While they were sleeping, Balbalaoga saw them in his _balaua_, and

he was surprised, because no one was permitted to enter the town,

for _Silit_ and the dog prevented. He said, "What is the matter of the

guards that they did not see those people enter the town? Perhaps they

are my relatives." So he took some clothes to the _balaua_ for them. He

covered them with blankets while they slept. As soon as he covered

them he sat down in the _balaua_ and waited until they got up. As soon

as Aponibolinayen awoke she saw him and said, "Do not wound us in

many places, so we will not need to cure so much." Balbalaoga said,

"If I were an enemy I would have killed you while you slept. We are

going to chew betel-nut and see who you are." So he cut a betel-nut

and gave to them, and their spittle was like agate beads. So he took

them up into his golden house and told his mother _alan_ to give them

some clothes. Not long after they drank _basi_, after they had finished

eating. All the _alan_ were drunk and the mother of Balbalaoga of Dona

said to them, "Aponibolinayen, Balbalaoga is your brother, for he was

the after-birth of Awig, which they put in the _tabalang_ which they

sent down the stream. [187] So I picked him up, for I had no child

to inherit all my things." Not long after they knew that they were

brother and sister Balbalaoga asked his sister why they came to Dona

without clothes. She said, "Aponitolau is jealous of Don Carlos and

he cut off his head, and the head jumped to my breasts, so we were

frightened and ran away. That is why we came here. I did not know I

had a brother who lived here." The head still hung to the breasts of

Aponibolinayen, but they had not seen it before, for she had covered

it. As soon as she showed it to Balbalaoga he took the head from her

breasts and they sent some betel-nuts to go and summon their mother.

As soon as the betel-nut arrived in Kaodanan it said to Pagbokásan

and Ebang, "Good morning. I came here for Balbalaoga, and his sister

sent me to come and get you." So Ebang and Pagbokásan were surprised,

because Aponibolinayen had another brother. So they called Awig and

said to him, "Here is a betel-nut from Dona which Aponibolinayen

and Balbalaoga sent, for they want to see us." Awig said to them, "I

don't believe that Aponibolinayen is still alive, for we have searched

for her a very long time, and I never heard of a place called Dona,

and I have been all over the world."

They started and the betel-nut led them. "Where is Dona?" they said

to the betel-nut. "Dona is somewhere. Follow me. You must step on the

big dishes where I step." Not long after they arrived in the place

where Balbalaoga lived and were surprised at the big golden house,

and Balbalaoga and Aponibolinayen were watching them from the window,

and they went to the yard of the house. Ebang and Pagbokásan did not

believe that Balbalaoga was their son, so they chewed betel-nut. As

soon as they chewed they found out that he was the after-birth of

Awig. So Balbalaoga took them into his house.

Not long after Balbalaoga said to them, "Wait for me for awhile,

for I am going to hunt deer." So he called his dogs who talked with

the thunder, they were so big and also powerful. Not long after he

went to the wood and the dogs caught three deer. He cut up the deer

and took them back home.

Not long after Aponitolau heard that Aponibolinayen was with her

brother in Dona. He went to follow her, for he intended to live with

her again. Ebang and Pagbokásan took Balbalaoga and Aponibolinayen

to Kaodanan, and they used their power so that all the things which

the _alan_ had given to Balbalaoga went to Kaodanan. Not long after

the house and the other things which the _alan_ had given went to

Kaodanan, all the _alan_ flew away. Not long after they made _balaua_

in Kaodanan, and they called all their relatives in the other towns

and all of the _alan_ who cared for Balbalaoga of Dona. After that all

the people went to attend their _balaua_. In that time Balbalaoga was

married and Aponitolau was very sorry, because he could not remarry

Aponibolinayen, and he went to the _balaua_ even though he was not

invited. As soon as the _balaua_ was over, all the people went back

home, but Balbalaoga did not go back to Dona. The _alan_ flew away

after he was married.

(Told by Magwati of Lagangilang).

9

Ayo went to the spring. When she went she met Dagdagalisit, who was

fishing in the river. When she reached him she became pregnant. Not

long after she went home. When she arrived in her house the space

between the little finger and the next itched. "Bolinayen, you stick

the needle in my finger where it itches. I do not know what makes it

itch so," she said. As soon as Bolinayen stuck the needle the little

baby popped out. [188] "What shall we name the baby?" "Dagoláyan will

be his name." The baby shook his head, so they gave him the name Kanag.

Awig went to wash his hair in the spring. When he finished washing

his hair he went home. When he reached his house he made Ayo louse

him. While Ayo was lousing him the milk from her breasts dropped

on Awig's legs. "Why, Ayo, does the milk from your breasts drop on

my legs?" he asked. He sat up and asked them many times until they

brought the baby. When they brought the baby, "We are going home to

Natpangan now, because it does not do me any good to try and hide

you." He took them home and soon he made a bamboo bench by the gate

of the town where the people passed when they went to the well, and

he placed the baby on it. Then they built _balaua_, for he wanted to

see the father of the baby. Not long after he commanded some one to go

and get betel-nuts and he oiled them. He sent them to go and invite

all the people in the world. When they arrived none of them wanted

the baby to recognize them. When the baby did not go to any of them,

he sent someone to get a betel-nut to send to Dagdagalisit whom they

had not invited. As soon as the betel-nut arrived at the place where

Dagdagalisit lived "Dagdagalisit came to Natpangan for Awig makes

_balaua_," it said. "I cannot go, for I am ashamed, because I have no

good clothes," he said, for his clout was the dried bark of a banana

tree. "If you do not come I will grow on your big pig," it said,

and the betel-nut jumped on the back of the big pig, and it began

to squeal. When his big pig began squealing loudly, because the tree

grew on his back, Dagdagalisit said, "I come now." Not long after he

went. When he came walking up the trail from the spring the baby saw

him, and went to him, and Awig saw him carrying the baby. "I did not

think it would happen this way to Aponibolinayen," he said. Then he

sent Aponibolinayen away, and he made her carry the poor house box

that they used to put the fish in which Dagdagalisit caught in the

river. "You carry the female pig so that you have something to eat by

the river," said Awig to Dagdagalisit. So they went; Aponibolinayen

carried the poor box and Awig took her beads and clothes off from her,

and he gave her old clothes to use, and so they went.

When they were near the spring they threw away the things they carried,

the female pig and poor box. While they were walking near the town of

Dagdagalisit, which was Kabenbenlan, Ayo saw the golden house. "We must

not walk by the side of the golden house, for I am ashamed before the

man who owns it," said Ayo to Dagdagalisit. They were still walking and

Ayo followed him. As soon as they arrived at the ladder Dagdagalisit

went upstairs and Ayo did not because she thought that Dagdagalisit did

not own that house, and Dagdagalisit made her go up, and she did. As

soon as she arrived above Dagdagalisit went to get rice to give Ayo

to cook. "Cook this, Ayo, while I go to catch fish for us to eat,"

he said, and he went. As soon as he caught two fish he went home,

and he left the dry bark of the banana, which he used as a clout,

by the river, and he became Ligi, [189] so he went home. As soon as

he arrived he made Ayo wake up, when he finished cooking the fish,

and the baby went to him to be carried. He called Ayo and she did

not go. "I wait for my husband, we will both eat at one time, bye

and bye," she said, and she took the baby which he carried, for

she was ashamed. "No, I was Dagdagalisit, but used the bark of the

banana tree for a clout, because I changed my form. Let us eat." So

they ate. As soon as they finished eating, "We shall make _balaua_

so that we invite all our relatives in the different towns, and we

also shall invite Awig and Aponigonay," he said. Not long after he

went and took the betel-nuts which he cut. When he had cut them all

he oiled them and sent them to the different towns.

When the people from the different towns arrived by the spring in

Kabenbenlan they were surprised because all the stones of the spring

were of gold. Not long after they went up to the town. Next day Awig

and Aponigonay started to go. "Ala, Aponigonay, take rice so that we

may cook it in Kabenbenlan, because Aponibolinayen and Dagdagalisit

have no rice to cook. What will Dagdagalisit use for his _balaua?_ He

ties a banana bark clout on his body. I do not think he has rice, so

we will take some for us to eat. You people who live in the same town

we go to attend _balaua_. You take food with you for Aponibolinayen

and Dagdagalisit make _balaua_." Not long after they went, and when

they arrived in the place where the spring is in Kabenbenlan they

saw the beautiful spring whose stones were all gold. The gravel which

they used to wash the pottery with was all agates which have no holes

through them. "I do not think that Dagdagalisit has a spring like this,

for his clout is only the dry bark of the banana, but it is best for

us to go and see in the town." They went, and when they had almost

reached the town the golden house twinkled. "We must not walk by the

golden house," said Awig. "We must not walk by that golden house, you

say, but that is where the people are dancing," said Aponibolnay. As

they walked they saw that the men and women who were making _alawig_

[190] were the companions of Aponibolinayen. Awig said, "That is the

man who used to put the clout of banana leaves on him." As soon as

Aponitolau [191] and Aponibolinayen finished dancing they went to take

the hands of Awig and Aponibolay, and Aponitolau commanded the people

who lived with them to bring golden seats. After that Aponitolau went

to make Awig sit down. "You sit down, brother-in-law, and we will

forget the things which have passed." Then he made him sit down and

soon Awig and Asigtánan danced. While they were dancing Aponitolau

went to cut off Awig's head. Not long after the women who never go

outdoors [192] went to bring Awig to life. As soon as they made him

alive again, Aponitolau gave the marriage price. It was nine times

full, the _balaua_, and when Aponibolnay raised up her elbow half of

it vanished, which was in the _balaua_. And Aponibolinayen used her

power and the _balaua_ was full again.

Not long after they chewed betel-nut and the quid of Langa-an and

Pagatipánan and the quids of Dagdagalisit went together, and the

quid of Pagbokásan and Ebang went to the quid of Aponibolinayen and

Awig, and Langa-an and Pagatipánan changed the name of Dagdagalisit

to Ligi. "Ala, now mother old _alan_ do not feel sorry, for we take

Aponitolau to Kadalayapan," said Langa-an. "Ala, yes, you take them,

take all my valuable things. If it were not for me, Aponitolau would

not be alive, for you Langa-an had a miscarriage and lost him, when

you went to wash your hair, so I picked him up, because I had no one

to inherit my possessions. Take all my things, so that Aponitolau and

his wife may own them." Not long after they went home and Awig took

all the payment for Aponibolinayen and all the _alan_ flew away. So

Awig and Aponitolau went to their towns.

10

Aponibalagen went to put Aponibolinayen in Kabwa-an, where no one

could see her. As soon as they arrived at the ocean they rode on

the crocodiles to Kabwa-an. When they arrived there Aponibalagen

used magic so that a big golden house stood in the middle of a wide

plain. In the yard were many betel-nut trees and a spring below the

trees. The gravel where the stream flowed was beads called _pagatpat_

and _kodla_, and the leaves and grass used to rub the inside of the

jars was a necklace of golden wire.

When the golden house, and betel-nuts, and spring had appeared,

Aponibalagen left an old woman with Aponibolinayen and Alama-an, and

Sinogyaman and Indiápan, and he went back home, and he said to them,

"Do not be afraid to stay, for no one can see you here, where I have

put you, and if anyone tries to come here the crocodiles will eat

them. You have everything you need." So he went home.

Ingiwan who lived in Kabilabilan went to take a walk. As soon as

he arrived at the ocean he wondered how he could get across. Not

long after he put his headaxe on the water and he rode on it, for

he used magic, and his headaxe floated and went to the other side

of the ocean. As soon as he reached the other side he took a walk

and he saw the big golden house in the middle of the wide plain. He

was surprised, and he went to see it, and the crocodiles all slept

while he crossed the ocean. When he reached the spring he said,

"How pretty the well is. I think the girl who owns this well has

magical power, and that she is pretty also." So he went to the house

and said, "Good afternoon." Alama-an was cooking, and she said, "Good

afternoon." She looked at him from the window, and she saw that he

was a fine looking man. She did not tell Aponibolinayen, but she had

him go up the ladder. The old woman who took care of them asked why

she did not tell her and Aponibolinayen. Alama-an said she did not

know what she was doing when she had him go up. So the old woman went

to ask him what he came for. He said, "I just took a walk and I did

not know how to get home, for there was a very high bank in the way,

so I came across the ocean to learn the other way back home. While

I was still on the ocean I saw this big golden house. I came here,

for I was very tired, for it is more than one month since I left

Kabilabilan." "Ala, you Alama-an go and cook some food for this

young man," said the old woman, and Alama-an went truly, and when

she finished cooking, the old woman called him to eat. The young

man said he did not wish to eat unless one of the ladies who never

went outdoors [193] ate with him. "Alama-an is the girl who never

goes outdoors," said the old woman, but he did not believe her, and

so he did not go. When he would not eat she called Sinogyaman to go

and eat, but the young man said, "I do not wish to eat with anyone

except the pretty girl who never goes outdoors." So the old woman

called Indiápan. As soon as she went outdoors to the place where the

young man was, "No, that is not the girl I want. There is one prettier

still. I will not go to eat." The old woman became angry and said,

"If you are not hungry and do not wish to eat that is all right. I have

offered three young girls to eat with you, but if you do not wish to

eat with them I do not care." When the old woman and the three girls

had eaten they gave him a place to sleep, and they slept also.

