Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine / Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-26, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pages 165-198

by Frank G. Speck

HOW A HUNTER ENCOUNTERED BMULE´, VISITED HIS COUNTRY, AND OBTAINED A BOON

1. 1. Ni·ga´
   2. And
2. 1. be·səgwəda´
   2. once
3. 1. alnα̨bα´
   2. a man
4. 1. ki·wadi·eli´n
   2. went hunting
5. 1. nda´tαmα
   2. not
6. 1. ke´gwi
   2. anything
7. 1. nami·təwi´
   2. he could see
8. 1. ni·gayu´
   2. and soon
9. 1. pe´mose`t
   2. he came
10. 1. si·bu´k`
    2. to a river
11. 1. ni´obe´dji·gada`dusəmi`n
    2. then he grew thirsty
12. 1. nspi·wi.´
    2. at the same time
13. 1. bawadji·´
    2. because of it
14. 1. α̨dabi´t
    2. he sat down
15. 1. ni·yu·´
    2. and here
16. 1. gi·zi·´
    2. after
17. 1. abi·´t`
    2. he sat
18. 1. ni·yu·´
    2. here
19. 1. ugada´wəs·əmi`n
    2. he was going to drink
20. 1. ni·gełα´
    2. and so
21. 1. ni·´yu.
    2. here
22. 1. udli·´dαpsidoda`mən
    2. here stooped down
23. 1. yunəbi´k
    2. here water
24. 1. lagwi·wi·`
    2. toward
25. 1. ni·yu·´
    2. and here
26. 1. nəbi·´k
    2. in the water
27. 1. wəda´li·na`mi·hαn
    2. there he saw
28. 1. aweni´li´l`
    2. somebody
29. 1. eləwe´gwi·na`
    2. like really
30. 1. pmauzəwi·´n´u`k
    2. a human being
31. 1. li·´nαŋgᵂzu`
    2. resembling
32. 1. ndaganowa´
    2. but not that
33. 1. wᴐ·we´lmα̨wi·a`l`
    2. he knew him
34. 1. aweni·wa´
    2. who that
35. 1. ke´nəwagi·zi·`
    2. but that he had
36. 1. una´ nodaməna`l
    2. heard of him
37. 1. ni·aweni·´
    2. that one
38. 1. eli·gi´t`
    2. was like
39. 1. sak`hi·wa´
    2. behold
40. 1. bmulε·´
    2. Bmule´.
41. 1. negani·´
    2. Then
42. 1. wudji·am`ki´n
    2. he got up
43. 1. ni·
    2. then
44. 1. wənα̨´djigαntłα̨zin
    2. he went and hid himself
45. 1. u`wa
    2. that
46. 1. alnα̨be´
    2. man
47. 1. ni·gi·zi·´gα̨tłα̨zi`t`
    2. and after he hid
48. 1. ni·yu·´
    2. then
49. 1. dα̨´dəbi·nawα`n
    2. as he noticed him
50. 1. yuli´l
    2. this
51. 1. wi·dα̨ba`l`[62]
    2. his friend
52. 1. dαni·dji·´wədla`dake`n
    2. what was he going to do
53. 1. ni·gewa´
    2. then that.
54. 1. bmulε´
    2. Bmule´
55. 1. ni·wədji·´pənα̨dawe`n
    2. Then he climbed
56. 1. i·yu·´
    2. here
57. 1. abazi·´k
    2. in a tree
58. 1. ni·gat·e·´
    2. at once
59. 1. eli·nawα´nt`
    2. it appeared like
60. 1. yuli´
    2. this
61. 1. alnα̨ba´l`
    2. man
62. 1. eli·taləs·əmi·´t`
    2. as he saw lying
63. 1. yu·
    2. here
64. 1. si·bu´k
    2. in the river
65. 1. ni·agəma´
    2. that one
66. 1. egəmα´t·atci·`
    2. where he also
67. 1. α̨si·dai·wi´
    2. in his turn
68. 1. ogado´`səmi`n
    2. he was going to drink,
69. 1. ni·yu´
    2. then
70. 1. wi·zα̨wi·´mani·`m[63]
    2. his gold
71. 1. ge·´lada`k
    2. in his mouth
72. 1. ni·wikwənəmə´n
    2. and he took it out
73. 1. ni·yu´k·i·`k
    2. and here on the ground
74. 1. ubᴐ´nəmən
    2. he lay it
75. 1. ni·wa´lnα̨bε`´
    2. then that man
76. 1. gi·zi·ne´mitα̨ŋk`ᵂ
    2. when he saw it
77. 1. ei·gadənə´k
    2. where he hid it
78. 1. i·yuwədo´nαk
    2. here in his mouth
79. 1. ni·yuwədli·dəhα̨zi´n
    2. and he thought
80. 1. nα̨dji·´kəmodənα´n
    2. to go and steal it.
81. 1. ni·geła´
    2. So accordingly
82. 1. ni·yu´
    2. then
83. 1. mα̨djegᵂzi`n
    2. he started to crawl
84. 1. walnα̨bε´
