IV. MYTHICAL BEINGS (no 102-193). 



The number of mythical beings is great, and of some of them the natives only entertain rather 

 vague ideas, and therefore they ol'ten use the names in rather a fluctuating meaning. 



The elengena and sâme (so called in Mawâta) live in large trees, wells, etc.; some of them 

 guard the people's plantations. The Ki'wais call them ovorårora, vvhich word is also used of mysterious 

 beings in general. At times the r'tengena appear as men and at times in the forms of snakes, birds, etc. 



The ôboro and nuinakai, or màrkai, are the spirits of dead people. 



Mcniagàrena is rather a common name of a group of mythical beings, mostly malevolent. 



The ohisare (Kiwai) or ebihare (Mawâta; cf. no. 131) and ôhoiibi (cf. no. 132), are sea-beings, 

 the former name is also used of mysterious beings and phenomena in general. 



The Imuie-liiiscre (Kiwai) or bchne-beht're (Mawâta; cf. no. 133) are mythical girls living in 

 the bush. 



A. BEINGS CONNECTED WITH SOME LOCALITY (no. 102-1 lO; cf. Index, Mythical Beings). 



WAWA OF MABUDAVANE (no. 102-103). 



102. „Another kind man", 

 Wàwa, lives inside a huge block of 

 stone at Mâbudavâne. When he wants 

 to sleep, he goes into the stone, vvhich 

 opens of itself, and when he cornes 

 out to make his garden, the stone 

 opens again. He carries a great bündle 

 of arrows under his right arm and a 

 large basket on top of that, and holds 

 his bow in his left hand. On his head 

 there grow bushes and flowers ^* vvhich 

 he takes off while working in his garden, 

 putting them on again when he has 

 finished. His body is like that of an 

 ordinary man, except that he is very 

 short and thick. 

 On completing his garden vvork Wdvva pulls up some taro and cuts off the roots, vvhich 

 he puts back in the ground, and in one night the plants hâve grown up again.' He takes his 



Tom. XLVII. 



„Wawa's house". 



