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Tini, the lord of all fish and the husband of the fair Ina, had a son named Koro. The father and son left Sacred Island for a time and dwelt in the north part of Mangaia at a place which is now called “Divine Koro,” in memory of the celestial person who once had his home there. Koro, although he lived happily with his father, had his curiosity much excited by the fact that Tini often went away at night and would remain absent for two or three days at a time, moreover, when he returned he always wore a bright fresh necklace made of red and yellow seeds of the pandanus. Koro determined that he would solve the mystery of these frequent absences, so he concealed his father’s royal girdle, and then went to rest. In the night Tini rose and sought diligently for the missing girdle, but could not 