    2. that man
85. 1. abαk·skadai·wi·`
    2. flat on his belly
86. 1. wadji·nda´
    2. so that not
87. 1. wewᴐ̹·lα´ŋk`ᵂ
    2. he would know it
88. 1. yuli´l`
    2. this
89. 1. wi·dα̨ba´l`
    2. his friend
90. 1. ni·gαn·i·´
    2. then
91. 1. gi·zi·be´sudji·wi·`
    2. when he had come near
92. 1. pedji·gwəzi·´t
    2. coming crawling
93. 1. ni·gi·gi·mi·wi·´
    2. slyly
94. 1. uwikwənəmə´n
    2. he took it
95. 1. wi·zα̨wi´mani·`
    2. the gold.
96. 1. ni·wa´gizəs·əmi·`t
    2. Then when he had drunk
97. 1. wabmulε·´
    2. that Bmule´
98. 1. elα̨bi´t ni·
    2. looking there
99. 1. ndα`tαmα̨`
    2. not,
100. 1. unami·´towα`n
     2. he saw it
101. 1. ni·yu´
     2. Then
102. 1. ga´dagi`dəhα̨zi´n
     2. he began to think about it
103. 1. ni·wədli·´dəhŋzi`n
     2. and he concluded.
104. 1. “eli·kəmo´dənamα`k`.”
     2. “So it is stolen from me.”
105. 1. ni·ganəwowa´
     2. And then that
106. 1. bmulε´
     2. Bmule´
107. 1. məde´oləno
     2. was a magician
108. 1. ogwa´
     2. it was said
109. 1. ni·gan·i·´.
     2. and then
110. 1. yu´t·e
     2. right there
111. 1. ni·
     2. that
112. 1. no´ləmi·wi·`
     2. abroad
113. 1. udli·´gelosi`n
     2. he spoke aloud
114. 1. ni·udi·damə´n
     2. and he said,
115. 1. “ni·dα̨bε´
     2. “My friend,
116. 1. kmi·´li·n·əba
     2. give me, do,
117. 1. ni·
     2. that
118. 1. nəwi·zα̨wi·´mani·`m
     2. my gold
119. 1. ki·yandaba´
     2. you can not
120. 1. ke´gwi·
     2. anything
121. 1. kdla´wakek·towα´n
     2. you make use of it
122. 1. ni·
     2. that
123. 1. ni·a´
     2. mine
124. 1. pma´uzowαŋa`n.
     2. life.
125. 1. ni`·
     2. Now
126. 1. si·bi·wi·
     2. also
127. 1. ndaba´
     2. can not
128. 1. nzi´p`ki·ngi·zi·tcani·ła`n`tamα̨`.
     2. I very long can stop anywhere.
129. 1. a´yagα`ntedji·´
     2. Pray unless that
130. 1. nabi·´wi·
     2. soon
131. 1. mi·li·ane´
     2. you give it to me
132. 1. ni·mi·li·ane´
     2. and if you give it to me
133. 1. kule´ləməgwawi`n
     2. you will have good luck
134. 1. nəwedji·´
     2. for that
135. 1. kəməs·e´ltodji·`
     2. you will have an abundance
136. 1. mani·´
     2. money
137. 1. medji·mi·wi·´
     2. always
138. 1. αnda´
     2. not
139. 1. nadi·e´ləwαŋga`n
     2. hunting
140. 1. kəne`´nodahαmə`.”
     2. you will lack.”
141. 1. ni·udi·łəgu´n
     2. Then he was told
142. 1. yuli´l`
     2. this
143. 1. a´lnα̨ba`l`
     2. man
144. 1. “ni·
     2. “Now
145. 1. gədα̨´ badji·`mi·l·α`n
     2. I will give you back
146. 1. kəwi·zawi·´mani·`m
     2. your gold
147. 1. ni·genowa´
     2. but then
148. 1. moza´k
     2. don’t
149. 1. pa´tcwuli·k·a`tc”
     2. cheat me.”
150. 1. ni·udi·łəgu´n
     2. And he was told
151. 1. “nda`ba´
     2. “Can not
152. 1. keba´tcwəl·o`
     2. cheat you
153. 1. ni·gα̨de´kse´gəzi·yanε`
     2. if not you are afraid of me
154. 1. ni·ga´
     2. and
155. 1. a´ida
     2. well
156. 1. tes·α̨dewα
     2. mount
157. 1. npəs·kwanə`k`
     2. upon my back
158. 1. ni·gəzα̨´ŋgəlα̨badji`n
     2. and hold tight
159. 1. pi·´t·adji·
     2. for exceedingly
160. 1. kəse´łα̨bənα`.”
     2. we will go fast.”
161. 1. ni·geła´
     2. Forthwith
162. 1. walnαbε´
     2. that man
163. 1. udes·α̨dawa´n
     2. mounted
164. 1. ubə´s·kwanə`k
     2. his back
165. 1. yuli´l`
     2. of this
166. 1. bmula´l`
     2. Bmule´.
167. 1. ni´·wa
     2. Then
168. 1. umα̨´djełα`n
     2. he went away