While the others were talking to the young man, Aponibolinayen was

looking through a crack of the house, and she liked him very much. She

wished to go outdoors and talk to him, but she was afraid because

the old woman had said there were only the three young girls whom

she called. As soon as they had finished talking, they went to bed.

In the middle of the night Ingiwan said to himself, "I believe there

are other young girls here prettier than the last one she showed me. I

will use my power and will become a firefly, and I will fly to all

parts of the house, and see if there is a prettier one there." So he

used his power and he became a firefly and he flew. [194] When he was

in the room where the old woman was, he left, and went where Alama-an

was, and he went on to Sinogyaman. When he did not like her he went to

Indiápan. "This is the last girl she showed me and I like her, but I

believe that there is another prettier." So he went to the next room,

but no one slept there, and so he went on to the ninth room. He heard

the sound of the pan pipe in the ninth room, and he was very glad. He

flew over the head of the woman who was playing, and she stopped

playing and struck at him. "How did the firefly get in here? I do not

think there are any cracks in here." The firefly said, "Do not strike

at me, for I fear you will hit my headaxe and be cut." So he became a

man and sat down beside her, and Aponibolinayen saw that it was the man

who had talked with the old woman and the girls, and she loved him,

but she said, "Go outdoors, do not come here. I am afraid that the

old woman who cares for us will see us. If you want something wait

until morning and we will talk with her." Ingiwan did not get up and

he would not go outdoors, and he said, "The best thing for us to do is

to chew betel-nut, so we will know each other. Do not be afraid for I

would not have come here if it was not my fortune to marry you, for I

was taking a walk and intended to go back home, but I met a high bank

in the way, and there was no place to go except the ocean, so I came

across the ocean. As soon as I reached the field I saw your house and

I was surprised to see the golden house in the middle of the field. I

spoke to the young girl who was cooking and she asked me to come up,

and the old woman hated her. They asked me to eat, but I would not

unless a pretty girl ate with me. So the old woman called two other

pretty girls, but I did not want them, for they are not so pretty

as you. I thought there were others prettier than the last one she

showed me, so I became a firefly. It is my fortune to marry you." So

he cut the betel-nut, but Aponibolinayen did not want to chew. When

he talked to her so she could not sleep she took the betel-nut, and

when they chewed they saw that they both had magical power and that

it was good for them to marry. Ingiwan said, "You are the woman who

lives here and you must tell your name first." "No, it is not good for

a woman to tell her name first. You tell your name." Not long after,

"My name is Ingiwan, the son of _alan_, of Kabilabilan, who did not

find a way to go home, but who found you." "My name is Aponibolinayen,

who is the sister of Aponibalagen of Natpangan, who put me here so

no one might see me. It is bad that you have come."

When the daylight came Alama-an went to cook and when she finished the

old woman said to her, "Go and call the man and see if he wishes to

eat with the girls. You call them, but do not call Aponibolinayen,

for that is why we are here, so no one can see her. I do not know

why the alligators did not see him." Aponibolinayen and Ingiwan heard

what she said and they laughed. So Alama-an went to call him, but he

was not in the room. She went to tell the old woman that he was not

there, and they were surprised, for they thought he had gone home,

for all the other rooms were locked. "If he is not there you go and

call Aponibolinayen and we will eat." The three girls went to the

room of Aponibolinayen, but Ingiwan disappeared and they only saw

Aponibolinayen. So they all went to eat and Ingiwan was not hungry,

for Aponibolinayen used magic, so that rice and meat went to where

he was hiding.

When they had lived together a long time Aponibolinayen said to him,

"You better go home now, for it is time for my brother to visit us. If

you wish to marry me you must arrange with him and my father." So

Ingiwan went back home and the crocodiles only watched him, but did

not try to eat him. He rode on his headaxe, and when he reached the

other side of the ocean he saw that the high bank had disappeared

and he found the way home.

Not long after Aponibalagen went to wash his hair, and he went to

the place where Aponibolinayen and the other girls were living. The

three girls and the old woman agreed not to tell that a man had been

there. As soon as Aponibalagen arrived in Kabwa-an he asked the old

woman if anyone had been there, and she replied, "No." He called

Alama-an and the other girls to the place where Aponibolinayen

was, so all of them might louse him. While Aponibolinayen was

lousing her brother the milk from her breasts dropped on his legs,

and Aponibalagen was surprised, and he said, "What have you done,

Aponibolinayen." She tried to rub it off from his leg. "No, do not rub

it off; what is that?" "I do not know, brother. I guess I am sweating,

for I am hot." "No, I do not believe you, I think someone has been

here." He called the old woman and asked her. "You, grandmother,

did you see a man who came here? Do not tell a lie." "Why?" asked

the old woman. But she knew that Aponibolinayen had a little baby,

for she had pricked her little finger and the baby had come out. [195]

"When the girls were lousing me the milk from Aponibolinayen's breast

dropped on my legs. I think you know the man who has been here." "I

do not believe anyone came here, for we are on this side of the ocean,

and the crocodiles protect us."

Aponibalagen called all the crocodiles to the side of the house,

and he whipped all the crocodiles, and he asked them why they did not

eat the man who went to Kabwa-an. As soon as he whipped them one of

them said, "We did not see any man come here, but we were all very

sleepy one day a long time ago. We would have eaten the man if we had

seen him." Aponibalagen whipped all of them again. "I put you here to

prevent anyone from coming here, and you did not watch. Go away." The

crocodiles were afraid and they said, "If that is what you say we will

go." So they went. Aponibalagen went back to the house and whipped

the girls. "We will go back now to Kaodanan. I thought it was good

for you to be here, but you have done wrong." So he took them back to

Kaodanan and they made _balaua_ in order to find out who was the father

of the boy. The boy grew one span every time they bathed him, [196]

for they used their power. In a few days they built their _balaua_

and the _liblibayan_ [197] got betel-nuts which were covered with

gold, and they oiled them and sent them to invite the people in all

parts of the world. So the betel-nuts went.

As soon as the betel-nuts arrived in Kabilabilan, they said,

"Good morning, Kagkagákag," [198] to the man who was lying in his

_balaua_ covered with mud. "We came to invite you to the _balaua_

of Aponibalagen." "I do not wish to go, for I have no clothes and am

ashamed. I do not know the man who is going to make _balaua_." "If you

do not go I will grow on your knee," said one of the betel-nuts. "Do

as you wish." So the betel-nut grew on his knee. When it grew

big he became tired and he said, "Get off from me now and I will

go." So they went. All the people from the other towns had arrived

and Aponibalagen carried the baby, to see whom the baby would want to

go to, but the baby did not want any of them. When the betel-nut and

Kagkagákag appeared the baby was happy and wanted to go to him. So

Aponibalagen gave the boy to him and all the people were surprised

that Aponibolinayen had wanted him. Not long after they danced,

and when they had finished Aponibalagen said to Aponibolinayen,

"Take off all your things and go to Kagkagákag." Aponibolinayen did

not wish to go, for he was not the same man she was with before,

but her brother made her go, and he said, "Kagkagákag, take her to

your town." So he took her to his town, and when they reached the gate

Aponibolinayen was crying, but he said to her, "Do not feel bad, I am

the man who came to Kabwa-an. That is why the boy wants me, for I am

his father." Aponibolinayen did not believe him, but when they arrived

at the spring of Kabilabilan she was surprised to see that the stones

were of gold, and the fruits of the trees were of gold and were beads,

and she said to Kagkagákag, "Why do we come here? It is shameful

for us to be seen by the man who owns this." Kagkagákag laughed at

her. "If you do not believe that I am your husband, you watch." And

he went to take a bath, and the mud all washed off, and she saw that

he was the man who was with her before in Kabwa-an. So they went up

to the town, and the _alan_ who cared for Ingiwan was glad to see them.

Not long after they made _balaua_, for they wished to call Aponibalagen

so that he would not always feel badly about them. Not long after they

sent the betel-nuts to summon their relatives. As soon as the betel-nut

arrived in Kaodanan, "Good afternoon, Aponibolinayen and Kagkagákag

want you to attend their _Sayang_." Aponibalagen laughed and said,

"Yes," and he called all the people and told them to prepare to go

to the _balaua_.

When they arrived at the spring everyone was astonished, for all the

fruit of the trees was of gold, and all the places they walked were

covered with plates. And Aponibalagen said, "I do not think this is

the spring of Kagkagákag. I think someone else owns it. We will go

up to the house where he lives." When they reached the gate of the

town they asked the young girl who was going to the spring where

Aponibolinayen and Kagkagákag slept, and the woman said, "You follow

these plates, for they go to the ladder of Kagkagákag's house." So

they went and they always walked on the plates. When they arrived

they saw many people dancing in the yard and Aponibalagen shook their

hands. "Kagkagákag, if you had come as you are now to my _balaua_

I would not have been bad to my sister." Kagkagákag laughed at them

and they all chewed betel-nut.

While they were chewing Langa-an and Pagatipánan went to them and

they said, "We came to chew betel-nut also to see if we are related to

you." Kagkagákag gave them betel-nut, and when they chewed they found

out that they were relatives and they called Kagkagákag, Aponitolau,

and he paid the marriage price for Aponibolinayen. Aponigawani said

to him, "I thought I had no brother. I do not know what my father

and mother did with you." The _alan_ who cared for Aponitolau said,

"He was by the road where Langa-an had dropped him on her way to

Nagbotobotán, so I picked him up, for I have no children." As soon as

Aponitolau paid the marriage price they danced again, and the _alan_

gave all her things to Aponitolau, for Langa-an and Pagatipánan took

them home. Not long after Aponibalagen married Aponigawani, and he

paid the same as Aponitolau had paid for Aponibolinayen.

(Told by Madomar, a woman of Riang barrio Patok.)

11

"I go to visit my cousin Gawigawen of Adasin," said Aponitolau. He

pushed his raft until he reached Pangasinan. At the spring he asked

the women if his cousin Aponibolinayen was there. "She is not, because

she went to celebrate _Sayang._ [199] Did you not get the invitation

of Gawigawen of Adasin?" "No," said Aponitolau.

Aponibolinayen went to have Lisnaya fix her upper arm beads and they

sat in the shade of the _pamlo-ongen_ tree, and Aponibolinayen dropped

her switch.

"I wish to visit my relatives, but am ashamed because the invitation

did not reach me," said Aponitolau. So he went to rest in the shade of

the _pamlo-ongen_ tree, and he saw there the switch which was spread

out, and there was none like it.

The women who had been at the spring said, "Why did you not invite

Aponitolau? Whenever we have trouble, it is he and his cousin that

we call."

"Ala, we go down to the river to see." They went to get Aponitolau

and when they arrived at the spring he was there in the shade of the

tree. "Ala, forgive us because the invitation did not reach you and

come up to the _Sayang_" "Yes, but if the old enemy is there, when

I go, the dance circle will be disturbed, if we fight." They still

requested him, and he went up to the place where they danced during

the two months.

Dalinmanok of Dalinapoyan said, "Long ago, when my grandfather was

young, the town of Kadalayapan became wooded." (He meant that his

grandfather had destroyed the town in which Aponitolau's ancestors

lived.) "My grandfather Dagoláyen long ago said, 'Dalinapóyan, Dagala,

and also Dagopan became wooded.'" Then Dalinmanok became angry; he

looked like a courting cock and seized Aponitolau by the hair. "It

is as I predicted, Cousin Gawigawen; the circle is now broken." They

parted the fighters, but the hawk hastened to the town of Kadalayapan

to tell Aponigawani.

"Cousin Dumalágan, Cousin Agyokan; the enemy--the old one--has killed

my brother Aponitolau at the _Sayang_ of Gawigawen of Adasin, so says

the hawk." After that they started and soon arrived in Adasin. They

began at the south end of the town and killed so many it looked as

though they were cutting down banana trees. "Look down, Aponitolau,

and see if you know the men who are destroying the town." Aponitolau

truly looked. "Why, Cousin Dumalágan and Cousin Agyokan, do you

destroy the town?" "Because the hawk reported to Aponigawani that

you had been killed by the old enemy in the town of Adasin, and she

has thrown away her upper arm beads [200] by the gate of Kadalayapan."

"Ala! you stop. Ala! You who live, join their heads and their bodies;

you join all," he said. "I will spit once and they will appear as if

they were not cut at all. I will whip my perfume which is _banowes_,

they quickly breathe. I whip my perfume which is _alikadakad_

(clatter), and they quickly stand up. I whip my perfume which is

_dagimonau (monau_--just awakened) and they quickly recover." [201]

"Oh, how long we have slept," they said. "How long we have slept,

you say, and you have been dead." "Oh, how powerful are the people

of Kadalayapan! Even if we die, we may hope to live again at once,"

they said, and all went up to the house of Gawigawen.

"Now Dalinmanok of Dalinapoyan, Dumpoga of Dagala, Ligi of Madagitan

and Ligi of Dagopan, expect me in two months' time, for I shall come to

fight you." After that they agreed and everybody went home. When they

arrived at Kadalayapan there were no upper arm beads on Aponigawani,

for she believed the hawk when it told her Aponitolau was dead. "No,

I am not dead, but when two months have passed I shall go to fight

Dalinmanok and his companions."

