Note 45 — Chapter IV · MYTHS AND LEGENDS

“Pe̱rǰido was the first man to catch a pig. He went into the forest and found a pig. Pe̱rǰido was hungry. He caught the pig and took it home. The pig had no eyes nor ears nor mouth. Pe̱rǰido did not disembowel the pig, nor did he sever the joints of its legs45. He made a fire and put the pig on it. The pig swelled up in the heat of the fire and burst. This made holes in the pig’s head, two for ears, two for eyes, two for nostrils. The pig perceived that it was being burnt. It jumped up from the fire and ran away. Pe̱rǰido threw a ko̱bo (Licuala) leaf at it. The pig ran into the sea and became a dugong. The leaf became its flipper.”