THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 520, 6 April 1920, Page 2

THE ORIGIN OF WOMAN

According to a Hindu legend this is the proper origin of woman. Tv/ashtri, the good Vulcan of the Hindu mythology, created the world, but on his commencing to create woman he had exhausted all his creative materials, and not one solid element had been left.

This, of course, greatly perplexed Twashtri and caused him to fall into a profound meditation. When l iri arose from it he proceeded as f. 1lows. He took: The roundness of the moon. The undulating curve of the serpent. The graceful twist of the creeping plant. The light shivering of the grass blade and the slenderness of the willow. The velvet of the flowersThe lightness of the feather. The gentle gaze of the doe. The frolicsomeness of the dancing

sunbeam. The tears of the cloud. The inconstancy of the wind. The timidity of the hare. The vanity of the peacock. The hardness of the diamond. The cruelty of the tiger. The chill of the snow. The cackling of the parrot. The cooing of the turtle dove. All these he mixed together and formed a woman.