"When you went to sail, did you not find the switch which belongs to

Aponibolinayen? They are now making a ceremony to find it." "It is

here, that which I picked up in the shade of the _pamlo-ongen_ tree,

and I will take it back when I go to fight."

Not long after that, according to the custom of the story, the second

month came. "Old men who know the signs and very old women, come and

see the liver and gall sack, because I go to fight." After that they

all gathered, they caught the pig and cut it in large pieces. "Ala,

old men who know the signs and very old women, come and see the gall,

for I go to fight." [202] "This is better than your grandfather had

when he consulted the gall. How fearful you will be to the town which

you go to fight!" "Cousin Agyokan, go and tell all our cousins that

we start when morning comes." When early morning came--as goes in a

story--they arrived. Aponitolau played his Jew's harp at the spring of

the town, and it sounded like the song of a bird and the people smelt

the odor of _alangigan (Ilangilang)_ which is only possessed by the

people of Kadalayapan. "Ala, it is Aponitolau," said Dalinmanok. "Go

and tell our companions that we go to fight him at the river, for

we do not wish them to come on shore in our town." When it was day,

they met at the river and they fought until afternoon; and when

Aponitolau was thirsty his headaxe turned slantwise and water blue

as indigo flowed off it freely.

"Dumpoga of Dagala, Ligi of Madagitan, Ligi of Dagopan, Masilnag of

Kaskasilnagan, I come to teach you because you do not know how to

kill. When one tries to kill your left side, receive the blow with

your right, and when they try to kill the right side, receive it with

the left. Ala! you that are left alive, it is better that I spare you

and that you marry the wives of your companions. I will spare you if

you will all agree to give me one hundred jars which are _ginlasan,

summadag_, and _tadogan_." They agreed. They rolled the jars which

they took down to the river and there were among them _doldoli_

and _ginaang_, [203] and the jars were glad, for they had formerly

belonged to Dagoláyen, the grandfather of Aponitolau, but had been

stolen. After that Aponitolau said, "Give me your betel-nut with

magic power. You jars and all you heads of dead persons which are cut

off, go first to Kadalayapan." After that they went and Aponitolau

followed. After they arrived they danced with the heads and in a

short time put them on the _sagang._ [204]

"Now, Aponigawani, bring me the switch of Aponibolinayen, for I go

to take it to her." He took the switch and used the power of the

betel-nut, so that he went as quickly as a person can point to the

place of many betel-nuts. In a short time, as the story goes, they

arrived. "Good evening," said Aponitolau, but Aponibolinayen thought

him to be an enemy. "Does the old enemy bring greetings?" asked

Aponitolau. Then they went up into the house and he leaned against

the corner pole. Aponibolinayen looked at Aponitolau and his good

looks seemed to climb the corner pole. "It is better for us to tell

our names," said Aponitolau, "for it is difficult to talk when we

do not know each other's names." After that he took out, from his

little sack, nuts whose husks were of gold. He cut a nut and when he

gave the half to Aponibolinayen their golden finger rings exchanged

themselves. "Give back my ring," she said. "Our relationship is the

reason they change," said Aponitolau. Then they chewed and laid the

quids on the headaxe and they became agate beads which looked like

honey, and laid in parallel lines. "We are relatives," they said,

and in a short time they told their names. When it became time to eat,

Aponibolinayen said, "What do we eat?" He took the boiling stick and

broke it into pieces, and it became a fish which they ate, [205]

and Aponitolau took the bone out of the fish which Aponibolinayen

ate. When they finished eating she spread the mat and the blanket

which they kept in the box. "I do not like a blanket which is kept

in a box, for it smells like _kimi_," [206] said Aponitolau. "Why do

you not like it? It is what we keep for company and is easy to use,"

said Aponibolinayen. "The end of my clout is enough for my blanket,"

said Aponitolau. Then Aponibolinayen used the power of the betel-nut

and vanished. "Why is there no one here?" said Aponitolau. "I use

your power betel-nut, so that I may become the insect which belongs

to Kaodanan (i.e., the firefly)."

After that he flew and arrived in the ninth room and sailed back and

forth near Aponibolinayen who was playing a pan-pipe. He touched her

body and she struck him away. "You must not strike me away, for you

hit my headaxe." After that Aponitolau sat down. "How did you pass

in here?" she asked. "I passed through the crack in the wall," said

Aponitolau; and after that they laid together. When it was early

morning Aponibolinayen sent him away, for she feared her brother

might come.

As Aponitolau went quickly to his raft, he was seen by Balau of

Baboyan, a great bird. "How fine is Aponitolau, Ala! I shall take him

to marry Ginteban." [207] Then he was seized by Balau and was carried

to Baboyan. "Now Aponitolau, you must marry Ginteban who lived in

Baygan, for this place is surrounded with water blue as indigo and

many crocodiles lie in that water."

In a little while, as the story goes, Aponibolinayen gave birth to

a child.

"Ala! grandmother, prick my little finger, for it itches." She truly

opened it and the baby popped out like popped rice. [208] After that

they bathed it and called him Balokanag, for that is a name of the

people of Kadalayapan. Soon the child was large and asked for a clout,

then he asked the name of his father, but they told him falsely that it

was Dumanagan. "Ala! get me a top so that I can play with the others,"

he said. Then his mother gave him the top which was his father's when

he was a little boy. After that he went to play with it. When it was

late afternoon, the old woman Alokotán went to feed the pigs, but Kanag

threw his top and it broke her jar. "Pa-ya," said the old woman, "the

son is brave; when you go to rescue your father who Balau captured,

it will not be my pot toward which you act brave." Kanag cried, "You

said, mother, that Dumanagan is my father, but there is another who is

my father--Aponitolau whom Balau stole." Then Aponibolinayen cried,

"How bad you are, old woman! We should have exchanged for your jar

if you had not told him of his father."

"You must make me sweets, for I go to get my father," he said. "If

he was seized, you who are little will be also," said his mother,

but he insisted. Then she used magic and secured for him the

headaxe used by his father when he was a little boy, and she made

him sweets. He started and went, and his mother planted a _lawed_

vine by their hearth. [209] "Your power betel-nut, so that I go as

quickly as pointing to Baboyan," said Kanag. Soon he arrived there,

and he saw the crocodiles lying in the water. "You power betel-nut

that I may walk on the crocodiles. Make them all sleep so that they do

not feel me." He reached the home of Balau, where he saw great snakes

hanging in the trees. He climbed the trees, he cut them so that they

fell down, he cast them down--those big snakes--then he cut off the

head of Balau, and the earth trembled. After that he went to find

his father who was in the place of many betel-nuts.

"I am Balokanag whom Aponibolinayen desired, whom you left," he

said. "Now I take you home to Kadalayapan." After that he truly

took home Aponitolau, and Ginteban, who lived in Baygan. In a short

time they arrived in Kadalayapan and Kanag's mother was there,

because Aponigawani had taken her home. "Now we are married forever,

Aponitolau," said Ginteban who lived in Baygan. "No, for Aponibolinayen

is his wife," replied Aponigawani. "Ala! you chance it and the one who

loses is not the one who is married. Put clay dishes in line, which

you are to step on. The one who breaks them loses." Aponibolinayen

stepped first and there was nothing broken. Ginteban followed and all

those clay dishes which she stepped on were broken. Then she went home

to Baygan and after that Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen were married.

12

"I am anxious to eat the fruit of the _bolnay_ tree [210] of

Matawitáwen," said Aponibolinayen. "What is that?" said Ligi. "I am

anxious to eat fish roe, I said." "Bring me a fish net and I will go

and get some," said Ligi. So she went to get the fish net and gave it

to him. Not long after he went to the river and he used magic so that

all the fish in the river were caught, so truly all the fish were

in the net. He caught one of them and cut it open and took out the

roe. As soon as he secured the roe he let the fish all go out of the

net and he went back home. Not long after he reached the yard of their

house. "Aponibolinayen, come and get the fish roe which you desire,"

he said. She went to get it from him. She did not cook it, but put it

on the bamboo hanger above the fire. Ligi went to the _balaua_ and when

Aponibolinayen thought he was in the _balaua_ she threw away the roe

and the dogs went to eat it, and they snarled and barked beneath the

kitchen. "What are the dogs fighting about, Aponibolinayen? I think

you threw away the fish roe," he said to her. "I dropped one of them."

Aponibolinayen went again to the room and she said again that she

wished to eat the fruit of Matawitáwen, and Ligi asked what she

said. "I am anxious for the liver of a deer, I said." So Ligi went

to the woods to hunt deer. As soon as he reached the woods he sent

his dogs and he said to them, "You, my black dog, do not catch deer

except in the low grass, and you, my striped dog, do not touch any

deer unless they have large horns." Not long after his dogs caught

some deer, and he took their livers and he let them go again. Not long

after he arrived at his house and he called Aponibolinayen, "Come and

get the liver, which you wish to eat." Aponibolinayen said to him,

"Put it in the rattan hanger." Ligi went back to the _balaua_, and

Aponibolinayen used magic so that Ligi slept. While he was asleep she

went to the kitchen to throw away the livers of the deer, and the dogs

went to eat and made such a great disturbance that Ligi awoke and asked

Aponibolinayen what was the matter. "One small piece of liver which

I did not eat." She went again to the room and laid down, and Ligi

used magic and became an ant, and he went to the crack of the floor,

for he wanted to know what Aponibolinayen was saying, for he suspected

that she was not telling him the truth. As soon as he arrived in the

crack Aponibolinayen repeated her wish to eat the _bolnay_ fruit of

Matawitáwen, and Ligi became a man again and appeared to her. "Why

did you not tell the truth, Aponibolinayen?" he said and she answered,

"I did not, because Matawitáwen is very far and I am afraid that you

will be lost." "No, give me a sack," he said to her. So he went and

he used magic so that he arrived at the tree at once.

Not long after he arrived truly at the place and he secured the fruit

and put it in the sack. As soon as the sack was filled he took some

of the fruit to hold in his other hand and he went. Not long after

he reached the spring in Kadalayapan and his sweethearts were at the

spring. "Ligi, how many and how pretty the _bolnay_ fruit are. Your

sack is filled and you have some in your hands. Will you give us

some of it to eat?" So Ligi gave them all the fruit in the sack and

all he held in his hand. "Do not give everything to Aponibolinayen,

but give to us also." So he gave them all he had. "The baby inside of

Aponibolinayen, which desires the _bolnay_, is not your child, but is

the child of Maobágan," said his sweethearts, and when they had eaten

all of the fruit Ligi went home with nothing but the sack. He gave

the sack to Aponibolinayen. As soon as she received it she looked to

see what was inside and she found one little piece of the fruit which

the women had overlooked, and she ate it. As soon as she ate it: "I

am anxious to eat more if there are more. My headache is gone." "What

is that?" said Ligi, angrily. "You get ready for I will put you in

the place where the tree is if you want more." Aponibolinayen said

to him, "Because I said that I wanted more you want to put me by the

tree." Ligi was angry and he seized her by the arm and dragged her

to the tree. As soon as they arrived at the _bolnay_ tree, he dug a

hole about neck deep and he put her in it. As soon as he put her in

the hole he went back home.

Soon Aponibolinayen was ready to give birth. "What can I do?" she

said to the spirit Ayo. Ayo said, "The best thing for us to do is

to prick your little finger." Not long after the little baby popped

out of her finger. [211] "What shall we call him?" they said. "We

will call him Kanag, for it is the name of the people who live in

Kadalayapan." Every time they gave him a bath the baby always grew,

for they used magic. [212] Not long after the baby became a boy,

and he wanted them to get out of the hole. "No, we do not get out,

for I am afraid your father is watching us." The little boy got out

even though his mother was afraid.

As soon as the boy got out of the hole he listened to hear where

many children were playing. So he walked to where the sounds came

from. As soon as he arrived at the place where the boys were swimming

Dagoláyan saw him. "Who is that boy?" he said to his companions,

and the little boy went near to them. "Why, this boy looks like

my uncle in Kadalayapan," said Dagoláyan to his companions, and

he asked him who his father was, and the boy said he was the son

of an _alan_ of Matawitáwen. Not long after they agreed that they

would go to fight. So Kanag agreed with them and they decided on a

day and Dagoláyan told him that he would go to his home. "If that

is what you say, it is all right," said Kanag, and they all went

home. As soon as he arrived at the hole by the _bolnay_ tree: "Why,

we are cousins," said the other boy to me. And Aponibolinayen said,

"Perhaps it is the boy from Kaodanan." "We agreed to go to fight,

day after tomorrow. Make cakes for me to take with me." "No, do not

go, for I fear that your father will meet you." "No, I am going. I

will plant the _lawed_ vine by the stove, and if it wilts I am dead,"

[213] he said.

