438 Gunnar Landtman. 



A. One day when the Àgiedai people prepared for a dance a certain man went to the bush 

 to felch croton branches l'or his dancing décoration. He fel! asleep in tiie bush and slept there all 

 night. The next day he woke up without knowing that he had been all night in the bush. He painted 

 and decorated himself, and came back, but then the dance was over, and his wife was searching and 

 wailing for him. It was then that he understood how long he had slept. (Mamatiia, Sümai). 



THE TWO INDEFATIGABLE RUNNERS. 



380. Two men Àruoburo and Naderéburo ran incessantly, the one tirst and the otiier 

 in pursuit. It is not Unown to vvhat place they belonged, and the story only says that they ran 

 ail the time. They came from the Manåvete side and passed over the Fly to the Diibi side, and 

 then they lan on tovvards the vvest. The man behind cried out, „Vou stand up, you me two 

 fellow go," and then the man in front reduced his pace. As soon as his pursuer came near, 

 off he ran again, not allowing himself to he overtaken, and thus the chase went on. The pur- 

 suer grew angry and called out to him. „You look out, I kil! you novv." When they came near 

 Adiri (the land of the dead, ef. no. 62) the man in front was speared by his pursuer. (Käku, 

 Ipisfa). 



A. Naderéburo ran first and Aruoburo after him, and the latter called out, „You look out, 

 you run, I kill you now, you finish now, you cannot life." On the point of entering his house Na- 

 deréburo was overtaken ånd after a fight, killed. 



Another version by the same narrator teils how Aruoburo ran away calling out, „You no can 

 catch me, I ran quick." After a long run Aruoburo was caught up an killed. (Nåvee, Ipisia). 



THE MAN WHO PADDLED HIS CANOE UNCEASINGLY. 



381. At låsa a certain man named Bådoro vvorked day and night making a canoe. When 

 it was ready he began to paddle about in it by way of trying the new craft. He paddled from 

 place to place but did not land anywhere, although the people asked him to come on shore, and 

 thus he continued travelling without stopping even at night. The paint gradually washed away 

 from the sides of the canoe and wore off from the place vvhere he was sitting and where he 

 kept his food. After a long time he returned to låsa and tied up the canoe to a stick in the 

 bottom. But try as he might he could not get up, for his body had stuck to the canoe, and 

 there he had to remain sitting. A heavy rain and high tide came, and the canoe sank into the 

 water. (Dudba, Oromosaptiaj. 



THE BUSH WHICH GREW UP ROUND A MAN AND KEPT HIM ENTANGLED. 



382. A man named Siniköburo once saw a fish in the water and went and made an 

 arrow to shoot it. Then he returned to the place where the fish was and drew his bow ready to 

 shoot, but for some reason he did not let fly. He remained standing immovable with his bow 



Tom. XLVII. 



