Note 20 — Chapter IV · MYTHS AND LEGENDS

Mr Portman gives a slightly different version from the same tribe20. “Bilik was sleeping at To̱l-l’oko-tima. Luratut went to bring fire. He caught hold of the fire, and in doing so burnt Bilik. Bilik awoke and seized some fire. He hit Luratut with the fire. Then he hit Tarčal (a fish) with the fire. Čalter (another species of kingfisher) caught hold of the fire. He gave it to the ancestors at Wota-emi. The ancestors made fires.”