While they were walking they arrived at the spring of Giambolan of

Kaboyboyan, who was an _alzado_. [255] Not long after they reached the

_alzado_ woman at the spring, for she was still making _Sayang_. Not

long after Ilwisan of Dagápan killed the tattooed _alzados_, who were

more than one hundred, who were dipping water from the spring. "We go

to the town," said Ilwisan of Dagápan to Dondonyán. "Yes," he said,

and they went. As soon as they arrived in the town, Giambolan saw them

and he was surprised, for they were two boys who entered the town. "You

little boys who come in my town, you are the first who ever came here,"

said Giambolan, who had ten heads. He went up into the house and the

little boys said, "Take your headaxe and spear Giambolan; although we

are little boys we are not afraid of you, for we came here to fight

with you. It is the last of your life now." "Giambolan, you first fight

against us," said Ilwisan. He used his power. "You headaxe and spear

of Giambolan, if he throws you against us, do not strike us." When all

the spears and headaxes of Giambolan were lost, the boys truly were

not hurt. "Now we are next to throw our spears. You, our headaxes,

when we strike and throw the spear you pierce the side of Giambolan,"

they said. Not long after Giambolan laid down. "You, my headaxe, cut

off the heads of Giambolan at one blow," they said. So the ten heads

were cut off. "You, my spear and headaxe, go and kill all the people

in the houses of the town, who live with Giambolan," they said. The

spears and headaxes went and killed all the people in the town, and

the pig troughs were floating in blood toward the river. "You, heads,

gather together in the yard of Giambolan. You, heads of the women,

separate, and you, heads of Giambolan, go first, and you, storm,

carry the house of Giambolan. You go near to our house in Dagápan."

"I will tramp on the town of Giambolan so it will be like the ocean,"

they said. Not long after the town was like the ocean. They went home

and they followed after the heads, which they sent first to their

town. Not long after, "I use my power so that we arrive at once in

Dagápan," said Ilwisan. So they arrived truly.

"All the heads of Giambolan stay by the gate of the town; all the

heads of the people who live with him stay around the town."

"You _alan_ who look like me, we will go and see Ilwisan and make

him go into the house, for he has returned from fighting." Not long

after they made him climb the _sangap_ [256] so he could talk with the

star, it was so high. Ilwisan did not climb, but he jumped over the

ladder and he did not touch it. "You, _alan_, take down the _gansas_

for we are going to have a big party, for we have come back from

fighting." So the _alan_ took down the _gansas_ and they danced. "You

send your people to go and invite our relatives," said Ilwisan,

"so that they will come to attend my big party, for I have returned

from the fight." So they sent the messengers to the towns where the

relatives lived.

When the spirit messengers arrived by the _balaua_ where Aponitolau

of Kadalayapan was lying down, "Good morning," they said. "How are

you," said Aponitolau. "I came here because Ilwisan of Dagápan sent

me to get you, for they make a big party, for they have returned

from fighting." "This is the first time I have heard of a town called

Dagápan," said Aponitolau. "You people who live with me, come with me

and we all will go to Dagápan, because Ilwisan will make a big party,

for he has returned from fighting; all you ladies who stay in the

house come also."

Not long after they went and Aponitolau guided them, and they met the

people who live in Natpangan and Pindayan in the way. Gimbagonan, who

was the wife of Iwaginan, and Danay of Kabisilan went to Dagápan. When

they arrived at the spring of Ilwisan of Dagápan they all stopped. "We

will all stop here and wait until someone comes to meet us," said

Aponitolau. Not long after Ilwisan and Dondonyan saw all the visitors

who were at the spring, so they went to meet them. Each of them took

a glass of _basi_ and gave the drink to them. When they had all drank

they took them up to the town. Not long after, when they arrived in

the town, they sat down, and Aponitolau and the other people took

the _gansa_, and Iwaginan took the _alap_ [257] and they danced first

with Aponibolinayen. As soon as they finished dancing they took out

of their belts the girls who never go out doors, and they joined

the people. The girl whom Aponibolinayen took out of her belt was

Daliknáyan, and the girls whom Aponigawani took out of her belt were

Indiápan, and Alama-an, and the girl whom Danay of Kabisilan took

out of her belt was Asigtanán, and the girl whom Gimbagonan took out

of her belt was Dalonagan. [258] As soon as they had taken the girls

out they made them sit in one row and the circle of people was very

bright, because of the girls, for they were all pretty. After that

Iwaginan made Daliknáyan and Dalonagan and Alama-an and Asigtanán dance

with Ilwisan of Dagápan. When they had danced across the circle five

times they stopped. As soon as they finished dancing Iwaginan made

Aponitolau dance with Danay of Kabisilan. When Aponitolau stamped

his feet as he was dancing all the fruit of the coconut trees fell

down. After they finished Balogagayan and Gimbagonan danced. After

they danced Kabin-na-ogan of Kabitaulan danced with Aponigawani. After

they danced they went to eat. The food was of thirty different kinds,

and they were abashed in the golden house of Ilwisan, which had many

valuable jars in it, for the _alan_ had given them to him.

