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 | | And Tangaloa, the creator, said [to Tangaloa, the messenger], 'Come now; go back by the road you came; take people to possess the Eastern groups; take Atu and Sasa'e; that is a pair; they were called conjointly Atu-Sasae; these two people came from the heavens from among the children of Tangaloa. |
 | | Then Tangaloa, the messenger, went again to the Fiji group; he also again took two persons, a pair their names were Atu and Fiji from among all the children of Tangaloa; so that group of islands was called Atu-Fiji. |
 | | And Tangaloa, the creator, said, 'Come now, go you with the Peopling-vine; take it and place it outside in the sun; leave it there to bring forth; when you see it has brought forth, tell me.' Then he took it and placed it in Salea-au-mua, a council-ground, which is now called the Malae-of-the-sun. |
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