Iq TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
that she might give increase. The Moon spoke and said, “‘All things that 
you have made, you have made in pairs, as the Heavens and the Earth, 
the Sun and the Moon. Give a mate to the woman so that the pair may 
live together and help one another in life.” Tirawa made a man and 
sent him to the woman; then he said: ‘“‘Now I will speak to both of you. 
I give you the earth. You shall call the earth ‘mother.’ The heavens 
you shall call ‘father.’ You shall also call the moon ‘mother,’ for she 
rises in the east; and you shall call the sun ‘father,’ for he rises in the 
east. In time you, woman, shall be known as ‘mother,’ and the man 
shall be known as ‘father.’ I give you the sun to give you light. The 
moon will also give you light. The earth I give you, and you are to call 
her ‘mother,’ for she gives birth to all things. The timber that shall 
grow upon the earth you shall make use of in many ways. Some of the 
trees will have fruit upon them. Shrubs will grow from the ground and 
they will have berries upon them. All these things I give you and you 
shall eat of them. Never forget to call the earth ‘mother,’ for you are 
to live upon her. You must love her, for you must walk upon her. 
I will now show you how to build a lodge, so that you will not be cold or 
get wet from the rain. Go and get timber. Cut ten forked sticks and 
set them in a circle. Cut some poles to lay across the forks. Four of 
the upright forks must form a parallelogram, with the longest sides 
extending east and west. The posts that are set in the ground to 
uphold the lodge represent the four gods who hold up the heavens in 
the northeast, northwest, southwest, and southeast. There are minor 
gods between these, with powers that connect the power of one god to 
another. There is also an outer circle of many gods, and you shall cut poles 
to represent them; their power also extends from one god to another. 
The south side of the lodge will be for the men, for the men will be strong, 
and so they must be on the right. The north side shall be for the women, 
for they are not as strong as the men and so must be on the left. othe 
entrance of the lodge shall always face the east, for the lodge that you 
are to build shall breathe as if human. Five posts are on the south side, 
representing the five branches of the man, two legs, two arms and head. 
The five forks at the north also stand for the five branches of the woman. 
You shall net willows together. These shall be thrown upon the east 
side of the four posts that stand for the gods in the heavens. These 
netted willows represent the ribs of the gods that the posts represent. 
When the lodge is complete, dig in the center for the fireplace and I will 
give you fire-sticks so that you can make your fire. These fire-sticks 
belong to the sun. When you make the fireplace, dig up the dirt in the 
center of the lodge and take it out and place it in front of the lodge i in 