As soon as they finished eating they gathered again, and the _alan_

Kilagen told them that Ilwisan was the son of Aponibolinayen, and

Dondonyán was the son of Aponigawani. She said, "The reason that we

made your son come to life was that we might have someone to give our

things to, for we have no children to inherit them." "If that is so we

are going to change their names. Ilwisan will be Kanag Kabagbagowan,"

said Aponitolau. "Dondonyán will be Dagoláyen, who is a rich man." "Now

it is two months since we came here and we go home," they all said. As

soon as they agreed, the _alan_ gave them valuable things. Aponitolau

used his power and the golden house of Kanag which the _alan_ gave him

was pulled up and went to Kadalayapan and the gold house of Dondonyán

went to Natpangan. Aponigawani used her power, and when it became

morning Kanag cried because his golden house of Dagápan, which was

the _alan's_ town, went to Kadalayapan. "Do not cry, Kanag; this is

your town; we are your father and mother." So Kanag stopped crying.

The next month Kanag said to his father and mother, "The best thing

for you to do is to engage me to Daliknáyan, who never goes out doors,

and there is no one to compare with her, who looks like the firefly

in the evening, and her footprints are loved by all the men, for they

look like the rainbow." Not long after Aponibolinayen took the golden

beads, which look like the moon, to use as an engagement present. Not

long after Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau arrived at Kabisilan. "Good

morning, Aunt Danay," they said. "How are you?" said Danay. "Come up

and we will eat." They went up the stairs, and Danay took the rice

out of the jar and took out the meat, and they ate. As soon as they

finished eating, "We cannot stop here long, for we are in a hurry,"

and they showed her the gold which was like the moon, for they wished

to make the engagement. Danay of Kabisilan agreed, and they set a day

for _pakálon,_ and it was three days later. Not long after they went

back home. As soon as they arrived they told their son Kanag and he

was very happy.

When the day for _pakálon_ came they summoned all the people, and so

they went, and some of them went first. "You, my jar, _bilibili,_ and

my jar _ginlasan_, and you my jar _malayo_, go first." So all the jars

preceded them, and they followed. Not long after they arrived. When all

the people whom they invited arrived, they fed them all. When they had

all finished eating, "Now that we have finished eating we are going

to settle on the price. My _balaua_ must be filled eighteen times

with different jars before Kanag and Daliknáyan can be married." So

they filled the _balaua_ eighteen times. "Now that the _pakálon_

is finished and we have paid the price, we will take her home, and

you prepare the food for her to take." So they started to fix a box

for her with pillows, and they gave her a golden hat which looked

like a bird, and she put her skirt on her head and it twinkled. Not

long after they went. As soon as they arrived in Kadalayapan, they

went upstairs, and they made her sit on the bamboo floor, and they

counted the bamboo strips on which she sat, and it was an arm span

long of agate beads. [259] Not long after they had a son and they

named him Dumalawig. This is all.

(Told by Magwati of Lagangilang).

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"I am going to hunt deer with the dogs, mother," said Kanag. "No,

do not go, you will be lost," said Aponibolinayen. "No, I will not

be lost. Give me provisions to take," he said, and he fretted so his

mother let him go, and she gave provisions, for she could not prevent

him from going. So he went.

"Ey-Ey-kota, my puppy, Ey-Ey, my fat dog, do not catch anything until

we reach the middle of the wood, which is the place where the _anteng_

tree grows." Not long after while he was walking the puppy went into

the jungle and it barked in the wood. He went to reach it. When he

arrived he saw that what the puppy barked at was a very small house

by the resin tree. He went up to the house. Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen

went to hide under the hearth and Kanag did not go out of the house

until the girl appeared. One night had passed, then the girl who owned

the house appeared. He saw that she was a beautiful girl and they

talked. "It is not good for us to talk until we know our names," said

Dumanau, [260] and he gave her betel-nut, and she did not receive it,

so he made it very good so that she wanted it after two days. After

that she received the betel-nut which was covered with gold. As soon

as they chewed, "You first tell your name, for you live here; it is

not good for me to tell first, for I come from another place," said

Dumanau. "No, it is not good for a girl to tell her name first. You

are a boy and even though you came from another place you tell your

name first," said Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen. "My name is Dumanau,

who is the son of Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau of Kadalayapan." "My

name is Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen, who is the daughter of an _alan_

in Matawatawen." When they put down their quids, they laid in good

order as agates with no holes in them. "We are close relatives,

and it is good for us to be married." So they married.

