The Folk- Tales of llic Kiivai Papuans. 2 1 7 



A. A very similar version, only shorter. AU the soft parts of the boy's body were eaten by 

 the litiimu except the flesh and skin of his hands, feet, and head. The remains of the boy were put 

 on a platform between those of the two girls, and when the bodies had decayed, the bones were buried 

 together in the ground. (Nätai, Ipisi'a). 



B. The two girls did not hang themselves Init were niarried to a brother of the dead boy. 

 (Dudbo, Oromosapi'ia). 



C. Another short version giving the principal points of the story. (Mûnu, Ipisia). 



ADVENTURES WITH ORIGORUSO (Kiwai), OR ORIOGORUHO (Mawåta). 

 (Wild mythical beast or man; no. 135—144; cf. Index). 



135. A Mâsingâra man, who went to tîsh in a swamp, asked his sister to look after his 

 child in his absence. ^ He caught a large number of llsh, .some of whicii he put aside for the 

 vvoman who was taking care cf his child. On returning home he gave her the fish, and she 

 hid them away so that her husband should not know, for she wanted to eat them alone. One 

 of the fish, however, was not dead when she put it on the fire, but floundered about, attracting 

 the husband's attention. „What's that, vvhat name (what is it) he kick?" he asked. „You fool,-' 

 she exclalmed enraged, „what name you vvatch him kaikai ail time? Nebâre (anus) belong you 

 he fast along ground, ail time you sit down watch kaikai. You go dâriino (the men's house)!" 

 Without answering a word the man picked up his bow, bündle of arrows, and small basket and 

 went to the men's house. There he sat down with a friend, and they prepared gâuioda (cf. p. 

 14) and drank, and when night came everybody went to sleep. 



When the wild fowl began to call in the eariy morning, the man got up and went out 

 alone. He fait ashamed at having been abused, and thought to himself, „Plenty man, plenty 

 vvoman been hear wife belong me he swear me." He was one of the leaders and for this reason 

 feit humiliated before the people. He did not punish the woman but wanted to kill himself. 



Walking into the bush he came to a large tree, in which there lived an oriogoniho. The 

 créature had been catching fish in the night and on seeing the man exclaimed, „Who you?" 

 „Me there from Mâsingâra place. I run away, woman belong me he swear ail time." „You mate 

 belong me," the oriogoniho said, „fish, half belong you, me half. You me two fellow stop." The 

 öriogorüho, who had no fire, ate the fish raw after drying il in the sun, but the man thought to 

 himself, „Every time 1 been cook him kaikai along fire, I no want kaikai he raw." „What's the 

 matter you no kaikai?" the iiriogorûho cried. The man wept, but the monster compelled him to 

 eat the fish raw. 



At sundown they went into the tree, and the man asked his companion, „Where bed?" 

 The oriogoniho had very large ears, u'hich he kept rolled up during the day, but at night he 

 spread them out, using the one for a mat and co\'ering himself with the other, and the man slept 

 with him between the ears. ^* \n the middle of the night the oriogoniho got up and puUed away 

 his ears, leaving the man to sleep on the ground. He went to catch fish, and on returning at 

 dawn gave some to the man. While resting during they da\' the oriogoniho sent the man to 

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