169. 1. ktci·´mədeolənu`
     2. the great magician
170. 1. ni·gα̨da´k
     2. even
171. 1. e´dudji·ełα`nt`
     2. so traveling
172. 1. wabmulε·´
     2. that Bmule´
173. 1. pek·i·´lα̨begwa`si·məgi·`
     2. could rise in the air.
174. 1. ni·gi·´zi·
     2. Then when
175. 1. met`ki·wi´k
     2. to the end
176. 1. wa´
     2. there
177. 1. obe´djiłα`n
     2. he came
178. 1. i·yu´
     2. here
179. 1. ede´li·bezwo`got
     2. there he brought him
180. 1. bmulaiki·´
     2. to Bmule´’s country
181. 1. li·wi·tα̨zu´.
     2. as it is called.
182. 1. ktaha´n·dwi·
     2. Great magic
183. 1. mədeolənowa`k
     2. shamans
184. 1. ai·yi·di·´t
     2. are there
185. 1. ma´ǫwi·
     2. together just
186. 1. baskwε·´
     2. at noon.
187. 1. payα̨di·´t
     2. They came
188. 1. yugi´k
     2. these
189. 1. mədeolənowa´k
     2. shamans
190. 1. ma´ǫwi·
     2. together
191. 1. gau´ldowak
     2. they slept.
192. 1. ni·yuli´l`
     2. Then this
193. 1. bmula´l`
     2. Bmule´
194. 1. pεzwogo´t
     2. bringing him
195. 1. ni´t·e
     2. right there
196. 1. yuk·i´k
     2. to this country
197. 1. ubu´nəgu`n
     2. he was put down
198. 1. ni·ude´łəgu`l
     2. and it was said to him,
199. 1. “yudala´di·eli·`
     2. “Here hunt
200. 1. təmakwa´k
     2. beavers
201. 1. si·bi·wi·´
     2. also
202. 1. wunəgi·gwa´k
     2. otters
203. 1. ni·kwi·wi·zα̨dji´n
     2. so hurry and get ready
204. 1. wi·biwi·´
     2. just
205. 1. ngedα´mkip·o`de[64]
     2. at one o’clock
206. 1. kda´tcwi·
     2. you must
207. 1. ayi·´n
     2. stay
208. 1. ni·gi·za´di·eli·ane`
     2. and after you have hunted
209. 1. ni·gəbəs·i·ha´dasi`n
     2. you skin them
210. 1. nabawi·´
     2. quickly
211. 1. ni·t·atci·´
     2. and then at once
212. 1. ko´lα̨bekhα̨da`mən
     2. bundle them up well
213. 1. kəmade´gənoma`k
     2. your hides
214. 1. ni·ni·ebla´
     2. until then
215. 1. tek·a´
     2. there
216. 1. ndatcwi·´l·os·e`
     2. I must go
217. 1. nda´ba
     2. it will not be
218. 1. sipki·wi·´
     2. long time
219. 1. ni·dji·nəbaya´n
     2. and I will come
220. 1. esmadji·´
     2. before will
221. 1. to`k·u´ldewi·a`k
     2. they wake up
222. 1. ktci·mədeolənowa´k
     2. great shamans
223. 1. nədji·´kəmαdja`ləlα´n
     2. so I will carry you back
224. 1. mi·na´
     2. again
225. 1. wa´dənαla`n”
     2. (to) where I got you.”
226. 1. ni·geła´
     2. Accordingly
227. 1. ni·gat·e´
     2. at once
228. 1. wa
     2. that
229. 1. yuli´l`.
     2. this
230. 1. wi·dα̨ba´l`
     2. his friend
231. 1. ela´gəki·mgo`t
     2. as he was told
232. 1. ni·wi·
     2. then
233. 1. hwi·zα̨dji´n
     2. he hurried
234. 1. ni·gat·e´
     2. and at once
235. 1. nunadi·e´ləwα̨mα`n
     2. then he hunted and packed them
236. 1. wunəgi·gwa´
     2. otters
237. 1. si·bi·wi·´
     2. also
238. 1. təma`kwa´
     2. beavers.
239. 1. ni·gi·zi·ni·łα̨ni·´
     2. After he had killed
240. 1. kipke´`tαhα`nt
     2. he cut off some meat
241. 1. ni·yu´
     2. and then
242. 1. bə´s·i·hada`s·i·łαn
     2. he skinned them
243. 1. nabi·nαŋgwa´t
     2. quickly it seemed
244. 1. ki·ni·´
     2. very much
245. 1. eli·wi·za`ke´k
     2. he hurried
246. 1. ni·ga´
     2. and then
247. 1. wᴐ̹·lαbek·hα̨da´mən
     2. he bundled them up well
248. 1. umadegənoma´
     2. his hides
249. 1. ni·gi·zi·´
     2. and after
250. 1. ki·zα̨dji·´t
     2. he was ready
251. 1. eli·dəhαzi·´t
