.270 JOHN FRASER. 



The Production of the Nine Heavens. 



21. Then Immensity and Space brought forth offspring ; they 

 brought forth Po and Ao, 'Night and Day', and this couple was 

 ordained by Tangaloa to produce the 'Eye-of-Sky,'[the Sun]. Again 

 Immensity and Space brought forth Le-Langi; that is the Second 

 Heavens ; for Tui-te'e-langi went forth to prop it up and the sky 

 became double; and Immensity and Space remained there, and they 

 peopled the sky. Then again Langi brought forth, and Tui-te'e-langi 

 went forth and propped it up; that was the Third Heavens; that was 

 peopled by Immensity and Space. Then Langi bore again ; that 

 was the Fourth Heavens. Tui-te'e-langi went forth to prop it up; 

 that heaven also was peopled by Ilu and Mamao. Then Langi bore 

 again; that was the Fifth Heavens. Then went forth Tui-te'e-langi 

 to prop it up ; that heaven also was peopled by Ilu and Mamao. 

 Langi brought forth again; that was the Sixth Heavens. And 

 Tui-te'e-langi went and propped it up; that heaven was peopled 

 by Ilu and Mamao. Then Langi bore again; that was the Seventh 

 Heavens. And Tui-te'e-langi went forth and propped it up; that 

 ■heaven was peopled by Ilu and Mamao. Then Langi again 

 brought forth ; that was called the Eighth Heavens. Tui-te'e- 

 langi went to prop up that heaven; and that heaven was peopled 

 by Ilu and Mamao. Then again Langi brought forth ; that was 

 the Ninth Heavens; and it was propped up by Tui-te'e-langi; and 

 that heaven was peopled by Ilu and Mamao. Then ended the 

 productiveness of Ilu and Mamao ; it reached to the Ninth 

 Heavens. 



The Production of other Gods. 



22. Then Tangaloa sat [still] ; he is well-known as Tangaloa- 

 fa'a-tutupu-nu'u; then he created Tangaloa-le-fuli and Tangaloa- 

 asiasi-nu'u and Tangaloa-tolo-nu'u and Tangaloa-savali ; and Tuli 

 also and Longonoa. 



23. Then said Tangaloa, the creator, to Tangaloa-le-fuli, 'Come 

 here ; be thou chief in the heavens.' Then Tangaloa. * the immove- 

 able,' was chief in the heavens. 