Three years passed. "The best thing is for us to take our house to

Kadalayapan, and go there; perhaps my father and mother are searching

for me." "No, we must not go, because I am ashamed, for they did

not engage me to you," said Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen. "No, we go;

we must not stay always in the jungle," he said. So in the middle of

the night Dumanau used his power. "I use my magic so that this house

we are in goes to Kadalayapan. You stand there by our house," he said;

so the little house went there while they were asleep. The next morning

Wanwanyen was surprised because many chickens were crowing and many

people were talking, and when she went to look out of the window there

were many houses. "Why, Dumanau, it is not the jungle where we are now;

where are we?" she said. "It is the town of Kadalayapan."

Not long after their three children went to look out of the window and

they saw the sugar cane, and they were anxious to chew it. "Father,

go and get the sugar cane for us to chew," they said. Dumanau went,

and he advised Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen to fasten the door while he was

gone. "If anyone comes do not open the door." He went, and Dumanau's

father and mother were frightened, because the little house was by

their dwelling, for there was no little house there before. As soon

as Dumanau arrived in the house of his father and mother they were

surprised, for they had searched for him three years. They asked

where he had been, and he said he had found a wife in the wood when

he had staid for three years. He told his mother that she must not

go to his house and say bad words to his wife. So Dumanau went to

the place of the sugar cane, and his mother went to the house and

said bad words to his wife. "Open the door, you bad woman, who has

no shame. You are the cause of my son being lost, and we spent much

time to find him. What did you come here for, worthless woman?" said

Aponibolinayen. Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen did not answer her. Not

long after Dumanau arrived at their house and Wanwanyen said to him,

"It is true what I told you. I told you not to go and you did truly,

and your mother came and said many bad words. I said it was best

for us to stay always in Matawatawen, but you paid no heed. Now my

stomach is sick, for your mother came here to say many bad things to

us." Not long after she died. Dumanau sharpened his headaxe and spear,

for he wanted to kill his mother, because she said bad things to his

wife Wanwanyen, but he did not kill her, because she fastened the door.

As soon as Dumanau arrived in their house he made a _tabalang_ [261]

of gold, and put the body of Wanwanyen inside of it, and he put a

golden rooster on top of it. As soon as he finished he put the body

of Wanwanyen inside of it. As soon as he had done this he said, "If

you pass many different towns where the people get water, you rooster

crow." The rooster said, "Tatalao, I am _tabalang_ of Kadalayapan;

on top of me is a golden rooster." He pushed the _tabalang_ into

the river and so it floated away. When it passed by the springs

in the other towns, the rooster said, "Tatalao, I am _tabalang_ of

Kadalayapan, and on top of me is a golden rooster." That is what the

rooster always said when they passed the springs in the other towns.

Dumanau wandered about as if crazy, and his oldest son walked in front

of him. He carried the next child on his back and carried the third

on his hip. When the _tabalang_ arrived in Nagbotobotán, "Tatalao,

I am _tabalang_ of Kadalayapan, and on me is a golden rooster," said

the rooster on the _tabalang_ which was made of gold. The old woman

Alokotán was taking a bath by the river and she was in a hurry to

put on her skirt and she followed the _tabalang_. "You _tabalang_,

where did you come from? Are you the _tabalang_ of Kapaolan? If

you are not from Kapaolan, are you from Kanyogan?" The _tabalang_

did not stop and it nearly went down into the hole where the stream

goes. [262] So Alokotán ran very fast. "Are you _tabalang_ from

Kaodanan?" The _tabalang_ hesitated a little. "Are you _tabalang_

of Kadalayapan?" "Yes," said the _tabalang_ and stopped; so she went

inside of the _tabalang_ and she took the body to her house. She was

afraid of the _tabalang,_ because it was made of gold and she was

surprised because the woman who was inside was beautiful and there

was no one to compare with her. As soon as they arrived to her house,

"I whip perfume _alikadakad_ and make her wake up directly." "I whip

my perfume _banaues_ and directly she will say, '_Wes_,'" "I whip my

perfume _dagimonau_ and directly she will wake up entirely." [263]

