268 JOHN FRASER. 



The ' Tola.' 



13. The god Tangaloa dwelt in the Expanse; he made all things; 

 he alone was [there]; not any sky, not any country ; he only went 

 to and fro in the Expanse ; there was also no sea, and no earth ; 

 but, at the place where he stood, there grew up a rock. Tangaloa- 

 fa'a-tutupu-nu'u was his name; all things were about to be made 

 by him, for all things were not yet made ; the sky was not made, 

 nor any thing else ; but there grew up a Rock on which he stood. 



14. Then Tangaloa said to the Rock, ' Be thou split up.' Then 

 was brought forth Papa-taoto ; after that, Papa-sosolo; then Papa- 

 lau-a'au ; then Papa-'ano-'ano ; then Papa-'ele ; then Papa-tu ; 

 then Papa-'amu-'amu and his children. 



15. But Tangaloa stood facing the west, and spoke to the Rock. 

 Then Tangaloa struck the Rock with his right hand, and it split 

 open towards the right side. Then the Earth was brought forth 

 (that is the parent of all the people in the world), and the Sea was 

 brought forth. Then the Sea covered the Papa-sosolo ; and Papa- 

 nofo [that is, Papa-taoto] said to Papa-sosolo, ' Blessed are you in 

 [the possession of] your sea.' Then said Papa-sosolo 'Don't bless 

 me ; the sea will soon reach you too.' All the rocks in like man- 

 ner called him blessed. 



16. Then Tangaloa turned to the right side, and the Fresh-water 

 sprang up. Then Tangaloa spake again to the Rock, and the 

 Sky was produced. He spake again to the Rock and Tui-te'e- 

 langi was brought forth ; then came forth Ilu, 'Immensity,' and 

 Mamao, 'Space,' came (that was a woman); then came Niuao. 



17. Tangaloa spake again to the Rock ; then Lua-'o, a boy, 

 •came forth. Tangaloa spake again to the Rock, and Lua-vai, a 

 girl, came forth. Tangaloa appointed these two to the Sa-tua-langi. 



18. Then Tangaloa spoke again and Aoa-lala, a boy, was born, 

 and [next] Ngao-ngao-le-tai, a girl ; then came Man ; then came 

 the Spirit ; then the Heart ; then the Will ; then Thought. 



19. That is the end of Tangaloa's creations which were produced 

 from the Rock ; they were only floating about on the sea ; there 

 was no fixedness there. 



