Old Ko-a-lák-ak-a, who told this myth, did not know who Natanatas was,
but she thought that he represented Wind. He could cause a storm, and
when a storm was raging, by wishing hard he could quell it. Natanatas
gave his son-in-law what he thought to be impossible tasks.—The giving
of tasks to a new son-in-law is a feature in many Indian myths, and
also in Aryan myths.