     2. he thought,
252. 1. “ki·zi·ε´t·o´
     2. “It is after
253. 1. nahən´i·´
     2. now about
254. 1. nəgwədα´mki·p·ode·`
     2. one o’clock
255. 1. α̨gełαt·e´."
     2. surely.”
256. 1. ni·ga´nowa
     2. And then he
257. 1. wədli·dəhα̨zi´n
     2. thought,
258. 1. “ni·dα̨bε´
     2. “my friend
259. 1. nowa´neləmu`k`ᵂ”
     2. said what was true.”
260. 1. ni·ganowanda´
     2. And then not
261. 1. tαnetu´l`.
     2. did not know
262. 1. la´k`ᵂhε·ki·`
     2. how far
263. 1. wedji·bayα`nt
     2. he came from
264. 1. yuli´l`
     2. this
265. 1. wi·dα̨ba´l`
     2. his friend
266. 1. wəs·a´mi·wi·`tc
     2. because also
267. 1. nd´at·egəne`
     2. not he could
268. 1. ki·zi·djanabi·wi·`
     2. stop
269. 1. wa
     2. that
270. 1. ayagαnt·e´
     2. since
271. 1. we´dji·wi·`
     2. always
272. 1. mε·łαntde´
     2. traveling
273. 1. spəmə´k`
     2. in the air.
274. 1. sala´k·i·wi·`
     2. Suddenly
275. 1. ni·
     2. then
276. 1. unodamə´n
     2. he heard
277. 1. saŋkhi·mαmα´ntkami·`gip·ode`k
     2. coming out earth trembling,
278. 1. eli·dəhα̨zit
     2. thinking
279. 1. ebəgwatcε·t·o´
     2. on account of it
280. 1. gadi·me´t`kami·ge`
     2. the world was about to end
281. 1. e´dudji·sαk·pa`tαŋgwa`k
     2. so much it was noisy,
282. 1. saki·´yulil`
     2. but behold this
283. 1. wi·dα̨ba´l`
     2. his friend
284. 1. sαŋkhe´łα̨li`t
     2. coming along out
285. 1. ni·ga´t·e
     2. and then
286. 1. pedji·´gədahi·t
     2. came jumping
287. 1. wa
     2. that
288. 1. bmulε·´
     2. Bmule´.
289. 1. ni·udi·´damən
     2. Then said
290. 1. wa
     2. that
291. 1. a´ida
     2. well
292. 1. bmulε·´
     2. Bmule´
293. 1. “nabawi·´
     2. “Quickly
294. 1. tes·i·´gədahi`n
     2. jump upon
295. 1. nbə´skwanα`k
     2. my back
296. 1. gi·zi·na`´ni
     2. it is already time
297. 1. mədeolənowa´k
     2. the shamans
298. 1. amku´ldowa`k.”
     2. wake up.”
299. 1. ni·geła´
     2. Accordingly
300. 1. ni·wa´
     2. then he
301. 1. udes·i·´gədahi´n
     2. jumped upon
302. 1. pə´s·kwanα`k.
     2. his back
303. 1. yuli´l
     2. this
304. 1. wi·dα̨ba´l`
     2. his friend
305. 1. sε·wi·yu´
     2. with here
306. 1. umadegənoma´
     2. his hides
307. 1. tαnławe´i·
     2. as much as
308. 1. ki·za´di·eli·`t
     2. he had hunted.
309. 1. ni·wa´
     2. Then he
310. 1. omα̨´djełαn
     2. started off
311. 1. bmulε·´
     2. Bmule´
312. 1. ni·t·atci·´
     2. and then
313. 1. tα̨ławe´i·
     2. like
314. 1. e´dudji·łα`nt
     2. so fast going
315. 1. pek·i·wi·´bi·wi·`
     2. only just
316. 1. lαmbi·gwa´hasi·de`
     2. he imagined it
317. 1. ni·gi·zi·´
     2. then after
318. 1. obesogu´n
     2. he warmed up
319. 1. wa´də
     2. his belly
320. 1. nogo`tα`p
     2. and his head
321. 1. ntami·´
     2. first
322. 1. neni·gan·i·´
     2. there as formerly
323. 1. gi·zi·be´swogo´t
     2. when he brought him
324. 1. ni·udi·´łəgun
     2. then he was told
325. 1. “nd´atci.
     2. “Not ever
326. 1. mi·na´
     2. again
327. 1. kəne`na´mi·hodi·`p·əna`
     2. we will see each other
328. 1. kenowadji·´
     2. but also
329. 1. kədaskami·´
     2. you forever
330. 1. wule´ləməgwewin
     2. will have good fortune
331. 1. nəwedji·´
     2. and so
332. 1. kwenα̨´wəzi·a`n”
     2. you will live long.”
333. 1. ni·t·atci·´
     2. And here
334. 1. notlo´`kαŋga`n
     2. my story
335. 1. ume´tα̨begəs·i`n.
     2. is ended.

