SOME FOLK-SONGS AND MYTHS FROM SAMOA. 269' 



20. Then Tangaloa made an ordinance to the Rock and said: — • 



(1) Let the Spirit and the Heart and Will and Thought go on 

 and join together inside the Man ; and they joined together there- 

 and man became intelligent. And this was joined to the earth 

 ('ele-ele'), and it was called Fatu-ma-le-'Ele-'ele, as a couple,* Fa tu 

 the man, and 'Ele-'ele, the woman. 



(2) Then he said to Immensity and Space, 'Come now; you 

 two be united up above in the sky with your boy Muao, then 

 they went up ; there was only a void, nothing for the sight to 

 rest upon. 



(3) Then he said to Lua-'o and Lua-vai, ' Come now, you two,, 

 that the region of fresh-water may be peopled.' 



(4) But he ordains Aoa-lala and Ngao-ngao-le-tai to the sea,, 

 that they two may people the sea. 



(5) And he ordains Le-Fatu and Le-'Ele-'ele, that they people 

 this side ; he points them to the left-hand side, opposite to Tua- 

 langi. 



(6) Then Tangaloa said to Tui-te'e-langi, 'Come here now; that 

 you may prop up the sky.' Then it was propped up ; it reached' 

 up on high. But it fell down because he was not able for it- 

 Then Tui-te'e-langi went to Masoa and Teve ; he brought them 

 and used them as props ; then he was able. (The masoa and the- 

 teve were the first plants that grew, and other plants came after- 

 wards). Then the sky remained up above, but there was nothing 

 for the sight to rest upon. There was only the far-receding sky, 

 reaching to Immensity and Space. 



* Note. — Mr. Powell's manuscript, under date March 21, 1871, has this 

 note : — " To-day Taua-nu'u has explained to me the reason of his reluc- 

 tance to disclose his traditions ; he is afraid lest contention arise, when 

 it is found that they place Savai'i and Upolu in a position inferior to his 

 own islands of Manu'a. When I promised due care, he opened his treasures 

 more fully. He states that (1) 'Ele-'ele is distinct from Fatu-ma-le-'Ele- 

 'ele ; that was the name given to the first man, who was only at first 

 floating about on the waters with 'Ele-'ele. Fatu-ma-le-'Ele-'ele was 

 formed by the tmion of Spirit, Heart, Will, and Thought, and was ap- 

 pointed to people the lands in conjunction with 'Ele-'ele 'Earth/ but 

 Le-'Ele-'ele was different, and Fatu was different from 'Ele-'ele. 



