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MYTH OF THE EARTH-GRASPER 521 



So thou whose body I first formed shaft continue to be visibiy 

 stronger. Verify thou afso shaff continue to travef about constantfy 

 over the eartfi here present. Afso it shaff be by thy hard toif that ye 

 two shaff continue to have peacefuf minds, ye two wfio fiave married. 

 So do not ever distress her mincf." 



Now at tfiat time he saicf, "Now thou, in turn, whose body I 

 have just finished, shaff have tliis duty. So I fay aU these matters 

 before thee. It shaff be entirefy by thy hard toU that fie whom 

 thou hast married shaff breathe strongfy (have vigor). In the next 

 pface thou afso shaft see what Ivind of suffering it is to have a human 

 being taice form witliin thy body. So now I have pfaced before 

 tfiee aU matters. So verify thou customarify shaft go to and fro 

 around the fire, so that he who has become thy aid in aff the things 

 I have ordained for you two shaff faave a peacefuf mind. Human 

 beings shaff take form as to the bodies of you two. And the earth 

 shaff be covered by the human beings who wiff dweff here. So now 

 I fiave ordained that you two shaff have a difference in fength of 

 days, so death wiff talie pface according to the number of days ye two 

 have. And ye two fiere unite in marriage during your naturaf fives. 

 So now I have mixed together the minds of you two and afso the 

 bfood of you two. So then ye two wiff see human beings tafce form 

 tfirough your two bodies. And by means of the mind and afso the 

 bfood of you two they sliaff be bound together. So I ordain for you 

 two that you two shaff have but one mind at aff times. Do not you 

 two distress one the other's mind during the days wliicfi are yours. 

 So verify that onfy sliafi separate you two wfiicfi is deatli, by the 

 difTerence in the number of days you each have. 



"So thus it shaff continue to be in the future as to your posterity 

 ttiat they shaU continue to grow up, afso they shaff continue to 

 marry, and that stiafi continue, and when one grows up that one shaff 

 marry onfy one person. Death onfy shaff separate them severaffy. 

 And so my ordinances shaff fast as fong as the earth here present 

 shaff fast. It shaff continue to come to pass by them." Now at that 

 time he said, "Now I have compfeted aff tfiings." 



So what came to pass when O'ha'ii' became aware that the fierce 

 animafs whose bodies he had severafly formed were not to be found 

 anywhere? Now at that time he sought for their bodies. He went 

 to and fro over the entire isfand. He saw nothing. 



Now at that time he said, "I wiff go to fook for them on that other 

 floating island. It may be possible, actually, at this time they are 

 going about there." Now verily he started and he crossed the water, 

 of course. When he arrived at the pface where stood the fodge of 

 Dc'hae'"hiyawa"kho'" he said, "Hast not thou been aware from 

 time to time that the game animafs wliose bodies I formed have 

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