"How long I slept, grandmother," said Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen. The

old woman Alokotán took her inside of the house. "'How long my sleep,'

you say, and you were dead. There is the _tabalang_ they put you in

and I was surprised, for it was made of gold and has a golden rooster

on top of it. They used it to send you down the river." Not long

after the old woman Alokotán hid her, and Dumanau, who was always

wandering about with his children, approached the place where the

women were dipping water from the spring. All the women who were

dipping water from the well said, "Here is a lone man who is carrying

the babies. We agree that we all salute him at one time." As soon

as they agreed Dumanau arrived to the place where they were dipping

water and he said, "Good day, women." "Good day also," answered all

the women in unison. "Where are you going, lone man who is carrying

the babies?" "'Where are you going,' you say, women. I am following

Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen whom I put inside the _tabalang_ for she

was dead. Did you see the _tabalang_ pass here?" said Dumanau. "It

passed by here long ago. Perhaps it is in Nagbotobotán now." "Ala, I

leave you now, women, and I go and follow." "Yes," answered the women.

While they were walking they arrived in Nagbotobotán and Dumanau

saw the _tabalang_ in the yard by the house of Alokotán and they

exchanged greetings. "Good afternoon," they said, and Alokotán took

them upstairs; so they went up. Not long after while they were talking,

"This was my _tabalang_, my grandmother old woman Alokotán; bring out

of hiding Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen, so that I may take her home," said

Dumanau, and the old woman Alokotán did not bring her out because she

did not believe that he was the husband of Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen;

so she used magic, and when she found that he was the husband of

Wanwanyen she said, "She is over there. I hid her." So she went to get

her and Dumanau, was joyful, for he saw Wanwanyen alive again. "Ala,

now grandmother old woman Alokotán, how much must I pay, because you

saved my wife Wanwanyen?" "That is all right, no pay at all. That

is why I stay in this place so as to watch and see if any of my dead

relatives pass by my house and I make them alive again. If you were

not my relative I would have let her go." So Dumanau thanked her many

times and they went back home.

Not long after they arrived in Kadalayapan. "The best for us to do,

Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen, is for us to build _balaua_ and invite all

of our relatives; perhaps you are not the daughter of an _alan,_"

said Dumanau. "Why not? I am the daughter of the _alan,_" said

Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen. "Ala, let us build _balaua_ anyway." Not long

after they commanded people to pound rice, and as soon as Wanwanyen

was ready she commanded someone to go and secure the betel-nuts which

were covered with gold. As soon as they arrived they oiled them. When

it became evening they made _Libon._ [264] The next morning they sent

the betel-nuts to invite their relatives. So they went. Not long after,

"I am anxious to chew betel-nut. What is the matter with me?" said

Aponigawani, who was lying down on her bed. As soon as she got up she

found an oiled betel-nut which was covered with gold beside her. "Do

not cut me; I came to invite you to the _balaua_ which Wanwanyen

and Dumanau make," said the betel-nut, when she took it intending

to cut it. So Aponigawani told the people of Kaodanan to start to

attend _balaua_ with Dumanau and Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen. She was

surprised because Dumanau had arrived, for they had heard that he was

lost when he went to hunt deer. She said, "Perhaps he met a lady who

never goes outdoors, who has power, when he went to hunt deer." Not

long after, "Ala, you people who live in the same town, let us go

now to Kadalayapan for Dumanau's and Wanwanyen's _balaua_."

As soon as they arrived in the place where the people dipped water from

the spring they asked where the ford was. "You look for the shallow

place," said the people who were dipping the water. Not long after

they went across the river and some of the people who were dipping

water went to notify the people making _balaua_ that the visitors were

there, so Dumanau and Wanwanyen went to the gate of the town and met

them there and made _alawig_. [265] Aponigawani and Aponibolinayen

looked at the woman who was the wife of Dumanau and she was almost the

same as Aponigawani. As soon as they finished _alawig_ they took them

up to the town. While they were sitting, Aponigawani was anxious to

know who Dumanau's wife really was, so she went to Dumanau and said

that they were going to chew betel-nut. "That is the best way to do

so that we may know if we are related," said Dumanau. So they took

the betel-nuts and divided them in pieces. "You tell your name first,

because you are the people who live here." "No, my uncle, you old

men are the first to tell your names." "My name is Aponibalagen,

who is the son of Pagatipánan and Ebang of Natpangan, who is the

brother of Aponibolinayen." "My name is Aponitolau, who is the son

of Pagbokásan and Langa-an, who is the brother of Aponigawani, whose

son is Dumnau." "My name is Dumanau, who is the son of Aponitolau and

Aponibolinayen of Kadalayapan." "My name is Aponigawani of Kaodanan,

who is the wife of Aponibalagen, who has no sister." "My name is

Aponibolinayen of Kadalayapan, who is the wife of Aponitolau, whose

son is Dumanau." "My name is Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen, who is the

daughter of an _alan_ of Matawatawen."

