126 Gunnar Landtman. 



head (is foremost)? Before — who head?" Meséde was surrounded by all the people. Dihlri- 

 SagÉru said, „All you fellow listen me. That time me two fellow been find him pig — man belong 

 me been kiU him. Vou gammon .speak, 'Dog he kill him.' No dog been kill him, Meséde been 

 kill him. .'\11 lime you been push him that meat from me fellow. To-night you look, Meséde 

 go kill him pig, you go too, you look who find him." 



Night came with a bright moon. Meséde asked his wife to take out the bow, and she 

 gave it to him. He went out, and near the house he shot his flrst pig, a large one. He rolled it 

 up in a leaf, making it small, and hid it in his arm-guard. A little farther on he shot a number 

 of pigs which he put away in the same réceptacle. On returning home he pîaced the pigs in a 

 line on the ground and they became large again. Meséde returned his bow into the vulva of 

 his wife. 



In the morning everybody wondered at the sight of the many pigs: „What name that 

 thing alongside.' who been pile him up? Oh, true what that woman been speak." Di'biri-Sagâru 

 said, „You look now who been make him." Meséde eut up the pigs and divided the meat among 

 ail the people, and the women prepared it. 



The people were anxious to see Meséde's wonderful bow : „Where that jagare (bow) 

 Meséde been shoot ail same fire?" The men went out to shoot birds, and Meséde accompanied 

 them but only took with him his ordinary bow. None of the men succeeded in shooting a bird, 

 and ail the people were watching Meséde the whole time, but he tricked them. The real bow 

 was hidden in Di'biri-Sagâru's vulva. (Nàmai, Mawâta). 



A. Meséde and his wife Dàmera-Sagâru livcd at Dibiri. Persuaded by ihe people the woman 

 asked Meséde to go and shoot pigs for them, and the flrst night he killed three pigs which were dis- 

 tributed among them. He killed more and more pigs eaeh night, at last as many as ten in one night. 

 (Obüro, lâsa). 



ABERE, HER SON GADIVA AND HER DAUHGTERS; MESEDE AND DIBIRI-SAGARU 



(no. 46—47). 



46. Abére, a strong and powerful woman, lived in VVaboda. Once when the people 

 were preparing for a great dance Abére said, „You no make dance quick, you wait I come back, 

 I bring you thing belong dance." First she went to Ti'iritûri, then to Mawdta and .Sâibai, and 

 finally to Mâbuiag. Thence she returned with the canoë fuU of dance ornaments. She was 

 anxious to know whether the Wâboda people had vvaited for her or hcld the dance in her absence, 

 and on arriving at Dâru asked the people, „Canoë been come from Ki'wai, from Wàboda?" but 

 the people answered, „No canoë been come." Abére went on to Mi'bu and from there to Gi'bu, 

 where Keâburo (cf. no. 57) lived. He saw the canoë, and picking up his bow and arrows came 

 out on the beach. Abére called out from the canoë, „Who you there stand up along sand-beach.'" 

 „1 Keâburo, this place belong Gi'bu, I look out this place." Abére tied up the canoë to a pole in 

 the bottom and asked the man to come to her, which he did. She said, „\'ou been see some 

 canoë come from W;iboda?" „No, I no been see." Abére lay down in the canoë, and they had 

 connection, and the canoë began to rock heavily, causing a high sea. Abére had brought with 



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