and a tree. 

 110 — 112. Gimini Sandbank and ils Guardians. Gubo and Moiso of Gimini. Long 



ago when Gimini was a wooded Island it belonged to Giibo and Mdiso, who are still regarded as 

 the guardians of the place. When catching turtle there the people offer them presents of food. 

 How Moiso was carried away to Adiri (or Mabuiag) by a Fish. Möiso once speared a 

 large fish which draggad him out to sea as far as Adiri, the land of the dead (or in another 

 version: Mabuiag). He married two girls there, and they bore him two children. One day he 

 felt sad when thinking of his old home, and the spirits gave him a canoe in which he sailed 

 back to Gimini. How Gimini Island was destroyed. One day some boys and girls went 

 to fish on Gimini. They had borrowed a canoe which through their carelessness was wrecked. 

 The owner was angry and destroyed the Island by means of sorcery, so that the people should 

 not be able to land there any more. 



113. The Guardians of Marukara Island. There lives a mythical being to whom Ôdai, 

 the original owner of the island, used to appeai for turtle eggs. After Ôdai's death the people 

 started to appeai to him as well for the same purpose. 



114. The Monstrous Grab near Aibinio. An enormous crab was once found on an island 

 near Åibinfo. It caught a number of the people and dragged them under water. The monster 

 then caused the water to svvirl round till the whole island was washed away, and ever since then 

 there is an eddy in the sea at that spot. 



115. Erumia of Mawala. Erumia is a mythical jelly fish which lives off Mawâta. It is 

 very dangerous and appears to certain people in dreams. 



1 16. Sorea, the Snake of Davare. It measures an enormous size and is the guardian 

 being of Davare. 



117. The Saio-Fish of Madiri. The open space on the coast between läsa and Kubfra 

 has been caused by a monstrous saw-fish which lived there in a swamp and one day knocked 

 down the bush with a sweep of its saw. 



118. The „Cat-Fish" of Kubani-kikava. There lives a dangerous „cat-fish", which at first 

 had been a malignant female being living on one of the Islands. The gay-coloured „stone-fish" 

 and ordinary „cat-fish" were formerly butterflies. 



1 19. The Hauntcd Place where a Man had been droivned. A man was drowned between 

 Géretäva and Aumamöko. He became a mythical being, and ever since then the people do not 

 like to go near the place in their canoës. 



B. INCIDENTS WITH MYTHICAL BEINGS. 



120. The Oriomu River Being and the Good and Bad Brother. Ivögu paddled up the 

 Oriömu river looking for spoil and was joined by Pamda, a water-being, who climbed up in his 

 canoe. The man gave Pamôa a share in the spoil, and the latter made a tally of the bones hy 

 tying them to a rope, Another day Ivôgu's younger brother went on the same journey, hut 



Tom. XLVII. 