When they had told their names the quid of Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen

went to the quid of Aponibalagen and Aponigawani and Dumanau laid

down his quid. The quid of Dumanau went to those of Aponibolinayen and

Aponitolau. "Now, Aponitolau, we know Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen is our

daughter; it is best for you now to pay the marriage price, nine times

full the _balaua_," said Aponigawani and Aponibalagen. Aponibolinayen,

the mother of Dumanau, begged the pardon of Dumanau and his wife,

for she did not know that his wife was the daughter of Aponigawani

and Aponibalagen, who was her brother. Not long after they gave the

marriage price. "I use my power so that the _balaua_ of Wanwanyen

and Dumanau is nine times filled," said Aponibolinayen, and it was

nine times filled with different kinds of jars. Then Aponigawani

raised her eyebrows and half disappeared, and Aponibolinayen used

magic again and the _balaua_ was full again. When they gave all the

marriage price they danced. As soon as the dance was over they went

to eat, all the people whom they invited.

When they finished eating Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen talked. "You,

father and mother, you were not careful of your daughter. I

would not have heard any bad words if you had been careful." "Ala,

Wanwanyen-Aponibolinayen, that is our custom, because we are related

to the Kaboniyan and the _alan_ always picks up some of us," said her

father and mother. "It is good that Dumanau found you, who is your

husband. Aponibolinayen, who talked bad before, is our relative. She

is my sister," said Aponibalagen. "It is true that I said bad words

to her, because I did not know that we were related, though I am

your relative; forgive me, daughter, your father is my brother,"

said Aponibolinayen to Wanwanyen. Not long after they drank _basi_,

for they knew each other and made friends. As soon as they drank

they danced during one month. When the _balaua_ was finished all of

the people went home and took some of the jars. As soon as they went

home the father and mother-in-law of Dumanau took all the other jars

to Kaodanan. It is said.

(Told by Madomar of Riang barrio Patok.)

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"We are going away, Cousin Dagoláyan," said Kanag. "If that is what

you say we must go." Not long after they went. As soon as they reached

the middle of the way they agreed upon their destination. "Where are we

going?" they asked. "We are going to the place Ginayod of Binglayan,"

said Kanag. "Why are we going there?" said his cousin Dagoláyan. "We

are going because Ginayod of Binglayan has a pretty girl who never

goes outdoors, and we are going to see her," said Kanag.

Not long after they arrived where the young girls spun at night. "Stay

here, Cousin Dagoláyan, and I will meet you here. I am going to see

the daughter of Ginayod, who is Asimbáyan of Ilang." "If that is

what you say it is all right," said Dagoláyan. Not long after Kanag

reached the place where the girl was, and he talked with her. The girl

who never goes outdoors said to him, "If you will get the perfume

of Baliwán I will believe all you say." "If you will agree to my

mission I will go and get whatever you want," said Kanag. "Ala,

if you do not believe me, you take my arm beads from my left arm,

for you are kind to go for me." So she gave him her arm beads, and

Kanag started to go at once. As soon as he arrived at the place where

the young girls spun and had joined his companion, his cousin asked,

"What did she say?" "She told me that if I will secure the perfume of

Baliwán she will do everything I ask of her. Let us both go." "No, I

do not wish to go with you, for you will not go with me where I wish

to go." "Please come with me and another time I will go with you,"

said Kanag.

Not long after they went and they met the _doldoli_ [266] in the

way. "Where are you going, rich young men?" it said to them. "Where are

you going,' you say, and we are going to get the perfume of Baliwán,

for though we are far from it still we can smell it now." "Ala,

young men, you cannot go there, for when anyone goes there, only

his name goes back to his town." But the boys replied, "We are going

anyway. That is the reason we are already far from home, and it is the

thing the pretty girl wants." "If you say that you are going anyway,

you will repent when you reach there." "It is the thing which will

make the girls love us." So they left the jar and walked on. When they

reached the middle of the jungle they met a big frog, and it said,

"Where are you going, young men?" "'Where are we going,' you say,

and we are going to get the perfume of Baliwán, for that is what

Asimbáyan of Ilang desires." "No, do not go there, for everyone who

has gone there has died." "We will go on anyway, for we are already

far from our town and we cannot return without the perfume." So they

left the frog and walked on. Not long after they approached the place

where the perfume was, and while they were still a long way off they

could smell its odor. "What a fine odor it has. That is why the young

girl who never goes outdoors desires it so much." They walked on

and in a short time they reached the place below the perfume. When

they were there Dagoláyan said to Kanag, "Take some from the lower

branches." "No, it is better for me to climb and get some from the

top, for I think they are better above than below." So Kanag climbed

and as soon as he broke off the stem which held the perfume his legs

became like part of a snake. Dagoláyan looked up and he saw that

the legs of his companion had changed to part of a snake. He said,

"Now, my Cousin Kanag, I am going to leave you, for you are no longer

a man, but you are a serpent." "Do not leave me even if I do become a

serpent. I will not injure you. Do not be afraid." In a short time all

his body had become a real serpent, and Dagoláyan ran and went home,

and the big serpent followed him.

