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rears him as her own. In all this we have a parallel to the Bible narra- 

 tive as to Sarah and Hagar. And yet we cannot believe that the makers 

 of Samoan myths have taken an incident from the Bible and thrust it 

 into one of their own legends, giving it a setting there which is unmis- 

 takeably Samoan in its material and workmanship. 



This same tale with Considerable variations, is to be found in the 

 "Myths and Songs," but there Mauike is the form of the fire-god's name, 

 and Bua-taranga is the wife of K-u, the supporter of the heavens, and she 

 is the mother of the hero of the tale. 



Tola. — The land of Mafui'e 1 was down below; 2 in it was an im- 

 mensely large toa-tree 3 continually smouldering, and there lived the 

 people* of Mafui'e and some other men. The land where the 

 people of Mafui'e lived down below was called Fu'e-aloa, but the 

 road 5 that went down to it was called Tauai-fu'e-fu'e. By it they 

 could go up above to the people there. These people above at 

 this time, [the time of my story], ate everything raw, but the men 

 down below had cooked food. 6 -[That is not so now; for,] when the 

 men below were conquered, fire was brought up above, and the 

 road was then filled in. Their being conquered was brought about 

 in this wise. Ululepapa was the sister of Mafui'e ; her husband 

 was Talanga. She ran away [from Mafui'e's place in displeasure]. 

 For it was the custom of Mafui'e that, when he saw any of the 

 men above 7 preparing food, he shook the earth violently, and so 

 the food fell and rolled down to him. That was the custom of 

 Mafui'e that Ululepapa was angry with ; that is the reason that 

 .she ran off with her husband ; but Talanga 8 still went down below 

 to work and make an oven, 9 uncover it, 9 and bring the food up ; 

 so they had cooked food, but all the rest of the people continued 

 to eat raw food. 



Now Ululepapa was married to Talanga, but they had no chil- 

 dren, Ulu, [as the custom was,] had to go, day by day, to the 

 sea to fetch salt water 10 [for cooking], and passed by the swamp 

 in which people bathed. Saleatua was the name of this swamp- 

 water. 1 x One day, Talanga said to her, ' Ulu, when you go to bring 

 salt water, is there no woman to be seen there?' She answered, 



