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looking towards the west, said [again] to the rock, ''Divide!" 

 He then smote it with his right hand : the rock divided on 

 the right, and immediately the earth and sea were born. 

 That [the earth] is the parent of all the men [mankind] in 

 the world. The lava rock was then flooded, and the reclining 

 rock said to it, '^ Blessed art thou in the enjoyment of thy 

 sea" ; to which the lava rock replied, '' Bless not me, for the 

 sea will reach unto thee also." And thus it was with all the 

 rocks. 



Tagaloa then turned to the right, and the fresh waters 

 arose. Tagaloa again said to the rock, ''Divide!" and the 

 heaven [sky] was born. Again he spake to the rock, and 

 there were born in succession Tui-te'e-lagi [the heaven- 

 raising-king], immensity and space, and the palm of clouds.* 

 He spake again and the male and female abysses were born, 

 named Luao [the hollow abyss] and Luavai [the abyss of 

 waters]. Again Tagaloa spake to the rock, and there were 

 born in succession Aoalala [a branching zoophyte], a male, 

 and Ga'ogaooletai [a coral rock], a female; also tagata [man], 

 spirit ; heart ; will and suspicion. 



This completes the list of the progeny produced by Tagaloa 

 from the rock. But they were only floating on the surface 

 of the sea, no stationary place had been assigned them. 



Tagaloa and the rock then made the following appoint- 

 ments : — • 



1. To heart, spirit, will, and suspicion he said, "Enter ye 

 into man." This is the cause of man's intelligence : He was 

 named Fatu-ma-le-Eleele \_i.e., Rock-and-the-Earth]. This 

 was the first human pair; Fatu (Rock) was the female, and 

 Ele'elef the male. 



2. To immensity and space he said, "Come, ye, and be 

 united above, and let the palm of clouds be your child." 

 They therefore ascended, but there was only an immense 

 void, — there was nothing upon which the sight could rest. 



3. To the abysses of void and waters he said, " Go ye, and 

 people the regions of the waters. 



4. Let the zoophyte and the coral rock produce the inhabi- 

 tants of the sea. 



5. Let Fatu-ma-le-Eleele people this side [where the earth 

 is]. 



* This seems to compare the clouds to the spreading leaves of the graceful 

 cocoa-nut tree. 



t This, be it observed, is the Samoan form of the Heb. ^'}.X=Ch. and 

 Syr. Ny1^it or VIN;. 



