CH. X MYTHOLOGY OF THE MINAEASSEBS US 



custom has now changed, these people originally traced 

 descent through the mother. 



Thus, commencing with Lumimutit, we find in the 

 family tree of Waworuntu, that her daughter 



Pasijowan by her husband Eumengan begat Kinaambangan, 

 Kinaambangan ,, Mokointempai begat Manembu ; 



and then the genealogy changes, and the descent is traced 

 through the father : 



Manembu by his wife Eetawene begat Winutaan, 

 Winutaan „ Koror begat Pandeirot, 



&c. &c. 



And in the genealogy of Ngantung we find precisely the 

 same thing : 



Pasijowan by her husband Palapa begat Rinengan, 

 Einengan „ Lumainang begat Eindengan, 



Eiadengan by his wife IntorLng begat Menembu, 

 Menembu „ Kinetar begat Waturijamassen. 



In the cosmology of the Minahassers we find it mentioned 

 that the whole earth is borne by a pig belonging to the god 

 Makawalang, who dwells in the under- world. Earthquakes 

 are caused by the pig rubbing himself against the trees. 



Another version of the story, however, says that the 

 world does not stand on the pig itself, but on a number of 

 piles, and the earthquakes are caused by the pig rubbing 

 himself against them (91). 



A similar belief to this occurs in the cosmology of many 

 of the Malay races of the Archipelago. Thus the Bolang- 

 Mongondus beUeve that the world rests on the horns of a 

 great buffalo, and whenever a fly settles on his ears he 

 shakes his head, and so causes the earth to quake (90) . 



According to the inhabitants of Koti island, the Niasers, 

 the Bataks, and even the Fijians, the earth rests upon 

 a gigantic snake. The Menangkabawan Malays of Mid- 



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