38 Gunnar Landtman. 



C LOVE BETWEEN TWO MEN. 



232. A Gebaro bov took a fancx' to a Pedéa bov and dressed himself up as a woman. 

 The other boy made love to him, and the}' vvere to be married. In the end tlie déception was 

 discovered. 



VII. THE FAMILY (233-260) 



CONFLICTS AND QUARRELLING BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE. 



233. A woman stole her husband's coconuts which he had hung up in a tree. Previous 

 to going on a journey he set a trap for the thief by attaching the spine of a sting-ray to the 

 tree, and in his absence the woman was speared U> death ()n the spine. The man on his return 

 found her skull among the coconuts. 



234. A man caught his wife stealing his coconuts and severelj' scolded her. She hanged 

 herself in mortification. 



235. A woman used to scold her husband for his laziness, and he Struck her. She 

 went and hanged herself and would not ha\e been found, if her spirit had not come to her hus- 

 band in a dream and told him where her body was. 



236. A man took a fish which his wife had cooked. She was so angry that she hanged 

 herself, previously to which she sent some presents to her family by way of paying for her 

 own death. 



237. A woman was angry with her husband who stayed at home when the rest of the 

 men went to another place to fetch sago. After that she refused to work for him, and the 

 offended husband committed suicide. 



238. A man left his wife after quarrelling with her and roamed about the country accom- 

 panied by a kangaroo. He heard that his wife had married another man but did not mind. 



239. A man was scolded by his wife whose fish he had eaten. He dressed up and 

 danced away över the water, and in the end he sank down. His wife burnt herself to death. 



240. A woman swore at her husband, and the next day he killed her. 



241. A man eut down a tree which feil on his wife and killed her. He had to give 

 payment to her parents. 



CONJUGAL INFIDELITY. 



242. A man „stole" another man's wife, and the injured husband challenged him to fight 

 and killed him. His family gave payment for the dead man. 



243. A man used to steal a woman in her husband's absence, the latter became suspi- 

 cious and found them out. He killed both but was so ashamed before the people that he caused 

 himself to be taken by a crocodile. 



244. The men used to steal the two wives of a cripple, but his father, who was a 

 sorcerer, took revenge and destroyed the people's gardens by witchcraft. After a long time he 

 removed the bane. 



Tom. XLVII. 



