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you give plenty fish too. People no can sleep inside house, sleep underneath house, because belly 

 he full, wind he no blovv inside house, too hot." 



To Goibaru (which hovvever is no constellation, only the name of a „moon") he said. 

 „You belong blow, north-west he blow, rain wind; no give no chance (blows incessantly)." 



To Kéke (Achernar), „I chuck away you, you go head belong south-east tinie. Close up 

 south-east he come up, you make him that wind blow." 



To Utfamo (Pléiades), „You fellow belong south-east." 



To Séngerai (Orion), „You fellow belong south-east, more south-east he blow, no give 

 chance (it blows incessantly)." 



To Köidjugübo (Capella, Sirius, and Canopus), „More south-east he come, you make him 

 more blow, rain, wind, make him more cold." 



When Tågai had killed all his crew he thought, „What name (what) I do?" He landed, 

 tied the canoe to a pole, and climbed up a kûpa-ictt where he remained a good while eating the 

 fruit. Next morning a woman came and picked up the fruit which had fallen down, and finding 

 one which Tågai had dropped she thought, „What name (what is) that? He got mark belong 

 teeth, who been kaikai?" And she looked up and saw Tågai in the tree. He thought, „Where 

 I go? People see me. More better I make him wind and rain; that woman no can go away 

 teil him people, 1 make him stop here." So he conjured up a heavy rainstorm with lightning 

 and thunder. and the woman had to take shelter under the tree. He climbed down, and the 

 woman asked him. „Who you?" „My name Tågai; who you?" „Thafs my name Gùgi (star). 

 More better you take me." „No. I can't take you," said he. „Where you go?" „I go on top 

 hill." And Tågai went up into the sky where ha became the Southern Cross. He met his 

 brothers and said to tiiem, „Me go first, you fellow behind me. I make him wind blow first, 

 behind (then) you fellow make him." 



Båidamu (Ursus major, which is considered to have the shape of a shark, bdidamu) was 

 among Tigai s crew, and the latter said to him, „That time fin belong you go down, more wind, 

 more high water he come. Tail belong you he go down: make more high water. Head belong 

 you come up: make plenty 'fast turtle' (the copulating season of the turtles comes in). Look 

 sundown : 'Oh, that star he no more stop, he been go away.' Wait two, three day, look before 

 daylight: 'Oh, head belong Båidamu come up morning time.'" 



The last star was the morning star, Såi-gugi {sai means „sun"). Tågai said, „You come 

 first, daylight come behind, you stand up close to daylight." (Såle, Mawäta). 



A. Tågai was a Säibai man. He used to catch fish and work in his garden, but he did not 

 give sufficient food to his youngest son who became thin and weak. The names of the crew are nearly 

 the same as in the first version only mentioned in a différent order. They were looking for turtle, but 

 the youngest son could not steer the canoe stralght for he had not been properly fed. Tågai who was 

 Standing in the bow asked the others for a drink of water, and a water-bottle was handed to him from 

 man to man, but they all dränk a little before passing it on, so by the time the water-bottle reached 

 Tågai it was empty. „Ou!" he called out, „he empty now." He was enraged and said, „No my fault; 

 you fellow been drink that water. That me Tågai. That moon (month) no rain, altogether water-hole 

 he dry, that's all sun he hot." Kårongo, one of the crew, said, „Me fellow there make rain, I been 

 drink, 1 got rain." Tågai speared all his sons and threw them up into the sky where they became 



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