Not long after Aponibolinayen went to make cakes for his provisions,

and Dagoláyan started early in the morning to go to see Kanag, and

it seemed as if a thousand men struck their shields. Kanag heard the

sound of the shield. "Who are the boys with Dagoláyan who go with us

to fight?" As soon as Kanag met Dagoláyan they went, and they both

struck their shields, and Ligi heard them and he was surprised for it

sounded like two thousand people. So Ligi thought that Dagoláyan had

many companions. As soon as they arrived where Ligi was waiting for

them, "Where did you get the other boy who is with you?" he said to

Dagoláyan. He answered that he met him where they were swimming, and

that they agreed to go to fight together. Ligi wanted to kill him, and

he said, "I want to kill." "No, do not kill him," said Dagoláyan. Not

long after they went. As soon as they arrived where there were no

houses, Kanag used his power so that it rained very hard and they

had nothing to cook. Not long after it rained and Ligi and Dagoláyan

did not cook anything, for everything was damp. The spirit helpers

of Aponibolinayen always fed Kanag, and Ligi and Dagoláyan ate with

him. "What is the matter of this boy who is the son of _alan_? He

has something to eat. I do not believe that his mother _alan_ knows

how to prepare good food," said Ligi, angrily.

After they had finished eating they went, and after a while they

wished to fight. "The best for us to do is to stand in different

places and ambush the people," said Ligi. "The best for you, son of

_alan_, is to stay at the place where the carabao pass by." And Ligi

went to hide where the people passed by on the way to the spring, and

Dagoláyan staid on the other side. A young pretty girl passed by the

place where Kanag was hiding, so he cut off her head and he shouted,

for he was very happy. "Why did the son of _alan_ kill someone before

us?" said Ligi. Not long after an old woman and an old man passed

by where Ligi and Dagoláyan were hiding, and they killed them. Not

long after they saw the head which Kanag had taken, and Kanag saw the

heads which Ligi and Dagoláyan had taken were those of an old man and

old woman. Dagoláyan said to him, "What did you say when you killed

that pretty girl? I think I heard you say, 'Your father does not like

you.' I did not hear very well so I ask for sure." "'The son of _alan_

of Matawitáwen kills the pretty girl is what I said.'" "No, that is

not what you said. You said you were the son of a man who lives in

Kadalayapan." Not long after, when Dagoláyan could not make Kanag

repeat what he had said, they all went back to Kadalayapan where

Ligi lived.

When they arrived in Kadalayapan they played the _gansa_ and danced,

and Aponibolinayen heard the sound of the _gansa_, and she was anxious

to go, but her spirit companion would not let her go. They saw that

the _lawed_ vine was green. Not long after they made Kanag dance, and

when his body trembled, while he danced, the whole town of Kadalayapan

trembled also; and when he moved his feet the fish were around his

feet and they went to lap his feet, because the water came up into

the town. When he stamped his feet the coconuts fell from the trees,

and Ligi was very angry, and he went to sharpen his headaxe. As soon

as he had sharpened his headaxe he went to where Kanag was dancing

and he cut off his head. When Aponibolinayen looked at the _lawed_

vine each leaf was wilted. "Grandmother, the _lawed_ vine which

Kanag planted is wilted," said Aponibolinayen. "I am going to get

him." So she went and as she approached the place where Ligi used

to live he saw her. "How angry you were, Ligi; you killed your son,"

said Aponibolinayen, and Ligi bent his head, for he did not know it was

his son. "I will use magic so that when I whip my perfume _alikadakad_

he will stand up." [214] So the little boy stood up at once. Not long

after she used her power again, and whipped her perfume _dagimonau_ so

that her son awoke. He woke up and said, "How long my sleep is!" "No,

do not say that; your father killed you." She wanted to take him back

to Matawitáwen, but Ligi prevented them and he begged them to forgive

him, and Aponibolinayen said, "No, we will go back, for you did not

want us and you put us there." So they went to Matawitáwen and Ligi

followed them. As soon as they arrived at the spring of Matawitáwen

Aponibolinayen used her power. "I use my power so that Ligi cannot

see us, and the trail will become filled with thorns." [215] Not long

after Ligi could not walk in the trail and he could not see them,

and he was very sorry. He laid down, because he could not follow them

and his hair grew like vines along the ground; and he did not eat,

for he was always sorry about the things he had done to his wife and

son. Not long after they forgave him and went to get him, and they

all went back to Kadalayapan. Ligi commanded his spirit attendants

to take his sweethearts and kill them, for they told falsehoods about

Aponibolinayen, so that he did not want her any more. This is all.

(Told by Magwati of Lagangilang.)

13

There was a husband and wife who were Aponitolau and

Aponibolinayen. Aponitolau laid down in their _balaua_ and

Aponibolinayen was in the house and she had a headache. "I

am anxious to eat the fruit of the orange tree which belongs

to Gawigawen of Adasen," said Aponibolinayen. Aponitolau heard

her. "What is that?" he said to her. "I am anxious to eat the _biw_

[216] of Matawitáwen." "Give me a sack and I will go to get it,"

said Aponitolau, and he went. As soon as Aponitolau filled the sack

with _biw_ he went back home. As soon as he arrived in their house,

"Here is the fruit you wished, Aponibolinayen. Come and get." "Put

it on the bamboo hanger above the fire, and I will go and get some to

eat when my head does not feel so badly, for I cannot get up yet." So

Aponitolau went to put the fruit on the hanger above the fire and he

laid down again in the _balaua_.

As soon as Aponitolau laid down in the _balaua_, Aponibolinayen

went to the kitchen and peeled one of the _biw_ fruit and she ate

it truly. As soon as she ate she vomited and so she threw them

away. "What is the matter, Aponibolinayen; I think you threw away

the fruit." "One of them I dropped." She went into the room and

she said again, "I am anxious to eat the oranges of Gawigawen of

Adasen." "What is that?" said Aponitolau. "I am anxious to eat fish

roe," said Aponibolinayen. So Aponitolau went to get his fish net

and he fished in the river. As soon as he arrived at the river he

threw his net and secured a fish with fish roe. He cut open the fish

and took out the roe. When he had taken out the roe he spat on the

place where he had cut the fish and it became alive again and swam

in the river. After that he went back home. As soon as he arrived at

their house he gave the fish to Aponibolinayen, and he laid down in

the _balaua_ again, and Aponibolinayen went to the kitchen and she

toasted the roe. When she finished she tasted it, and she vomited,

so she threw it away also. "What is the matter, Aponibolinayen? Why

are the dogs barking?" "I dropped some of the roe." She went again

to the room of the house. "I am anxious to eat the oranges which

belong to Gawigawen of Adasen." "What is that, Aponibolinayen,"

said Aponitolau. "I am anxious to eat a deer's liver, I said." So

Aponitolau called his dogs and he went to hunt deer. As soon as he

arrived on the mountain, "Ala, my black dog, do not catch a deer

unless it is in the low grass. Ala, my dog Boko, do not catch deer

unless it is in a level field." Not long after his dogs caught deer,

and he took out their livers. As soon as he took out the liver he spat

on the places he had cut, and the deer ran away again. Not long after

he went back home. As soon as he arrived, "Here is the liver which you

wanted. Come and take it." "Put it in the kitchen. I will go and fix

it when my head does not hurt." Aponitolau put it in the kitchen and

he went to the _balaua_ again. When Aponitolau was in the _balaua_,

Aponibolinayen went to the kitchen and cooked the liver and she tried

to eat, but she vomited again, so she threw it away, and the dogs

all barked. "What is the matter? Why do the dogs bark? I think you

threw away the livers." Aponibolinayen said, "I threw away what I

did not eat, for I did not eat all of it." "Do not throw them away,

for bye and bye I will eat, for it is hard to go and get them."

Not long after she went again to the room, and Aponitolau thought that

Aponibolinayen did not tell the truth, so he used his power. "I use my

power so that I will become a centipede." So he became a centipede and

he went in the crack of the floor where Aponibolinayen was lying. Not

long after Aponibolinayen said again, "I am anxious to eat the oranges

which belong to Gawigawen of Adasen." "I know now what you want; why

did you not tell the truth at first? That is why you threw away all

the things I went to get for you," said Aponitolau, and he became

a man and appeared to her. "I did not tell the truth for I feared

you would not return, for no one who has gone there has returned,

so I am patient about my headache."

"Ala, go and get rice straw, and I will wash my hair." Not long after

he went to wash his hair. When he finished washing his hair he went to

get one _lawed_ vine, and he went back home. He planted the vine by

the hearth. "Make some cakes for my provision on the journey." "No,

do not go, Aponitolau," said Aponibolinayen. "Make some, for if you

do not I will go without provisions." Not long after Aponibolinayen

went to cook cakes. As soon as she finished, "Ala, you come and oil

my hair." As soon as she oiled his hair, "Go and get my dark clout and

my belt and my headband." So Aponibolinayen went to get them. As soon

as he dressed he took his spear and headaxe and he told Aponibolinayen

that if the _lawed_ leaves wilted he was dead. [217] So he went.

As soon as he arrived at the well of Gimbangonan all the betel-nut

trees bowed, and Gimbangonan shouted and all the world trembled. "How

strange that all the world trembles when that lady shouts." So

Aponitolau took a walk. Not long after the old woman Alokotán saw him

and she sent her little dog to bite his leg, and it took out part

of his leg. "Do not proceed, for you have a bad sign. If you go,

you cannot return to your town," said the old woman Alokotán. "No,

I can go back." So he went. As soon as he arrived at the home of the

lightning, "Where are you going?" said the lightning. "I am going to

get the oranges from Gawigawen of Adasen. Go and stand on the high

stone and I will see what your sign is." So he went and stood on the

high stone and the lightning made a light and Aponitolau dodged. "Do

not go, for you have a bad sign, and Gawigawen will secure you." "No,

I am going." So he went. As soon as he arrived at the place of _Silit_

[218] it said to him, "Where are you going, Aponitolau?" "I am going

to get the oranges of Gawigawen of Adasen." "Stand on top of that

high stone so I can see if you have a good sign." So he went and

_Silit_ made a great noise. As soon as he made the great noise he

jumped. "Go back, Aponitolau, and start another time, for you have

a bad sign." [219] "No, I go."

He arrived at the ocean and he used magic. "I use my power so that

you, my headaxe, sail as fast as you can when I stand on you." As soon

as he stood on it it sailed very fast. Not long after he was across

the ocean and he was at the other edge of the ocean and he walked

again. Not long after he arrived at the spring where the women went

to get water. "Good morning, you women who are dipping water from the

spring." "Good morning. If you are an enemy cut us in only one place

so we will not need to cure so much." "If I was an enemy I would have

killed all of you when I arrived here." After that he asked them,

"Is this the spring of Gawigawen of Adasen?" "Yes, it is," said the

women. So he sent the women to the town to tell Gawigawen, and the

women did not tell him for he was asleep. So he went up to the town,

but did not go inside, because the bank reached almost up to the sky,

and he could not get in. He was sorrowful and bent his head.

Soon the chief of the spiders went to him: "What are you feeling

sorry about, Aponitolau?" "I feel sorry because I cannot climb up

the bank and go into the town." "Do not feel sorry. You wait for

me while I go up and put some thread which you can hold," said the

chief of the spiders. [220] So Aponitolau waited for him. Not long

after the spider said, "Now you can climb;" so Aponitolau climbed

on the thread. After he got inside of the town of Gawigawen he went

directly to the house of Gawigawen. When he arrived there Gawigawen

was still asleep in his _balaua_. As soon as he woke up and saw

Aponitolau sitting by his _balaua_ he stood and ran to his house and

got his headaxe and spear. Aponitolau said to him, "Good morning,

Cousin Gawigawen. Do not be angry with me. I came here to buy your

oranges for my wife. Aponibolinayen wishes to eat one, for she always

has a headache, because she has nothing she can eat." Gawigawen took

him to his house, and he fed him one carabao. "If you cannot eat all

of the carabao which I give you, you cannot have the oranges which

your wife wishes to eat." Aponitolau was sorrowful, for he thought

he could not eat all of the carabao and he bent his head. Not long

after the chiefs of the ants and flies went to him. "What makes you

feel so badly, Aponitolau?" they said to him. "I am sorrowful, for

I cannot get the oranges which Aponibolinayen wishes to eat until I

eat this carabao which Gawigawen feeds to me." "Do not be sorrowful,"

said the chiefs of the ants and flies. So they called all the ants

and flies to go and eat all the meat and rice. Not long after the

flies and ants finished eating the meat and rice, and Aponitolau was

very glad and he went to Gawigawen and said to him, "I have finished

eating the food which you gave me." Gawigawen was surprised. "What

did you do?" "I ate all of it."

Gawigawen took him where the oranges were and Aponitolau saw that

the branches of the tree were sharp knives. Gawigawen said to him,

"Go and climb the tree and get all you want." He went to climb. When

he got two of the oranges he stepped on one of the knives and he

was cut. So he fastened the fruit to his spear and it flew back to

Kadalayapan. Not long after the fruit dropped on the floor in the

kitchen and Aponibolinayen heard it, and she went into the kitchen. As

soon as she got there she saw the fruit and she ate it at once, and

the spear said to her, "Aponitolau is in Adasen. He sent me first

to bring you the oranges which you wished." As soon as she ate the

oranges she went to look at the _lawed_ vine by the stove and it was

wilted, and she knew that Aponitolau was dead.

