244 GuNNAH Lanutman. 



„What's the matter," the peuple said, „you no been maUe me knovv oriogontho he come? „No," 

 llic man replied, „I fright, I no vvant he go kill me, that's why I no been teil you fellow." 



The Kubi'ra men shot the ôriogonihu with their arrows and killed her. They opened her 

 stuniach and took uut the lemains of their friend which they buried. The body of the tin'ogoni/iu 

 was eut into small pièces and burnt in the lire. The people said to Sogi'o, „\'ou marry vvoman 

 belong that man he dead, take pickaninny belong him. Vou stop altogether along Kubira." He 

 remained at Kubfra, and his wife at läsa was taken by another man. (Menégi, Mawàta). 



A. Vory similar lo the previous version. Tlie wjld woman pursued her husband Ironi Ihoii- 

 home at Sépi to Atiti, wherc she killed the wroni,' man. Sho had not eut her hair when she 

 bccame pregnant, and ' this circumslancc is connected with her transformation into an (inrii;n/7/i/>. 

 (Kâku, Ipisia). 



B. A woman, just bcfore giving birth to her cliild, ran away into the liush, where she 

 becamc an oi/j^oi/iso. She caught and atc many children and at last was killed hy the pcople. 

 (Ibia, Ipisia). 



C. A man and his son bolh used to have connection with the mother of the lalter. She 

 b jre twins and shortly afierwardj became a wild being like an diit^oriiso. After ealing her babies 

 she pursued her busband, but killed anoiher man instead of him. In the end she was killed by the 

 people. (Tàmetâmc, Ipisia). 



STORIES OF MYTHICAL WOMEN WHO ARE ATTRACTED BY MEN (nu. ir>S -lol; 



et". Inde.x, Mythical Beings). 



158. 'i"he peuple uf Purüma (Cuconut Island) once sailed u\er lu Jårub (Darnley) where 

 a dance was to be held. A. young man named Gaibiri was steering the canoe. Hc had put cm 

 all his Hne ornaments, as young men like to do, and while standing erect at the stern of the 

 canoe was seen by an ôboiibi girl (ef. no. 132) who took a fancy to him. She said to herself, 

 „You go, by and by you come back, you get me, I find you." 



When the dance at Jårub was över, the people returned to Iheir homes. The Purüma 

 eanue eame, and Gaibiri was standing aft steering. On seeing him the oboi'ibi woman turned 

 herself into a tish and swatn after the canoe. In the evening the people reached Purtima. 

 Gaibiri .said, „1 sleep along canoe, look out (after) canoe. Big, high water — by and by canoe 

 go away." While Gaibiri was sleeping on the platform of the canoe, the woman climbed into 

 the ves.sel and lay down at his side. The boy woke up sensible of a sweet, peculiar smell 

 somewhere about him and thought to himself, „What kind stniell? I never been Hnd that kind 

 smell. 1 think some boy been take some bushes he come, he smell nice." He felt about him 

 with his hands, and perceiving that somebody was there thought, „I don't know where he come 

 that man (person), no man here before. He got nice smell." They were lying on the same bed. 

 „Man or what?" Gaibiri thought as he groped round. Then he accidentally touched h?r breast 

 and said, ,.0h. that woman!" Passing his hands över the whole of her body he thought, „Oh, 

 yes, that (is a) vvoman he come." The öboi'ibi girl said, „Gaibiri, that time you go along .larub, 



Tom. XLVII. 