Not long after Dagoláyan arrived in Kadalayapan, and Aponitolau

and Aponibolinayen asked where Kanag was. "Kanag has become a big

serpent. As soon as he broke off the perfume of Baliwán which the young

girl desired he became a serpent." Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen went

around the town and told the people that they must accompany them,

for they were going to see if Kanag had really become a serpent. When

Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen had killed many animals and given

much food to the searchers and they did not find him, they stopped

searching.

Not long after Kanag thought he would go to the river where the

people took their baths. So he went. Not long after Langa-ayan was

anxious to wash her hair, so she went to the river and washed it,

and Do-ansowan washed his hair first and Langa-ayan helped him, for he

was her husband. As soon as she had washed his hair, he said to her,

"I am going to the town." So he went and left Langa-ayan alone by

the river washing her hair. When she had washed her hair she washed

her arm beads. While she was washing her upper arm beads she heard a

great commotion in the river, and soon after a big serpent appeared on

the other bank. Langa-ayan saw that it was a big serpent and she was

so frightened that she started to run, but the serpent said to her,

"Do not run, my aunt, I am not a real serpent, for I was a young

boy before." So Langa-ayan stopped and asked him why he had become

a great serpent. "Because I went to Ilang to see the pretty girl,

and she told me that if I could get the perfume of Baliwán she would

do whatever I asked, so I went. I did not want to go, for I was not

sure that she told the truth, but she gave me her left bracelet, so I

went. When I was still far away from Baliwán I could smell the perfume,

and when I reached the tree I climbed it and I tried to break the stem

which held the perfume, and my companion saw that I was changing to a

serpent and he ran away. I truly became a serpent and now I have come

here and have met you. If you do not believe that I was truly a boy,

I will show you the arm beads." So he lifted his head and Langa-ayan

truly saw the arm beads around his neck. "My aunt, will you find out

how I may become a man again?" She said, "If what you have said is

true you follow me." So they went up to the town.

Do-ansowan said to his wife, "How long you have staid at the river,

my wife." "I was there a long time, for I met a big serpent. If you

wish to see it, it is in the yard. He says he was a young boy and he

showed me the arm beads of a young girl, which he has about his neck. I

believe that he is a young boy who has become a serpent. When he broke

the stem of the perfume which the girl wanted he became a serpent. He

wants to know how he can again become a boy." "Ala, if that is what

he wants, you go and take him to my Uncle Ma-obagan." So they went

and when they arrived where Ma-obagan lived she said, "Good morning,

uncle." "Good morning," he answered. "The reason I came is because a

young boy who became a big snake is here. Will you please put him in

your magic well which changes everything which goes in it and make

him a young boy again?" "If he will go into the water, even if it

feels bad, you call him and let him go in." So they went and when

they arrived at the well the serpent went into the water, and the

serpent's skin began to crack and fall off and he became a boy again.

Not long after they went back to the house of Langa-ayan. As soon as

they arrived there the boy went to the _balaua_ and did not follow

Langa-ayan to the house. Do-ansowan saw that he was a handsome young

boy. As soon as Langa-ayan had finished cooking they called him to

come and eat and he said to them, "I do not wish to eat if there are

no girls to eat with me." "We are afraid if you do not eat, for you

did not eat for a long time, while you were a serpent." The boy said,

"Even though I did not eat while I was a serpent I will follow my

custom, for I do not eat unless a pretty young girl who never goes

outdoors eats with me." When they could not persuade him Do-ansowan

said to his wife, "Go and call our daughter Amau." Not long after she

went to call her. When she arrived where they had put her she said,

"Come and eat with the rich young man." "How can I go? I do not know

how to walk." "Take the big gold basket and hold on to it while you

walk." Not long after she arrived where the food was, and Langa-ayan

and Do-ansowan said to the boy who was still in the _balaua_, "Come

and eat now, nephew, with our daughter who never goes outdoors." So

the boy went quickly, and when he reached the place where the girl was,

they ate. When they had finished eating he said that he was sick, but

he was not. So they went to fix a place for him to lie and he said,

"Perhaps I am sick because of the spirit of the young girl." So they

went to call their daughter, for Kanag wanted her to touch him, and

he wanted to see her. The girl went to touch his body and he was all

right, for he wished her to touch him, and he said, "Now, my uncle

and aunt, if you wish me for a son-in-law I wish to marry Amau. I

will not go any further to find a wife." The father and mother of

the girl agreed to what Kanag said, for the girl wanted to marry him,

so they were married.