Not long after Aponibolinayen gave birth and every time they bathed

the baby it grew one span and soon it was large. [221] He often

went to play with the other children and his mother gave him a

golden top which had belonged to his father when he was a little

boy. When he struck the tops of the other children they were broken

at once. Not long after he struck the garbage pot of the old woman,

and she was angry and said, "If you are a brave boy, you go and

get your father whom Gawigawen of Adasen has inherited." And Kanag

went back to their house crying. "I did not have a father, you said,

mother, but the old woman said he was inherited by Gawigawen, when he

went to get the orange fruit. Now prepare provisions for me to take,

for I am going to get my father." Aponibolinayen said to him, "Do not

go or Gawigawen will get you as he did your father." But Kanag said,

"If you do not let me go and do not give me food, I will go without

anything." Not long after Aponibolinayen cooked food for him and Kanag

was ready to go, and he took his headaxe which was one span long and

his spear. Not long after he went.

As soon as he got to the gate of the town he struck his shield and it

sounded like one thousand people, and everyone was surprised. "How

brave that boy is! We think he is braver than his father. He can

strike his shield and it sounds like one thousand." When he arrived at

the spring of Gimbangonan he was still striking his shield, and when

Gimbangonan heard she said, "Someone is going to fight." He shouted,

for he was very happy and the world trembled and Kanag looked like

a flitting bird, for he was always moving.

As soon as he arrived at the place where Alokotán lived she sent

her dog against him, and the dog ran at him, and Kanag cut off its

head. "How brave you are, little boy! Where are you going?" "Where are

you going, you say, I am going to Adasen to follow my father." "Your

father is dead. I hope you secure him, for you have a good sign,"

said Alokotán. So Kanag went on in a hurry. Not long after he arrived

at the place where the thunder was and it said, "Where are you going,

little boy?" "I am going to follow my father in Adasen." "Go and stand

on the high stone and see what your sign is." So he went. As soon

as he stood on the high stone the thunder rolled, but Kanag did not

move and the thunder was surprised. "Go at once; I think you can get

your father whom Gawigawen inherits." So Kanag went. Not long after

he arrived at the place of the lightning, and he made him stand on

the high stone. As soon as he stood on it the lightning made a big

noise and flash, but he did not move. So the boy went at once, for

he had a good sign.

Kanag struck his shield until it sounded like a thousand people, and

all the women who were dipping water at the spring of Gawigawen were

surprised, for they saw only a little boy, who struck his shield,

approaching them, and it sounded like a thousand. As soon as he

arrived at the spring, "Good morning, women who are dipping water. Go

and tell Gawigawen of Adasen that he must prepare for I am going to

fight with him." So all the women ran to the town and told Gawigawen

that a strange boy was at the spring. Gawigawen said to the women,

"Go and tell him that if it is true that he is brave he will come into

the town if he can." So one of the women went to tell him and he went.

When he arrived at the bank which reached to the sky Kanag used his

power and he jumped like the flitting bird, and he entered the town and

went directly to the _balaua_ and house of Gawigawen of Adasen. Not

long after he had arrived he saw that the roof of his house and

_balaua_ was of hair and around his town were heads, and Kanag said,

"This is why my father did not return. It is true that Gawigawen is

a brave man, but I think I can kill him."

As soon as Gawigawen saw Kanag in the yard of his house he said, "How

brave you are, little boy! Why did you come here?" "I came to get my

father, for you secured him when he came to get the oranges which my

mother wanted. If you do not wish to give my father to me I will kill

you." And Gawigawen laughed at him and said, "One of my fingers will

fight you. You will not go back to your town. You will be like your

father." Kanag said, "We shall see. Go and get your arms and we will

fight here in the yard of your house." Gawigawen became angry and he

went to get his headaxe, which was as big as half of the sky, and his

spear. As soon as he returned to the place where Kanag was waiting he

said, "Can you see my headaxe, little boy? If I put this on you you

cannot get it off. So you throw first so you can show how brave you

are." Kanag said to him, "No, you must be first, so you will know that

I am a brave boy." Gawigawen tried to put his headaxe on him and the

boy used his power and he became a small ant and Gawigawen laughed

at him and said, "Now, the little boy is gone." Not long after the

little boy stood on his headaxe and he was surprised. "Little boy,

you are the first who has done this. Your father did not do this. It

is true that you are brave; if you can dodge my spear I am sure you

will get your father." So he threw his spear at him and Kanag used his

power and he disappeared and Gawigawen was surprised. "You are the

next." Then Kanag used magic so that when he threw his spear against

him it would go directly to the body of Gawigawen. As soon as he threw

Gawigawen laid down. Kanag ran to him and cut off his five heads and

there was one left, and Gawigawen said to him, "Do not cut off my last

head and I will go and show you where your father is." So Kanag did

not cut off the last head, and they went to see his father. The skin

of his father had been used to cover a drum, and his hair was used to

decorate the house, and his head was placed by the gate of the town,

and the body was put below the house.

As soon as Kanag had gathered together the body of his father he used

his power and he said, "I whip my perfume _banawes_ and directly

he will say _Wes_." [222] His father said, "_Wes_." Not long after

he said, "I whip my perfume _alakadakad_ and directly he will stand

up." So his father stood beside him. After that he whipped his perfume

_dagimonau_ and his father woke up and he was surprised to see the

little boy by him and he said, "Who are you? How long I slept." "I am

your son. 'How long I slept,' you said. You were dead and Gawigawen

inherited you. Take my headaxe and cut off the remaining head of

Gawigawen." So he took the headaxe of Kanag and went to the place where

Gawigawen stood. When he struck the headaxe against Gawigawen it did

not hurt him and Aponitolau slipped, and his son laughed at him. "What

is the matter with you, father? Gawigawen looks as if he were dead,

for he has only one head left." He took the headaxe from his father

and he went to Gawigawen and he cut off the remaining head. Not long

after they used magic so that the headaxes and spears went to kill

all the people in the town. So the spears and headaxes went among the

people and killed all of them, and Aponitolau swam in the blood and

his son stood on the blood. "What is the matter with you, father,

that you swim in the blood? Can't you use your power so you don't

have to swim?" Then he took hold of him and lifted him up. As soon

as all the people were killed they used their power so that all the

heads and valuable things went to Kadalayapan.

Aponibolinayen went to look at the _lawed_ vine behind the stove and

it looked like a jungle it was so green, so she believed that her

son was alive. Not long after all the heads arrived in Kadalayapan

and Aponibolinayen was surprised. Not long after she saw her husband

and her son and she shouted and the world smiled. Not long after they

went up into their house and summoned all the people and told them

to invite all the people in other towns for Kanag had returned from

fighting, and had his father. So the people went to invite their

relatives. Not long after the people from other towns arrived and

they danced. They were all glad that Aponitolau was alive again,

and they went to see the heads of Gawigawen who killed Aponitolau.

As soon as the people returned to their towns, when the party was

over, Aponitolau went to take a walk. When he reached the brook he

sat down on a stone and the big frog went to lap up his spittle. Not

long after the big frog had a little baby. [223] Not long after she

gave birth, and the _anitos_ [224] went to get the little baby and

flew away with it. They used their power so that the baby grew fast

and it was a girl, and they taught her how to make _dawak_. [225]

Not long after the girl knew how to make _dawak_, and every time she

rang the dish to summon the spirits.

Kanag went to follow his father, but he did not find him where he had

been sitting by the brook, and Kanag heard the sound of the ringing

which sounded like the _bananâyo_. [226] As soon as he heard it he

stood still and listened. Not long after he used his power so that he

became a bird and he flew. As soon as he arrived at the place where

the girl was making _dawak_ she said to him, "You are the only person

who has come here. If you are an enemy cut me in only one place so I

will not have so much to heal." "I am not an enemy; I came here for I

heard what you were doing; so I became a bird and flew." Kanag gave

betel-nut to her and they chewed. Their quids looked like the beads

_pinogalan,_ so they knew that they were brother and sister. The girl

said to him, "Go inside of the big iron caldron so that the _anitos_

who care for me will not eat you." So Kanag went inside of the big

iron caldron. When the _anitos_ did not arrive at the accustomed

time Kanag went out of the caldron and said to his sister, "Now, my

sister, I will take you to Kadalayapan. Our father and mother do not

know that I have a sister. Do not stay always with the _anitos_" His

sister replied, "I cannot go to Sudipan [227] when no one is making

_balaua_, for I always make _dawak_ as the _anitos_ taught me. If I

come in Sudipan when no one is making _balaua_ it would make all of

the people very ill." So Kanag went home.

As soon as he arrived he told his father and mother to make _balaua_

for he wanted his sister to see them. "We just made _balaua_. How

can we make _balaua_ again?" said his father and mother. "I want you

to see my sister whom I found up in the air, where the _anitos_ took

her." "You are crazy, Kanag; you have no sisters or brothers; you are

the only child we have." Kanag said to them, "It is sure that I have

a sister. I don't know why you did not know about her. The _anitos_

took her when she was a little baby and they taught her how to make

_dawak_, and she always makes _dawak_. I wanted to bring her when I

came back, but she said she could not come to Sudipan when no one makes

_balaua_, for she is always making _dawak_. She said if she came to

Sudipan and did not make _dawak_ everyone would be ill, so I did not

bring her. If you wish to see your daughter, father, make _balaua_

at once." So they made _balaua_, for they wished to see their daughter.

They sent messengers to go and get betel-nuts which were covered with

gold, and when they had secured the betel-nuts they oiled them and sent

them to the different towns where their relatives lived, and they sent

one into the air to go and get their daughter Agten-ngaeyan. So all

the betel-nuts went and invited the people to the _balaua_. As soon as

the betel-nut went up into the air it arrived where Agten-ngaeyan was

making _dawak_. When she saw the betel-nut beside her she was startled,

for it was covered with gold. She tried to cut it up, for she wished

to chew it, and the betel-nut said, "Do not cut me, for your brother

and father in Kadalayapan sent me to summon you to their _balaua_,

for they are anxious to see you." So Agten-ngaeyan told the _anitos_

that a betel-nut which was covered with gold had come to take her to

Aponitolau who was making _Sayang_, and they wished to see her. The

_anitos_ let her go, but they advised her to return. So she went.

When they arrived in Kadalayapan the people from the other towns were

dancing and she went below the _talagan_, [228] and Kanag went to see

what it was that looked like a flame beneath the _talagan_. When he

reached her he saw it was his sister and he tried to take her away

from the _talagan_, and she said to him, "I cannot get off from here,

for the _anitos_ who care for me told me to stay here until someone

comes to make _dawak_ with me." So they sent the old woman Alokotán to

make _dawak_ with her. All the people were surprised, for she made a

pleasanter sound when she rang and they thought she was a _bananáyo_

[229]. The young men who went to attend the _balaua_ loved her, for

she was pretty and knew very well how to sing the _dawak_. As soon

as they finished the _dawak_ she was free to leave the _talagan_,

so her brother Kanag took her and put her in his belt [230] and he

put her in the high house [231] so the young men could not reach her.

As soon as the _balaua_ was over the people went home, but the young

men still remained below the house watching her, and the ground below

became muddy, for they always remained there.

When Kanag saw the young men below the house fighting about her,

he took her again into the air so that the young men could not

see her. As soon as they arrived in the air they met the _anitos_,

and Kanag said to them, "I intended to keep my sister in Sudipan,

for I had made a little golden house for her to live in, but I have

brought her back, for all the young men are fighting about her." The

_anitos_ were glad that she was back with them and they gave Kanag

more power, so that when he should go to war he would always destroy

his opponents. Agten-ngaeyan used to go and teach the women how to

make _dawak_ when anyone made _balaua_, so that she taught them very

well how to make _dawak_. This is all.

(Told by a medium named Magwati of Lagangilang.)

14

"Ala, Aponibolinayen prepare our things, for we are going to plant

sugar cane," said Aponitolau. Not long after they went to see the

cuttings and they were big. They took them and planted them when they

arrived at the place where they wished to plant them. Aponitolau

planted them and Aponibolinayen watered them. Not long after

Aponibolinayen used magic and she said, "I use my power so that all

the cuttings will be planted." Soon they truly were all planted,

so they went back home. After seven days Aponitolau went to look at

them and their leaves were long and pointed so he used magic and said,

"I used my power so that after five days all the sugar cane which we

planted will be ready to chew." Then he went back home. In five days

he went again to see them and as soon as he arrived at the planting

he saw they were all tall and about ready to chew.

Not long after Gaygayóma looked down on the sugar cane and she was

anxious to chew it. "Ala, my father Bagbagak, [232] send the stars

to go and get some of the sugar cane which I saw, for I am anxious

to chew it," she said, for she was pregnant and desired to chew the

sugar cane. Not long after, "Ala, you Salibobo [233] and Bitbitówen

[234] let us go and get the sugar cane, for Gaygayóma is anxious to

chew it," said Bagbagak. Not long after they went. As soon as they

arrived where the sugar cane was, they went inside of the bamboo

fence and some of them secured the beans which Aponibolinayen had

planted. The stems of the bean pods were gold, and they got five

of them. Most of them got one stalk of sugar cane. As soon as they

secured them they went back up. When they arrived Gaygayóma chewed

one of the sugar cane stalks and she felt happy and well, and she

saw the beans with the golden stems and she cooked and ate them.

