58 Gunnar Landtman. 



JAVAGl WHO SWAM UNDER WATER BETWEEN BURU AND MABUIAG, AND HIS 

 DAUGHTERS WHO WERE FOUND BY A MAN. 



464. Javagi of Büru used to eat the intestines of dugong which floated to his island from 

 Mabuiag. He swam under water to Mäbuiag and stole dugong meat but at last was killed. The 

 Mabuiag people who heard that his two daughters were in Büru sailed över there to fetch them, 

 hut the two girls hid so weil that they could not be found. A Mäbuiag boy was told by the 

 spirits of his parents how to find the girls; he brought them home and gave his friend one 

 of them. 



PAIRIO WHO TREATED HIS OLD FATHER BADLY, AND HIS PyNISHMENT 



THROUGH AMURABARI. 



465. Pairfo of Imioro treated his old father badly, and one day when the old man 

 wanted to accompany him on a journey and hid in his canoe Pairfo threw him into the water. 

 The father managed to reach Mibu and was taken care of by Åmurabari. The latter took him 

 back home but there Àmurabâri was poisoned by Pairfo and rendered unconscious. Pairfo wanted 

 to eat him and took him with him to Däru where he landed to prépare sago for the meal. Àmu- 

 rabâri who was left in the canoe came to himself in Pairfo 's absence and killed the latter's 

 children. He made himself ready to sail off, and when Pairfo returned to the place Àmurabâri 

 showed him what he had done and then made good his escape. 



BADABADA, THE YOUNG HERO. 



466. The boy Bâdabâda and the girl Seréma grew up together. They went with the 

 people on a fighting expedition and were left to watch the canoe. But Bâdabâda in secret went 

 after the warriors and without anybody knowing it he crept into one of the hostile houses and 

 killed an old man. He returned to the canoe with the captured head which he gave Seréma. 

 His bravery was afterwards found out, and the head was accepted in payment for his bride. — 

 Afterwards Bâdabâda became wilder and wilder, killing not only enemies but many of his own 

 tribesmen as well. 



AGIWAI WHO GAVE AWAY ANOTHER MAN'S STONE AXE. 



467. Àgiwai's sister had promised him sago, but as she neglected to give him any he 

 was offended and went away from his own place Old Mawâta, settling down in Gùrahi. An 

 Àgida friend of his had on a previous occasion left a stone axe with him in order to hâve it 

 sharpened, but Agiwai had given the axe away to another man. The owner was angry and 

 killed Àgiwai. The Gùrahi people with whom Àgiwai had been staying when he was killed gave 

 the Mawata people payment for his death. 



Tom. XLVII. 



