34 Gunnar Landtman. 



(179). A gmirüman was killed when he came to a man and his wife who lived alone in 

 the bush. 



(180). A number of ^/Wr/-men and women, vvhile holding a dance in the bush, were 

 discovered by a hunter who shot some of them. His sister was married to one of the sorcerers 

 who had taught her the art, and in his continuai fights with them the man tried to spare her. In 

 the end he himself was killed by the g ivd ri -imen. 



(181). A givärt-man who wandered about in the night with some wicked design on hand 

 was caught in a fish trap as he tried to swim across a creek, and he was drowned. 



(182). The people were frightened by a gwrirt-man who used to hide in a hole which he 

 had dug in the beach. A man plugged the hole with the trank of a tree, and vvhen the tide 

 came in and the place was flooded he went and pulled out the tree, and the gwdri-man was 

 drowned. 



(183). A man and his wife were harassed in their house by a great number of ^«Wr/-men. 

 They killed many of them but to no avail and at length had to go and live elsewhere. Even 

 there the givdri-men found them, and in the end the two took refuge inside a tree and found a 

 safe dwelling there. 



184. The Sorcerer who frightened the Children ana was killea. A sorcerer came to prac- 

 tise his wicked art upon some children who were playing together. He was killed by another 

 man but returned to life and escaped to another village. A boat belonging to some South-Sea 

 men landed there, and the sorcerer and some other people were shot dead. 



C VARIOUS MYTHICAL BEINGS AND PHENOMENA. 



185. The Bush Being who adopted a Man. A man was once carried off by a bush being 

 who adopted him and kept him in a tree. One night he escaped home to his two wives. 



186. The Invulnerable Grab. The Gebäro people found a monstrous crab which could 

 not be killed in any way, for its shell was as hard as stone. 



187. The Ferocious Snake with two Tails. The people fought an enormous snake which 

 had two tails, each provided with a fang. It was killed and eut in pièces but returned to life in 

 the night and became intact. Encircling the Island where the people were it sent in two huge 

 waves which washed away all the ground. 



188. The three-headed Snake. A man and his wife caught a three-headed snake in a pig- 

 trap. It snapped off their heads, and the people had the greatest difficult\- in killing it. 



189. The Snake valiich owncd certain Sago-Trees. A man and woman were once killed 

 by a snake because they had eut down certain sago palms which belonged to the reptile. 



190. The Monster Man and the Snake. At läsa there lived an enormously strong man; he 

 used to kick down trees with his foot. He was attacked by a monstrous snake. When the rep- 

 tile thought him dead and relaxed its hold the man ran away. 



191. Gigantic Reptiles. At Bödemüpe swamp there live certain monsters v\hich look like 

 crocodiles but hâve three pairs of legs and are as large as a house. 



192. The Stranded Marine Anima/. A whale stranded on a reet and caused a great 



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