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he treated Pamôa badly. Some distance up the river there lived a hiwai-abcre (evil mythical woman) 

 who had a famous coconut tree. Ivôgu and Pamca vvent there and the former brought down 

 some nuls. The coconut tree called out to the hiwni-nbrre, and she attacked Ivôgu, but Pamiia 

 threw him the tally-rope which was very long, and he climbed down by it. On a subséquent 

 journey the younger brother was killed by the lihvai-abcrc, for his tally-rope was coo short. Later 

 on the hiwai-abere was killed. 



121. A Meeting ivitli Betngs zv/io impart Usefitl Knowledge. While chasing a pig a man 

 was swallov\'ed up by an vtcrari (monstrous lizard). Certain mythical people lived in the r/ÉTa;-/'s 

 stomach, and they taught him a number of useful things. The next day the monster opened its 

 mouth, and the man got out. He told the people of his adventure. 



122 — 129. Instruction reccived from Mythical Beings in Dreams. A great number of 

 mythical beings of various descriptions hâve corne to people in dreams and taught them useful 

 things. In some cases they are induced through certain rites to appear thus. Not unfrequently 

 they present the dreamers with \arious objects which the latter find when awaking. The directions 

 imparted by the spirits must be strictly followed and are sometimes very difficult to carry out, as 

 for instance when a man was asked to put a living snake round his head (no. 125). The beings 

 which most frequenth' appear to people in dreams are the ctengena who live in trees and wells 

 in the bush. A snake or other animal which makes a sign to anybody is not an ordinary créa- 

 ture but an ctengena. 



130. The Dream-Giver -who was the Son of a Cassowary. A boy and girl were hatched 

 from the eggs of a tame cassowary and did not know who their mother was. Once the boy 

 shot the cassowary. and when he was told that it was his mother he threw himself into the river. 

 He became a mythical being and speaks to some people in dreams. The girl transformed herself 

 into a bird-of-paradise. 



131. The Biliare. These comprise rather an indefinite class of mythical beings, particu- 

 larly .such as live in the sea. 



132. The Oboubi. They are mythical beings in the sea and look like ordinary people. 



133. The Busere-Busere cause Sago-Palms to grow in Kiwai. Some biisére-busére 

 (mythical girls in the bush) were one day making sago on Purùtu Island. The severed top of the 

 palm floated over to Kiwai where the fruit began to grow. 



1,34. An Adventure with an Utumu (Spirit of a Behcaded Person). A boy arranged with 

 two girls to corne to them in the night. As most of the people had gone away to another place 

 the girls spent the night with some friends in another house but forgot to let the bo\- know of it. 

 Two litumu went into the deserted house. and the boy was killed by them when he came to look 

 for the girls. On finding his dead body in the morning the girls hanged themselves. 



135^144. Adventures -with Origoriiso (IVild Mythical Beast or Man). A man was put to 

 shame by his wife and went away into the bush. He met a kindl\' disposed origoriiso, and they stayed 

 together. They used to sleep between the enormous ears of the origoriiso, and gradually the 

 man's ears grew equally large. One day he ran away, and in urder to be out of the monsters 

 reach he and his people built new houses on very tall posts or in trees. The origoriiso and his 

 friends came in pursuit, and after trying to appease him by gi\ing him a dog and a child the 

 people at length threw down the man, and he was killed. 



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