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all gathered together in the Ninth Heavens, — the place where 

 dwelt Tangaloa, the creator, and Tangaloa, the immoveable ; the 

 Council was held in the Ninth Heavens ; the ground where they 

 held the Council was Malae-a-Toto'a, 'the council ground of 

 Tranquillity.' 



30. Then various decrees were made in the Ninth Heavens ; the 

 children of Ilu and Mamao were appointed all of them to be 

 builders, and to come down from the Eighth Heavens to this [earth] 

 below ; perhaps they were ten thousand in all that were appointed 

 to be builders ; they had one name all were [called] Tangaloa. 

 Then they built houses for the Tangaloa ; but the builders did 

 not reach to the Ninth Heavens — the home of Tangaloa-le-fuli — 

 which was called the ' Bright House' [fale-'ula]. 



31. Then said Tangaloa, the creator, to Night and Day : — 'Let 

 those two boys go down below to be chiefs over the offspring of 

 Fatu and 'Ele-'ele.' But to the end of the names of the two boys 

 was attached the name of Tangaloa-le-fuli who is king (' tupu ') 

 of the Ninth Heavens ; hence the [Samoan] kings ('tupu') were 

 named ' Tui o Manu'a-tele ma Samoa atoa.' 



32. Then Tangaloa, the creator, said to Night and Day : — 'Let 

 those two boys, the Sun and the Moon, go and follow you two ; 

 when Day comes, let the Sun follow ; also when Night comes, the 

 Moon too comes on.' These two are the shades of Tangaloa ; they 

 are well-known in all the world ; the Moon is the shade of Tang- 

 aloa ; but thus runs the decree of Tangaloa, the creator, — ' Let 

 there be one portion of the heavens, in which they pass along ; in 

 like manner also shall the Stars pass along.' 



33. Then Tangaloa, the messenger, went to and fro to visit the 

 land ; his visit began in the place where are (now) the Eastern 

 groups ; these groups were made to spring up ; then he went off 

 to cause the group of Fiji to grow up ; but the space between 

 seemed so far off that he could not walk it ; then he stood there 

 and turned his face to the Sky, [praying] to Tangaloa, the creator, 

 and Tangaloa, the immoveable ; Tangaloa looked down to Tang- 