"Now, Kanag, we are going to make _Sayang_ and invite your mother

and father so that they can see that you are a young man again," said

his father-in-law and mother-in-law. They made _Sayang_ and they sent

someone to invite their relatives, and someone went to Asimbáyan of

Ilang and told her that Kanag Kabagbagowan, who lived in Kalaskigan,

and his wife Amau were making _Sayang_. Some of the betel-nuts which

they sent arrived in Kadalayapan where Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen

lived and they said, "Good morning," to Aponitolau who was lying

down in the _balaua_. He felt badly because Kanag was a serpent and

he said to the betel-nut, "Good morning. Come to Kalaskigan, for

Kanag and Amau are making _Sayang_ and they want you to come." So

Aponitolau got up quickly and told Aponibolinayen who was lying down

in the house that Kanag and his wife were making _Sayang_, and they

were happy because Kanag was a boy again. They told all the people

to prepare to go to the _Sayang_ of Kanag and his wife. So they went,

and when they arrived they saw that Kanag was handsomer than before,

and Asimbáyan went also, for they had invited her. Asimbáyan saw

that Kanag was the boy who had taken her bracelet and had gone to

get the perfume for her, and while she was watching him Kanag went to

talk with her. He told her what had happened when he went to get the

perfume for her, and he told her how he had become a snake and his

mother-in-law had met him by the river and had taken him to the old

man who changed him again to a boy, and he had married the daughter

of Do-ansowan and Langa-ayan. Kanag said, "Now, I cannot marry you,

so I will give back your bracelet." So he gave it back.

Not long after Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen asked how much they

must pay for the wife of Kanag, and Langa-ayan and Do-ansowan said,

"Fill our _balaua_ nine times with valuable things." When they had

paid all, they said, "Now we are going to take them to Kadalayapan,

for we have paid all you asked." "No, do not take them. They are

going to stay here," said Do-ansowan and Langa-ayan. "They will come

there bye and bye." "Ala, if that is what you say they must come

and visit us, even if they stay here." Not long after Kanag and his

wife went to Kadalayapan to visit his father and they staid there

three months. Then Do-ansowan and his wife were anxious for them to

return. When Kanag and his wife returned to Kalaskigan they said,

"Why did you stay so long? We thought you were going to live in

Kadalayapan and we intended to follow you." "We staid a long time,

for my father and mother would not let us return when we wished,"

said Kanag.

(Told by Angtan of Lagangilang.)

21

"Goto watch our _langpadan_, [267] Kanag, because the wild pigs spoil

it." Kanag went. When he arrived at the field he went around it and

it was not injured, so he went to the little watch house and he was

sorrowful, and he always hung his head. Not long after Aponitolau

said to Aponibolinayen, "Cook some rice and meat for I am going to

our field and carry the food to Kanag." So Aponibolinayen went to

cook. As soon as she finished cooking they ate first. As soon as

they finished eating Aponitolau took the rice and meat and started

for the field where their son was. When Aponitolau appeared Kanag

took his _lipi_ nuts and he played, and the mountain rice which he

went to watch was not injured. As soon as Aponitolau arrived to the

place where he was playing, "Come to eat, Kanag," and Kanag said,

"I am not hungry yet. Put the food in the house. I will play awhile

first." When Aponitolau could not make him eat he put the provisions

in the house, and he went home and left the boy. Kanag did not go

and eat. The next morning Aponitolau went to take him food again and

as soon as Kanag saw him he took his game and went to play. When

Aponitolau arrived he called him to go and eat, but he did not go

for he wished to play, and he asked his father to put the rice and

meat in the house. Aponitolau was surprised, because he did not eat,

and the provisions for the first day were still untouched. He asked,

"Why do you not like to eat?" and he said, "I am not hungry yet." When

Aponitolau could not make him eat he went home again, and Kanag used

magic and he became a _labeg_. [268]