[62] Used in a somewhat humorous sense.

[63] Lit. “yellow money,” mani´, “money” borrowed during early English contact.

[64] Literally “once move (sun)” referring to division of portions of the day.

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HOW A HUNTER ENCOUNTERED BMULE´, VISITED HIS COUNTRY AND OBTAINED A BOON[65]
FREE TRANSLATION

Once there was a man who went hunting but he could not find anything. Soon he came to a river and as he had become thirsty, he sat down and after he had sat down, he was about to drink. While he stooped down toward the water, there in the water he saw some one’s reflection really resembling a human being, but one whom he did not know but of whom he had heard. Behold he was like Bmulε´, and at once the man got up and hid himself and after he had hidden, he watched to see what the other, his friend Bmulε´, would do. Then he climbed into a tree. Then the other, whose reflection he had seen in the water while lying on his face, that one in his turn was about to come down and drink. He had a piece of gold in his mouth and he took it out and laid it on the ground. Then the man, when he saw where Bmulε´ had hidden it after taking it from his mouth, thought that he would go and steal it. Accordingly, the man started to crawl flat on his belly so that his friend would not see him, and when he came near, crawling slyly along, he took the gold.

[65] A St. Francis Abenaki tale, given by C. G. Leland and J. D. Prince (Kuloskap The Master, New York 1902, p. 236), rather closely follows this narrative, though in the St. Francis story “P’mula” gives magic eye-rings of a snake to the hunter.

Pəmu´la seems to be known locally among the western Wabanaki. To the St. Francis Abenaki he is a bird-like monster which flies from one end of the world to the other in one day. He can hear the merest mention of his name if anyone calls him. (Cf. Maurault, op. cit., p. 574.) In Penobscot mythology, Pəmu´le, “Comes flying,” is believed to heed the appeal of men. Once a year he flies across the sky, propelling himself with bull-roarers, giving three cries; one at the horizon; one at the zenith, and one at the other horizon. He may be stopped by an ascending column of smoke and will then grant supplications for aid.