When she had chewed all the sugar cane which the stars had secured,

she said, "Ala, my father Bagbagak, come and follow me to the place

where the sugar cane grows, for I am anxious to see it." Not long

after, "Ala, Salibobo and Bitbitówen we are going to follow Gaygayóma,

for she wishes to go and see the place of the sugar cane. Some of you

stay outside of the fence to watch and see if anyone comes, and some

of you get sugar cane," said Bagbagak to them, and the moon shone on

them. Soon they all arrived at the place of the sugar cane and they

made a noise while they were getting the sugar cane, which they used

to chew. Gaygayóma went to the middle of the field and chewed sugar

cane. As soon as they had chewed all they wished they flew up again.

The next day Aponitolau said to Aponibolinayen, "I am going to see

our sugar cane, to see if any carabao have gone there to spoil it,

for it is the best to chew." So he went. As soon as he arrived he

saw that the sugar cane was spoiled, and he looked. He saw that

there were many places near the fence where someone had chewed, for

each one of the stars had gone by the fence to chew the cane which

they wished. When he reached the middle of the field he saw the cane

there which had been chewed, and there was some gold on the refuse

and he was surprised and he said, "How strange this is! I think some

beautiful girl must have chewed this cane. I will try to watch and

see who it is. Perhaps they will return tonight." Then he went back

home. As soon as he reached home he said, "Ala, Aponibolinayen cook

our food early, for I want to go and watch our sugar cane; someone

has gone and spoiled it. They have also spoiled our beans which we

planted." So Aponibolinayen cooked even though it was not time. As soon

as she finished cooking she called Aponitolau and they ate. When they

had eaten he went and he hid a little distance from the sugar cane.

In the middle of the night there were many stars falling down into

the sugar cane field and Aponitolau heard the cane being broken. Soon

he saw the biggest of them which looked like a big flame of fire fall

into the field. Not long after he saw one of the other stars at the

edge of the fence take off her dress, which was like a star, and he

saw that she looked like the half of the rainbow, and the stars which

followed her got the sugar cane which they wished. They chewed it by

the fence and they watched to see if anyone was coming. Aponitolau

said, "What shall I do, because of those companions of the beautiful

woman? If I do not frighten them they will eat me. The best thing

for me to do is to frighten them. I will go and sit on the star's

dress." [235] He frightened them. The stars flew up and Aponitolau

went and sat on the star dress.

Not long after the pretty girl came from the middle of the field to

get her star dress; she saw Aponitolau sitting on it. "You, Ipogau,

[236] you must pardon us, for we came to steal your sugar cane, for

we were anxious to chew it." "If you came to get some of my sugar

cane it is all right. The best thing for you to do is to sit down,

for I wish to know your name, for we Ipogau have the custom to tell

our names. It is bad for us if we do not know each others' names when

we talk." Not long after he gave her betel-nut and the woman chewed

it. As soon as they chewed, "Now that we have chewed according to our

custom we will tell our names." "Yes, if that is what you say, but you

must tell your name first," said the woman. "My name is Aponitolau

who am the husband of Aponibolinayen of Kadalayapan." "My name is

Gaygayóma who am the daughter of Bagbagak and Sinag, [237] up in the

air," said the woman. "Ala, now you, Aponitolau, even though you have

a wife I am going to take you up, for I wish to marry you. If you do

not wish to come I will call my companion stars, and give you to them

to eat." Aponitolau was frightened, for he knew that the woman who was

talking was a spirit. "If that is what you say, and you do not wish me

to go and see Aponibolinayen and you wish to be married to me, it is

all right," said Aponitolau to her. Not long after the stars dropped

the _galong-galong_ [238] of gold which Gaygayóma had ordered to be

made. As soon as they dropped it Aponitolau and Gaygayóma got in it,

and were drawn up, and soon they were there.

As soon as they arrived he saw one of the stars come to the place where

they were, and it was a very big star, for it was Bagbagak. "Someone

is coming where we are," said Aponitolau to Gaygayóma. "Do not be

afraid; he is my father," said Gaygayóma. "Those stars eat people

if you do anything wrong to them." Not long after Bagbagak reached

the place where they were. "It is good for you Aponitolau that you

wished to follow my daughter here. If you had not we would have eaten

you," he said. Aponitolau was frightened. "Yes, I followed her here,

but I am ashamed before you who live here, for you are powerful,"

he said. While they were talking Bagbagak went back home.

After he had lived with Gaygayóma five months she had him prick

between her last fingers and a little baby popped out, and it was a

beautiful baby boy. "What shall we call our son?" said Aponitolau. "We

are going to call him Tabyayen, because it is the name of the people

who used to live above," said Gaygayóma. So they called him Tabyayen,

and they used their power so that the baby grew all the time. Soon

he was big. After three months, "Now Gaygayóma, let me go back down

and see Aponibolinayen of Kadalayapan. I think she is searching for

me. I will return soon, for you two are my wives," said Aponitolau,

but Gaygayóma would not let him go. "Ala, let me go and I will return

soon," he said again. "Ala, you go, but you come back here soon. I

will send the stars to eat you if you do not wish to return," said

Gaygayóma to him. "Yes," he said. Not long after he rode again in the

_galong-galong_, and the stars followed, and they went down. Aponitolau

wanted all of them to go to Kadalayapan, but he went alone and the

stars and Gaygayóma and the boy went up.

Not long after Aponitolau said, "_Wes_" at the entrance to the yard

of their house in Kadalayapan. Aponibolinayen got up from her mat

and she had not eaten for a long time. When she looked at him she was

very happy. Aponitolau saw that she was thin. "Why are you so thin,

Aponibolinayen?" said Aponitolau. "I have not eaten since you went

away. Where have you been so long? I thought that you were dead." "No,

I did not die, but Gaygayóma took me up into the sky because they

were the ones who spoilt our sugar cane. She would not let me come

back any more, and she took me up. I did not want to go with her,

but she threatened to feed me to the stars who were her companions. So

I was afraid, and I went with her, for she is a spirit."

When the day came on which Aponitolau and Gaygayóma had agreed for his

return up, Aponitolau failed to go, because Aponibolinayen would not

let him go. In the evening many stars came to the yard of their house

and some of them went to the windows and some of them went beside the

wall of the house, and they were very bright and the house looked as

though it was burning. The stars said, "We smell the odor of the Ipogau

and we are anxious to eat." Aponitolau said, "Hide me, Aponibolinayen,

for those stars have come to eat me, because you would not let me go

back to Gaygayóma. I told you that if I did not go back to her she

would send the stars to eat me, and now truly they have come. I told

you I would come back, but you would not let me go." Not long after

the stars went inside of the house where they were, and they said

to Aponitolau, "Do not hide from us, Aponitolau. We know where you

are. You are in the corner of the house." "Come out of there or we will

eat you," said Bagbagak. Soon he appeared to them and they said to him,

"Do you not wish to come back up with us?" "I will go with you," he

answered, for he was afraid. So they did not eat him, for Gaygayóma

had told them not to eat him if he was willing to follow them. Not

long after they flew away with him and Aponibolinayen cried. When

they arrived up Gaygayóma said, "Why, Aponitolau, did you lie to me

and not return? You were fortunate when you followed the stars, for

if you had not they would have eaten you." "I did not return because

Aponibolinayen would not let me. You and she are my wives. Do not

blame me," said Aponitolau.

After he had lived with her eight months he said, "Now, I am going

to leave you, for our son Tabyayen is large. If you will not let me

take our son Tabyayen down, he can stay up here with you." "You may

go now, but you cannot take our son. You will return here," said

Gaygayóma. "Yes," said Aponitolau. So they went down again in the

_galong-galong._ Aponitolau wanted to take them to Kadalayapan, but

they would not go with him. "No, do not take us, for it is not our

custom to stay down here; we are always above," they said. So they

went up and Aponitolau went to Kadalayapan. Not long after he said,

"_Wes_" at the yard of the house, and Aponibolinayen went to see who

it was. She saw that it was Aponitolau, and she was very glad.

After one year with Aponibolinayen he said, "Command someone to pound

rice, for we are going to make _balaua_, and I am going to call our

son Tabyayen from above." Aponibolinayen had also given birth five

days after Gaygayóma had given birth, and they called the boy Kanag.

Not long after Aponitolau went to take Tabyayen from above and

Gaygayóma was very glad to see him. When they were talking he said,

"Now I am going to take Tabyayen down, for I want him to attend our

_Sayang_." "Yes, you may take him, but you must bring him back when

the _Sayang_ is finished." So Aponitolau took the boy to attend the

_balaua_ in Kadalayapan. As soon as they arrived there he began to

play with Kanag and they were the same size and looked alike, because

they were half brothers. While they were playing, during the _Sayang,_

Kanag said, "Mother, it is showering," and Aponitolau heard what the

boy said to Aponibolinayen. He said, "It is the tears of Tabyayen's

mother, for I think she is thinking of him. I told them not to go over

there, but they went anyway. I think Gaygayóma saw them playing and

she cried." Then Aponibolinayen went to take them away from the yard

where they were playing. She took them upstairs. It was at the time

when they were building the _balaua_. Not long after that they made

_Libon_, [239] and they invited Gaygayóma and all their relatives

from the other towns and they danced for one month. Then the people

from the other towns went home. As soon as all the people had gone

home Aponitolau went to take back the boy to his mother Gaygayóma.

When they arrived where Gaygayóma lived he gave the boy to her and

he staid there three days. After three days he went back home, and he

said, "I am going now, but I will come back in a few days, for I cannot

live here all the time, for we, Ipogau, are accustomed to live below,

and I also have another wife there. I cannot leave Aponibolinayen alone

most of the time." So Gaygayoma let him go down and she said, "Yes,

you may go, but you come back sometimes." "It is good that Tabyayen

came down and made _Sayang_ with us." Then he went down again. When

he arrived down Aponibolinayen was glad to see him, for she feared

he would not return to Kadalayapan. Not long after they arranged for

Kanag to be married, and as soon as Kanag was married they arranged for

Tabyayen also and he lived down below and Gaygayóma always staid above.

(Told by Lagmani, a man of Domayko.)

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"I am going to wash my hair," said Aponitolau. Not long after he went

to the river and washed his hair. As soon as he finished he took

a bath and went back home. When he arrived in his house he said,

"Aponibolinayen, please comb my hair." "Take the comb and go to

Indiápan, for I have no time," answered Aponibolinayen. "If you have no

time, give it to me then," said Aponitolau. Aponibolinayen was angry

and went to get it for him. "What is the matter that you cannot go

and get it yourself?" As soon as he got it Aponitolau went to Indiápan.

Kabkabaga-an, who lived up in the air, was looking down, and said,

"Indiápan, you have good fortune, for Aponitolau will come and ask you

to comb his hair." Not long after Aponitolau arrived. "Will you comb my

hair, Indiápan, because Aponibolinayen is impatient and does not want

to comb my hair?" "I am sleepy," said Indiápan. She sat down. "Ala,

you come and comb my hair," said Aponitolau. Not long after Indiápan

went to comb his hair and Aponitolau sat by the door. Kabkabaga-an

looked down on them and said, "Indiápan has a good fortune, for she

is combing the hair of Aponitolau." When she had combed his hair she

went to lie down again and Aponitolau said to her, "Will you please

cut this betel-nut into pieces, Indiápan." "You cut it. I am sleepy,"

answered Indiápan. "Hand me the headaxe then." So Indiápan handed the

headaxe to him. As soon as she gave the headaxe to him she went to

lie down again. When Aponitolau had cut the betel-nut he cut his first

finger of his left hand. The blood went up in the air. "Ala, Indiápan,

take your belt, for I cannot stop my finger from bleeding. Come and

wrap it," said Aponitolau to her. So Indiápan got up and she went

to get her belt and she wrapped his finger, but the blood did not

stop, so she called Aponibolinayen, for she was frightened when

she saw the blood go up. Aponibolinayen said, "What is the matter

with you?" She took her hat which looked like a woodpecker and she

went, and the sunshine stopped when she went down out of her house,

and Kabkabaga-an saw Aponibolinayen going to Aponitolau. "What good

fortune Aponibolinayen has, for she is going to see Aponitolau." As

soon as she arrived where Indiápan lived she wrapped her belt around

the finger of Aponitolau, but the blood did not stop and they were

frightened. Aponibolinayen commanded their spirit helpers to get

Ginalingan of Pindayan, who was a sister of Iwaginan, to make _dawak_

[240] and stop the blood of Aponitolau. Not long after Indiápan

and the spirit helpers arrived where Ginalingan lived they said,

"Good afternoon, you must excuse us, for we cannot stay here long,

for Aponibolinayen is in a hurry to have you come to Kaldalayapan to

see Aponitolau. He cut his finger and his blood will not stop running,

and we do not know what to do. You come and make _dawak_" Ginalingan

said, "Even though I should go to make _dawak_ we could do nothing, for

Kabkabaga-an, who lives in the air, loves him." "We must try and see if

Kabkabaga-an will stop," said Indiápan, and Ginalingan went with them.

