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that none of the girls would take him, and he married his mother. Ganiinii felt ashamed and went 

 into ihe water where he remained some time, till a fish called kàisi threw him up on land with its 

 fin. Once again rejected by the girls he went up to heaven by means of his navel-cord, and 

 took his mother with him. They came to the Miimo (men's house) of the Aromo people who live 

 in the sky, and were received by Giiruru (thunder), Pepéa, and Maséruo (iwo kinds of lightning. 

 (Käku, Ipisia). 



D. A small boy who was once left in the care of two girls happened to see them with their 

 skirts open and began to cry as in previous versions. After being married to him the two girls left 

 him in the sago-tree. Some other girls came to draw water from a well under the tree, and one of 

 them on seeing his relleetion stirred up the water to prevent the rest from finding him. But they saw 

 him and began to fight över him. The boy, whose name was Wiowio, did not care for any girls with 

 large hanging breasts and at last followed one with fine round breasts. *' He slept with many girls 

 and with his mother too at her persuasion. After that no girl vvanted him, and in his shame he went 

 and stayed one month with the öboiibi (ef. no. 132) in the water. Again he was refused by the girls. 

 One day his mother threw a pièce of hot sago at him which made his face white. He felt so ashamed 

 that he finally went and hanged himself. (Iku, Mawäta). 



E. The tirst thing known of Ganiimi is that he camc tloating along in a large basin which 

 stranded at Dibiri. He was a small boy at that time, and a man named Toratora and his wife Gebde 

 adopted him. When Ganùmi grew up, his foster-parents gave him „medicine belong girl", which made 

 all the girls like him. One day he climbed up a sago-tree and was found there by some women and 

 girls who brought him down. In the night Ganûmi went away with them to another place. 

 (Nâtai, Ipisi'a). 



THE WANDERINGS OF THE SUN (HIWIO), MOON (GANUMI), AND 



DARKNESS (DUO). 



455. Two Kiwai men once quarrelled, the one insisting that „Sun and moon he two 

 fellow", and the other that „Sun and moon he one fellow." At last they came to blows, and 

 some blood was shed. The man who had been hurt felt ashamed and went away in his canoe 

 determined to find out where the home of the moon was and how the moon travelled. He kept 

 on paddling night and day out on the deep sea, directing his course towards the place where the 

 moon was rising. At last he arrived at the home of the moon. It was low tide, and he sat in 

 his canoe on dry land. 



Presently the moon came to him in the shape of a small boy and asked him to come 

 on shore. „No," answered the man, „you small boy, I want Ganiimi (the moon) come sing 

 out (invite) me." „Me Gantimi," said the boy, „my name GaniJmi, you come on shore." 

 „No," the man insisted, ,.! want big man; you small boy, you no Ganiimi." Anil he remained 

 in the canoe. 



After a time Ganiimi grew larger, representing the age of a young man who is not yet 

 married. When he invited the man to come, the latter said, „I want Ganiimi he come, you single 

 man. I want big man he come take me along shore." 



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