The concept is interesting as an element of religious and social fabric among related western Algonkian. Among the Algonquin and Ojibwa of Ontario, the creature is known under the name Pa·´guk` (Timiskaming) (cf. F. G. Speck, Myths and Folk-Lore of the Timiskaming, Algonquin, and Timagami Ojibwa, Memoir 70, Anthropological Series No. 9, Geological Survey of Canada, 1915, p. 22) and Pa·´gαk (Timagami) (ibid., p. 81). The beliefs regarding him are similar to those of the Wabanaki; though the Timagami believe his appearance to be an omen of death. With the Menomini “Paˣkaˣ is a flying skeleton ... corresponding to the western Ojibway Pägûk” (A. B. Skinner, Social Life and Ceremonial Bundles of the Menomini Indians, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History (1913), Vol. XIII, pt. 1, p. 83).

On the northern plains, however, among the Plains Ojibwa, “Pägûk, a skeleton being with glaring eyes which is sometimes seen flitting through the air,” is the dream patron of a cannibal cult (Windigokan), the members of which perform in a mask costume and blow on whistles. The functions of the society are to heal disease and to exorcise demons. Taboo associations have become centered about the society. (A. B. Skinner, Political Organization, Cults, and Ceremonies of the Plains Ojibway and Plains Cree Indians, ibid., Vol. XI, Part VI, pp. 500-505.) The Plains Cree had the same society (Skinner, ibid., p. 528-529) and so do the Assiniboine (R. H. Lowie, The Assiniboine, ibid., Vol. IV, Part I (1909), pp. 62-66), who also designate the dance by a cognate term Wiᵂtgō´gax. This series of cases makes me feel that we have here a case of more recent elaboration from a common Algonkian idea, the result of a tendency toward socialization on the Plains, where the cannibal cult evolving out of the flying-head conception has taken on the characteristics of the crazy dance of the Arapaho, Gros Ventre and the others of this region.

Then when Bmulε´ had finished drinking, returning for his gold, behold he could not find it and, thinking about it, he reached a conclusion. “So it is evidently stolen from me.” Now that Bmulε´ was a sorcerer, and so right there he spoke aloud into the air and said, “My friend, please do give me back that, my gold, for you can not make any use of it. That is my life. Moreover, I can not stay long in any one place. Pray do give it back to me quickly and if you give it to me you will have good luck, for that you will always have an abundance of money and you will not lack in hunting.” Then the man spoke to him and said, “Then I will give you back your gold, but then don’t cheat me.” And he, Bmulε´, said, “I can not cheat you. If you are afraid of me so now mount upon my back and hold tight to me for very fast we shall go.” Accordingly the man mounted upon the back of Bmulε´ and the great magician started off traveling so fast, because that Bmulε´ could even rise in the air, and then they came to the end where he brought him, Bmulε´’s country, as it is called. Great magicians lived there. Just at noon time these magicians assembled at that place and slept together. Then this Bmulε´ bringing him right to this country put him down and said to him, “Here you may hunt beavers and otters. So hurry and get ready. Just until 1 o’clock you can stay, and after you have hunted, skin your game quickly and bundle up your hides. Until then I must go somewheres. It shall not be for a long time and I shall come back before the great magicians wake up, and carry you back again to the place where I got you.” Accordingly at once the man did as his friend told him and he hurried on with it and he hunted beavers and otters and after he had killed them he cut off some meat and skinned them, quickly he proceeded with haste and then bundled up his hides, and after he was ready he thought to himself, “It must now be about 1 o’clock surely.” And he thought again, “My friend said what was true.” But he did not know how far his friend had to come from, forasmuch as he could not stop anywhere since he was always traveling in the air. Suddenly then a great trembling he heard arise from the earth and he thought on account of so much disturbance that the world was about to come to an end. But behold it was this his friend coming along. Then Bmulε´ came bounding up and Bmulε´ said, “Quickly jump upon my back, it is already time for the magicians to wake up.” Accordingly then the man jumped upon his friend’s back with his hides that he had secured, and Bmulε´ started off going so fast that one could only imagine it. Then he brought him to where he had been formerly. After he had warmed up his belly and his head, he said, “Never again will we see each other, but nevertheless you will forever have good fortune and besides you will live long.” And here my story is ended.

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