As soon as they arrived in Kadalayapan Aponibolinayen said

to Ginalingan, "What is best for us to do for Aponitolau's

finger?" Ginalingan said, "We cannot do anything. I told Indiápan that

Kabkabaga-an loves Aponitolau and even if I make _dawak_ we can do

nothing, for Kabkabaga-an is one of the greatest spirits." Not long

after Aponitolau had become a very little man and Ginalingan stopped

making _dawak_, and she went home to Pindayan. Aponitolau became

like a hair. Not long after he disappeared. "You are good, Indiápan,

for Aponitolau disappeared in your house." So they cried together.

Not long after Aponibolinayen went back home and Aponitolau was

up in the air. He sat below a tree in a wide field, and he looked

around the field. Not long after he saw some smoke, so he went. As

soon as he came near to the smoke he saw that there was a house

there. "I am going to get a drink," he said. As soon as he arrived

in the yard he said, "_Wes_," for he was tired, and Kabkabaga-an saw,

from the window of her house, that it was Aponitolau. "Come up," she

said. "No, I am ashamed to go up. Will you give me water to drink,

for I am thirsty." Kabkabaga-an gave him a drink of water. As soon

as he had drunk he sat down in the yard, for Kabkabaga-an could

not make him go up. Not long after she went to cook. As soon as she

cooked she called Aponitolau and he said to her, "You eat first. I

will eat with your husband when he arrives." "No, come up. I think he

will arrive very late." Not long after he went up, for he was hungry,

and they ate. While they were eating Kabkabaga-an said to him, "I have

no husband and I live alone; that is why I brought you up here, for I

love you." Not long after she became pregnant and she gave birth. "What

shall we call the baby?" said Ligi [241] "Tabyayen." Not long after

the baby began to grow, for Kabkabaga-an used magic, so that he grew

all the time, and every time she bathed him he grew.

When the baby had become a young boy Kabkabaga-an said, "You can

go home now, Aponitolau, for our son Tabyayen is a companion for

me." "If you say that I must go home, I will take Tabyayen with me,"

said Aponitolau. She said, "We will tell my brother Daldalipáto, [242]

who lives above, if you wish to take him." So they went truly. As

soon as they arrived where Daldalipáto lived, he said, "How are you,

Kabkabaga-an? What do you want?" "What do you want, you say. We came

to tell you that Aponitolau wants to take Tabyayen." "Do you want

to give him up to Aponitolau? If you let him go, it is all right,"

said Daldalipáto, and Kabkabaga-an said, "All right." So they went

home. As soon as they arrived where Kabkabaga-an lived she commanded

some one to make something of gold to hold milk for the boy to drink

and she filled it with the milk from her breasts. In the early morning

she lowered her golden house by cords to the earth.

When it became morning Aponitolau awoke and he was surprised to

see that they were in Kadalayapan. "Why, here is Kadalayapan." He

went outdoors and Aponibolinayen also went outdoors. "Why,

there is Aponitolau. I think he has returned from the home of

Kabkabaga-an." Aponibolinayen went to him and was glad to see him,

and she took her son Kanag who looked the same as Tabyayen, and they

went to play in the yard. Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau did not know

that they had gone to play. Not long after Tabyayen cried, for the

tears of Kabkabaga-an fell on him and hurt him, so Aponibolinayen

went down to the yard and took them up into the house.

Not long after Aponitolau said to Aponibolinayen, "We will make

_balaua_ and we will invite Kabkabaga-an. I think that is why the boy

cried." Aponibolinayen said, "Yes," and they truly made _Sayang_. Not

long after they made _Libon_ [243] in the evening, and they commanded

the spirit helpers to go and get betel-nuts. As soon as they arrived

with the betel-nuts Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen commanded, "You

betel-nuts go and invite all our relatives and Kabkabaga-an." So

one of the betel-nuts went to the place where Kabkabaga-an lived. As

soon as it arrived up above it said, "Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen

of Kadalayapan want you to attend their _balaua_. That is why I came

here." Kabkabaga-an said, "Yes, I will follow you. You go first." When

it became afternoon all the people from the other towns had arrived

in Kadalayapan. When they looked under the _talagan_ [244] they saw

Kabkabaga-an, and Aponibolinayen went to take her hand, and they made

her dance. As soon as she finished dancing she told Aponibolinayen and

Aponitolau that she would go back home. "No, do not go yet, for we will

make _pakálon_ for Tabyayen first," said Aponibolinayen. "No, you care

for him. I must go home now, for no one watches my house." Not long

after she went, for they could not detain her, and they did not see her

when she went. As soon as the _Sayang_ was over they made _pakálon_

for Kanag and Tabyayen, and Kanag married Dapilisan, and Tabyayen

married Binaklingan, and the marriage price was the _balaua_ about

nine times full for each of them. As soon as they both were married

Tabyayen staid in his house which had been up in the air before. Kanag

staid in another house which Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen had.

(Told by Angtan of Lagangilang.)

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"Look out for our children, Ligi, while I wash my hair," said

Ayo. "Yes," said Ligi. As soon as Ayo reached the spring Ligi went

to make a basket, in which he put the three little pigs which had

little beads around their necks. As soon as he made the basket he

put the three little pigs in it, and he climbed a tree and he hung

the basket in it. Not long after he went down and Ayo went back home

from the well. "Where are our children--the little pigs--?" [245]

said Ayo to him. As soon as Ligi said he did not know, Ayo began to

search for them, but she did not find them.

The little pigs which Ligi hung in the tree grunted, "Gek, gek, gek,"

and the old woman, Alokotán of Nagbotobotán, went to take a walk. While

she was walking she stopped under the tree where the pigs hung. She

heard them grunting and she looked up at them and saw that the basket

contained three pigs. "What man hung those little pigs in the basket

in the tree? Perhaps he does not like them. I am going to get them

and take them home, so that I will have something to feed." So she

got them. She took them home, and she named the older one Kanag,

the second one Dumalawi, the third was Ogogibeng.

Not long after the three little pigs, which had the beads about

their necks, became boys, and Ogogibeng was naughty. When the old

woman Alokotán gave them blankets, he was the first to choose the

one he wished. "Shame, Ogogibeng, why are you always the naughtiest

and are always selfish." "Yes, I always want the best, so that the

girls will want me," said Ogogibeng. When Alokotán gave the belts,

and clouts, and coats, he always took the best, and Kanag and Dumalawi

were jealous of him, and they said bad things. Ogogibeng said to them,

"I am not ashamed, for she is my mother, so I will take the best."

Not long after they were young men. "Mother Alokotán, will you let us

go to walk? Do not worry while we are gone, for we will return soon,"

said the three young men. The old woman said "yes" and they went. They

agreed on the place they should go, and Ogogibeng said to them,

"We will go where the young girls spin." Kanag and Dumalawi agreed,

so they went. Not long after they arrived where the young girls

were spinning. "Good evening, girls," they said. "Good evening,"

they replied. "This is the first time you have been here, rich young

men. Why do you come here?" "We came to join you and get acquainted,"

they said, and they talked. They waited for the girls to go home,

but they did not go. Not long after it became morning, and they did

not wait any longer for the girls to go home, so they went away. As

soon as the three boys went home the young girls went to their homes

also. Not long after they arrived where Alokotán was and they ate

breakfast. As soon as they finished eating they went to take a walk

again. Not long after they arrived in Kaodanan, in the middle of the

day. "Good morning, Aunt," they said to Aponigawani. "Good morning,

my sons," she replied. "What do you come here for, boys?" "What do

you come here for, you say, Aunt; we come to take a walk, for we are

anxious to see you," they said. "That is good. Where did you come

from?" said Aponigawani. "We came from Nagbotobotán where our mother

Alokotán lives." Not long after Aponigawani went to cook for them to

eat. As soon as she cooked she fed them. So they ate. Not long after

they finished eating and they talked. After that it became night. When

they had finished eating in the night they said, "We are going back

home, Aunt, but first we are going to the place where those young

girls spin." "No, I will not let you go back to Nagbotobotán now, for

it is dark. If you are going to the place where the girls are spinning

it is all right, but if you are going home I will not let you go down

from the house, for I fear you will be lost." So the three young boys

said to her, "If you will not let us go back home tonight we will go

tomorrow, but we will go where the young girls spin." So Aponigawani

and Aponibalagen let them go to where the girls were spinning.

Not long after they arrived at the place where the young girls were and

they said, "Good evening, young girls." "Good evening," answered the

girls who were spinning. "Why do you come here, rich young men?" "'Why

do you come here,' you say, we come to see you spin and to talk with

you." Not long after they talked together, and the young men did not

wait until the girls went home, for it became morning, so they went

back home. As soon as they went away, the young girls went home. When

the boys reached the house of Aponigawani and Aponibalagen they told

them they were going home to Nagbotobotán. Aponigawani and Aponibalagen

did not want to let them go until they had eaten breakfast. The three

boys went even though they did not want them to go. As soon as they

reached Nagbotobotán the old woman Alokotán asked them where they

had been, and she was very angry with them. "Do not be angry with

us, mother, for we want to take a walk; we were not lost." "Where

did you go, then?" "We went to Kaodanan to see the pretty girls who

never go out doors, but we did not find any. We found some young

girls spinning at night, but they were not as pretty as we wished,

and we talked with them until morning, for we wanted to see where

they lived, but we could not wait for them to go back home."

Not long after the old woman Alokotán went to cook. As soon as she

finished cooking they ate. Not long after they finished eating and

they agreed to go at once to Kadalayapan. The old woman Alokotán would

not let them go, so when they finished eating at night they went to

Kadalayapan without her consent. As soon as they arrived at the place

where the young girls were spinning they said, "Good evening, young

girls." "Good evening," the girls answered. "How are you? What do you

want here?" "'What do you want here,' you say, and we came to watch

you spin and we want to talk with you." So they talked until morning,

but the young boys could not wait until the girls went to their homes.

Ayo was still searching for the pigs who had become boys. She heard

somebody say that three young boys were talking with the girls last

night and they said to her that they were pretty young boys. Ayo said,

"Those were my sons. I think they have become men." So she went around

the town looking for them. Not long after she met them and she saw

that they were no longer little pigs. "Where did you come from, my

dear sons?" "We came from Nagbotobotán, Aunt," they answered. "Do

not call me aunt, call me mother," said Apon=lbolinayen. The young

boys would not call her mother. So Aponibolinayen pressed her breasts

and the milk from her breasts went into Kanag's mouth, and when she

pressed again the milk went into the mouth of Dumalawi, and when

she pressed her breasts the third time the milk went to the mouth of

Ogogibeng. So Aponibolinayen was sure that they were her sons. The

little boys asked her why it was that the milk from her breasts went

into their mouths. "I pressed my breasts to make sure that you are

my sons. I am surprised that you have become men, for you were little

pigs. That is why you must call me mother, not aunt. For a long time I

have searched for you, and when I heard that you were talking with the

young girls last night, I came to look for you." So the boys believed

that she was their mother. "Why did we grow up in Nagbotobotán with

our mother Alokotán, if you are truly our mother?" "I think she found

you and took you away, for she is a good woman. She thought you were

lost and took you to Nagbotobotán." So Aponibolinayen took them home.

As soon as they arrived home Aponibolinayen said to Aponitolau, "Here

are our sons whom I found. They said that they came from Nagbotobotán

and that Alokotán was their mother. I told them that I was their

mother, but they did not believe me." "I do not believe that they

are our sons, for our children were three little pigs." "I also had

doubts when I met them, but I pressed my breasts and the milk went

to their mouths, so I am sure that they are our sons." Aponitolau was

glad that they were men, for he did not want them when they were pigs.

Not long after Aponitolau said to Aponibolinayen, "We are going to

make _balaua_, so that we can invite all our relations in the other

towns, especially Alokotán." Aponibolinayen used magic, so that

when she put a grain of rice in each of twelve big jars they were

filled. [246] Not long after Aponitolau commanded his spirit helpers

to go and get betel-nuts, to send to the relatives who lived in other

places, to invite them. As soon as one of the betel-nuts arrived in

Nagbotobotán it said, "Good afternoon, old woman Alokotán. I cannot

stay long. Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau sent me to invite you to

attend their _Sayang_". "I cannot go, for I am searching for my three

sons." "If you do not come I will grow on your knee." "You go first

and I will follow, but I cannot stay there long." Not long after all

the people from the other towns arrived and they danced until the

old woman Alokotán arrived. The three young boys went to hide when

Alokotán arrived. Not long after when the _batana_ was nearly finished,

"I cannot wait until your _balaua_ is finished, for I am searching

for my three boys." "Do not go home yet, for we will see if they

will come here to see the young girls. Perhaps they are near here,"

said Aponitolau. Not long after the three boys appeared to her and

Alokotán was glad to see them. "Where have you been, my sons?" "We

came to this town and we intended to go back to Nagbotobotán, but

our mother Aponibolinayen saw us and she detained us, for she was

sure that we are her sons. She pressed her breasts and the milk came

into our mouths." The old woman Alokotán was surprised and she went to

Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau and talked with them. "Are you sure those

boys are your sons? They are my sons. They grew up with me." "Yes,

we are sure that they are my sons, for the milk from my breasts went

to their mouths. I am surprised that they have become men, for they

were three pigs. I searched for them a long time. That is why I was

surprised when I saw them, so I pressed my breasts." "Why were you

searching for them? Did someone else hang them in the tree?" said

Alokotán. Aponibolinayen was surprised and she asked Aponitolau if he

saw someone hang the little pigs in the tree while she was washing

her hair. Aponitolau laughed, "I did not see anyone get them." One

of the women had seen Aponitolau hang them in the tree and she told

Alokotán that Aponitolau had hung them up. Alokotán hated Aponitolau

and she asked why he had hung them in the tree. "I went to hang them

up for I was ashamed, because they were not men but pigs." "That is

why you hung them up. You have power. If you did not want them to be

pigs you could change them to men. If I had not found them, perhaps

they would have died." Not long after the _balaua_ was finished,

and the people went home, and the old woman Alokotán went home after

the others. She gave all her things to the three boys. This is all.

(Told by Angtan of Langangilang).

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Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau had a son and they called him Kanag

Kabagbagowan, who was Dumalawi every afternoon. Soon he became a

young man and he went to make love to Aponitolau's concubines. When

Aponitolau went where his concubines were he said, "Open the door." The

women did not open the door, but answered, "We do not want to open

the door unless you are Dumalawi." "Please open the door," said

Ligi [247] to them. The women did not open the door, so he went

back home and he was very angry. In the second night Aponitolau went

again. "Good evening, women," he said. "Good evening," said the women,

and Aponitolau asked them to open the door. "You put your hands into

the door and let us see if the marks on the wrist are the marks on

Kanag Kabagbagowan." Aponitolau showed them his hands and they said,

"You are not Kanag, but you are Ligi, and we do not wish you." Ligi

was very angry and he went back home.

Five days later he said, "Sharpen your knife, Kanag, and we will go

to cut bamboo." So Kanag sharpened his knife. Not long after they

went where many bamboo grew. As soon as they reached the place Ligi

said, "You go up and cut the bamboo and sharpen the ends." Ligi cut

the bamboo below him. As soon as Ligi had cut many bamboo he asked

Kanag if he had cut many, and Kanag said, "Yes." "Did you sharpen

the ends? If you pointed them, put them in one place." Kanag soon put

them in one place. After that Aponitolau said to him, "Ala, my son,

throw them at me so that we can see which is the braver of us." "Ala,

you are the first if you want to kill me," Not long after Aponitolau

threw all the bamboo at Kanag, but did not hit him. "Ala, you are the

next, my son," said Aponitolau. Kanag said, "No, I do not want to throw

any at you, for you are my father and I am ashamed." Aponitolau said,

"If you do not wish to throw at me we will go back home." As soon as

they arrived in Kadalayapan Kanag laid down in their _balaua_. When

they called him at meal time he did not wish to go.

When Aponitolau and Apo=nibolinayen finished eating they said,

"If you do not wish to eat we will go to see our little house in the

fields." "We will go and fix it so we will have some protection during

the rainy season," said Aponitolau. So they went truly. As soon as they

arrived at the little house in their farm, "Dig up the jar of _basi_

[248] which I buried when I was a boy." So Kanag dug up the _basi_

which Aponitolau had made when he was a little boy. As soon as he

had dug it up they drank it, and they put the _basi_ in a big coconut

shell. Aponitolau made his son drink a shell full of _basi_, so Kanag

truly drank all of it. "Ala, dip again and I will drink next," said

Ligi to him, and Ligi drank a shell cup of _basi_. "Ala, dip again,

we will drink three shell cups of this _basi_," said Ligi. When Kanag

had drunk the three shells of wine he was drunk and he slept. As soon

as he was asleep, "What shall I do now," said Ligi to himself. "The

best thing for me to do is to send him away with the storm." So he

used his magical power and soon the big storm came and took Kanag to

Kalaskigan while he was sleeping.

Not long after Aponitolau went back home to Kadalayapan. Aponibolinayen

asked him where Kanag was. "I thought he came ahead of me," Ligi

said. "I think you have killed him," said Aponibolinayen, "for you

think he loves your concubines." Aponitolau went to lie down in their

_balaua_ and Aponibolinayen laid down in the house and their hair

grew long along the floor, they laid so long.

Not long after Kanag awoke and he saw that he was in the middle

of a field so wide that he could not see the edges of it. "How bad

my father is to me, for he sent me here," he said. "The best thing

for me to do is to create people so that I will have neighbors. I

will use magic so that many betel-nut trees will grow in the middle

of the field." Not long after the betel-nut trees bore fruit which

was covered with gold. He took the betel-nuts and cut them in many

pieces. In the middle of the night he used his power and he said, "I

will use magic and when I scatter all the betel-nuts which I have cut,

they will become women and men, who will be my neighbors tomorrow."

Not long after it became morning and he saw that he had many neighbors

and he heard many people talking near to his house and many roosters

crowing. So Kanag was glad, for he had many companions. He went down

the ladder, and he went where the people were burning fires in the

yards of their houses, and he went to see all of them. While he was

visiting them he saw Dapilísan in the yard of her house and Kanag said

to Bangan and Dalonágan, "My Aunt Bangan and my Uncle Dalonágan, do not

be surprised, for I want to marry your daughter Dapilísan." "If you

marry our daughter, your father and mother will be greatly ashamed,"

said Dalonágan. Kanag said to them, "My father and mother did not

want me and they will not interfere." So they were married.

"The best way for us to do, Dapilísan, is for us to make _Sayang_"

said Kanag. So Dapilísan commanded someone to go and get the betel-nut

fruit which was covered with gold. Not long after, "Ala, you betel-nuts

which are covered with gold come here and oil yourselves, and go

and invite all the people to come and attend our _Sayang_." So the

betel-nuts oiled themselves and they went to invite the people in the

different towns. Not long after they went. One of the betel-nuts went

to Kadalayapan, and one went where Kanag's sweetheart lived. Some of

them went to Pindayan and Donglayan, which is the home of Iwaginan

and Gimbangonan.

Not long after Aponibolinayen was anxious to chew betel-nut. "I

am going to chew. What ails me, for I am so anxious to chew? I had

not intended to eat anything while Kanag is away." She looked up at

her basket, and she saw that an oiled betel-nut, which was covered

with gold, was in it. She picked it up and tried to cut it. "Do not

cut me, for I came to invite you, for Kanag and his wife Dapilísan

sent me to summon you to their _Sayang_ in Kalaskigan," said the

betel-nut. Aponibolinayen was glad when she heard that Kanag was

alive. So she got up and told all the people of Kadalayapan to wash

their hair so that they might attend the _Sayang_ in Kalaskigan. The

people asked who was making _Sayang_ in Kalaskigan, and she replied

that it was Kanag and his wife Dapilísan. Not long after they washed

their clothes and hair, and took a bath. When it became afternoon they

went and Aponitolau followed them, and he looked as if he was crazy. As

soon as they arrived at the river near the town of Kalaskigan, Kanag

saw them and there were many of them by the river. He sent crocodiles

and they went to take the people across the river. Aponitolau was the

first who rode on one of the crocodiles and the crocodile dived, so

Aponitolau went back again to the bank of the river. Not long after

Aponitolau's companions were all on the other side of the river,

and he was alone, for the crocodiles would not carry him across. He

shouted as if crazy, and Kanag sent one of the crocodiles to get

him. Not long after one crocodile went where Aponitolau was, and he

stood on its back and it took him to the other side of the river.

When they all sat down beside the river, Dalonágan said, "What shall

we use for the _alawig_, [249] for your father and mother?" "The

singed pig, for it is the custom of the people in Kadalayapan," said

Kanag to his mother-in-law. "Go and get some of the pigs and singe

them," said Dalonágan to him. Not long after he singed the pigs and

he carried them to the people, and his wife Dapilísan carried one

little jar which looked like a fist, filled with _basi_. As soon

as the woman who was making _Sayang_ had finished the _diam_ [250]

near by the well, Dapilísan made the people drink the _basi_ which

she carried. Each person drank from a golden cup filled with _basi_

from out of the little jar which looked like a fist, and one third

of the _basi_ in the jar was still left. [251] As soon as the people

drank they took them up to the town.

When they arrived in the town Aponibolinayen was anxious for them to

chew betel-nut. So she gave some to Kanag and his wife Dapilísan and

to some others. So they chewed and Kanag said to them, "You are first

to tell your names." "My name is Aponitolau of Kadalayapan," said the

man who looked like he was crazy. "My name is Aponibolinayen." As

soon as they had told their names Kanag was the next and he said,

"My name is Kanag Kabagbagowan who was carried by the big storm." "My

name is Dapilísan, who is the daughter of Bangan and Dalonágan, who is

the wife of your son Kanag, for whom you did not make _pakálon_. It

is bad if you do not like the marriage." "Our daughter, Dapilísan,

we like you, for Kanag wanted to marry you," said Aponibolinayen. Not

long after the _balaua_ was nearly finished, but the people were still

dancing. "Now my _abalayan_ [252] Dalonágan, we are going to pay the

marriage price according to the custom," said Aponibolinayen. "Our

custom is to fill the _balaua_ nine times with the different kind of

jars." So Aponibolinayen said, "Ala, you _alan_ [253] who live in the

different springs and _bananáyo_ of Kaodanan and you _liblibayan_,

go and get the jars, _malayo_ and _tadogan, sumadag_ and _ginlasan_

and _addeban_ and _gumtan_, which Kanag must pay as the marriage

price for Dapilísan." As soon as she had commanded they went, and they

filled the _balaua_ nine times, and Aponibolinayen said to Dalonágan,

"I think now that we have paid the marriage price," and Dolonágan said,

"No, there is more still to pay." "All right, if we still owe, tell

us and we will pay." So Dalonágan called her big pet spider and said,

"You, my pet spider, go around the town of Kalaskigan and spin a

thread as you go, on which Aponibolinayen must string golden beads."

When the spider had put a thread around the town Dalonágan said to

Aponibolinayen, "Now, you put golden beads on the spider's thread which

surrounds the town." Aponibolinayen again commanded the _liblibayan,

alan_, and the other spirits to go and get the golden beads. As soon

as they secured the beads they put them on the thread which surrounded

the town. Not long after they arrived and they strung the beads on

the thread. As soon as they finished, Dalonágan hung on the thread

to see if it would break. Dapilisan said, "Ala, you thread of the

spider be strong and do not break, or I shall be ashamed." Truly, the

thread did not break when Dalonágan hung on it. "Ala, my _abalayan_,

is there any other debt?" asked Aponibolinayen, and Dalonágan said,

"No more." When the _balaua_ was over the people who went to attend

the _Sayang_ went home, and Aponibolinayen said to Kanag, "Now,

we will take you back to Kadalayapan," and he replied, "No, for

I wish to live here." When they could not take him to Kadalayapan,

Aponibolinayen said to Aponitolau, "I am going to stay here with him,"

but Aponitolau would not let her stay, but took her back.

(Told by Angtan of Lagangilang).

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Aponibolinayen went to the spring. As soon as she arrived there she

washed her hair. When she washed her hair she dived into the water,

and she did not know that blood from her body was being washed away

by the water.

"I am going to the spring," said the _alan_, who was Inil-lagen. As

soon as she arrived at the river she took her headaxe and scooped

up the blood which was carried by the stream and she went back to

Dagápan. As soon as she reached her house she put the blood on a big

plate which was inherited through nine generations, and she covered it.

"I am going to the well," said Aponigawani of Natpangan. As soon as she

arrived she burned rice straw, which had been inherited nine times, and

she put it in the pot with water. After that she took the water from

the jar and put it in the coconut shell and she washed her hair. As

soon as she washed her hair she dived in the river, and she washed

her arm beads which twinkled in the evening, and she did not know

that her blood was flowing and was being carried away by the stream.

"I am going to the well," said the _alan_ Apinganan who lived in

Bagonan, and she saw the blood of Aponigawani, and she secured it on

her headaxe, and she put it inside of her belt. After that she went

home. As soon as she arrived in her house she put the blood in the

big dish, which had been nine times inherited, and she covered it.

"I am going to uncover my toy," said the _alan_ Inil-lagen. "No do not

uncover me, grandmother; I have no clout and belt," said the little

boy. So she gave him a clout and belt and after that she uncovered

it. "Ala, we will give him the name of Ilwisan of Dagápan," said all

the _alan_.

"I am going to uncover my toy," said the _alan_ Apinganan. "No, do

not uncover me, because I have no clout and belt," said the little

boy. So Apinganan gave him a clout and belt and uncovered him. "Ala,

there is no other good name, but Dondonyán of Bagonan.

"I am going to fight," said Dondonyán of Bagonan. He took his headaxe,

which was one span long, and he went to get Ilwisan of Dagápan, and so

Ilwisan took his headaxe, which was one span long, and they went. As

soon as they got out of the town they began to strike their shields

with a stick. The sound of the beating was as great as that made by

one hundred. As soon as Aponibolinayen heard the noise of the shields

she shouted and Danay of Kabisilan shouted also, and those who shouted

were the ladies who always staid in the house. [254] When they passed

by the spring of Natpangan Aponigawani shouted. When they passed by

Pindayán, Gimbagonan shouted and the world trembled while she shouted.