Aponitolau said to Aponibolinayen, "I wonder why Kanag does not

like to eat." "I think he is sorrowful, because he was sent to

watch the mountain rice." "What is the reason that you sent him

to the field when the fences are strong and no wild pigs can get

in," said Aponibolinayen. "You must cook and we will eat, and

then I will go and get him." Aponibolinayen went to cook. As soon

as she finished cooking they ate and after that Aponitolau took

some rice and meat for Kanag to eat. Aponibolinayen said to him,

"As soon as he finishes eating bring him home. Do not let him stay

there alone. That is why he does not wish to eat." Aponitolau said,

"Yes," and so he went. When he arrived at the field he could not

see Kanag any more. He called to him, and the little boy answered

him from the top of the bamboo tree. His father felt very sorry

that he had become a little bird. "Why did you become a little bird,

Kanag? Come and eat. I will not send you here any more." Kanag said,

"I do not wish to eat and I would rather be a bird and carry the signs

to everyone." So his father went back home and he was sorrowful. As

soon as Aponitolau arrived in Kadalayapan he said to Aponibolinayen,

"Kanag has become a bird. Perhaps he felt sorry because we sent him

to watch the rice. He said that when I am going to war he will fly

over me, and he will give me the good and bad signs." [269]

Not long after Aponitolau started out to fight. He took his spear,

headaxe and shield, and he went. When he was near the gate of the town,

Kanag gave the bad sign. "Go back, father, for you have a bad sign,"

said the little bird. So his father went back at once. The next morning

he started again and he went. When he reached the gate of the town

the little bird gave him a good sign, so he went. The little bird

flew near to him and he always gave the good sign. Aponitolau was

happy for he knew that nothing would injure him.

Not long after they arrived at the _alzado_ [270] town, and the

_alzados_ were glad when they saw Aponitolau and they said to him,

"You are the only man who ever came to our town. Now you cannot

return home. We inherit you," said the bravest of them. "Ala,

if you say that I cannot go back home, you summon all the people

in your town, for we are going to fight," said Aponitolau, and the

_alzado_ said to him, "You are very brave if you wish to fight with

all of us." So the bravest summoned all the people to prepare, for

Aponitolau wished to fight all of them. The people were surprised

that one man wished to fight with them, and they said to Aponitolau,

"One of my fingers will fight with you. Don't say that you will

fight with all of us." Aponitolau replied, "Do whatever you wish. I

still want to fight you." The _alzados_ were angry. The bravest of

them ran toward Aponitolau, and he threw his spear and headaxe and

Aponitolau jumped. The _alzados_ were surprised, for he jumped very

high, and they all began to throw their spears at him, and they ran and

tried to cut his head off. Aponitolau jumped and he secured all their

spears and headaxes, and he said to them, "Am I the next now?" "Yes,

because we are now unarmed."

Aponitolau used magic so that when he threw his spear it would fly

among them until they were all dead. When he threw his spear it flew

to all the _alzados_ and killed all of them; so Aponitolau again

used magic, and his headaxe cut off the heads of the _alzados_,

and Aponitolau sat by the gate of the town. The little bird flew

by him and said, "The good sign which I gave to you, father, was

all right and you have killed all the enemies." Aponitolau said,

"Yes." As soon as the headaxe had cut off all the heads from the

dead _alzados_, he used his power again so that all of the heads

went to Kadalayapan. The heads went first and he followed them,

and the little bird always followed him.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the town the little bird flew

away and Aponitolau used magic so that the heads were stuck around

the town. As soon as the heads were placed around the town, Aponitolau

commanded all the people in his town to go and invite the people who

lived in different places to come and attend his big party. He told

them to invite all the pretty girls who never go outdoors. So the

people went all over the world to invite the people to attend the

party. As soon as the people arrived in Kadalayapan they played the

_gansas_ and danced and Aponitolau said to Kanag, "Come down, Kanag. Do

not stay always in the tops of trees. Come and see the pretty girls

and see if you want to marry one of them. Come and get the golden cup

and put _basi_ in it, and make them drink." The little bird said,

"I prefer to stay in the trees and make the signs when anyone goes

to fight." When Aponitolau could not make him become a boy and come

down he felt very sorry.

When the party was over all the people whom they invited went home and

Kanag said to his father, "Now that your party is over and the people

have gone, I will go down and get the fruit of the trees to eat." [271]

Aponibolinayen said to him, "My dear little son, do not go down and eat

the fruit of the trees; we have all we need here. Forgive your father

and me, we will not send you again to the field." Kanag did not pay

attention and he started to go down. So Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau

commanded the spirit helpers. "Go and follow Kanag wherever he goes,

so that he has companions; do not leave him. Find a pretty girl for

him so that he will not go down." Not long after they overtook Kanag in

the forest and they all sat down and they said to him, "Wait here for

us a minute, Kanag, while we find a toy for you." "No, I do not wish

a toy; I am going down and eat the fruit of the trees." "No, please

wait for us. It is very near; we will be back soon. If you do not care

for any, you will see. Wherever you go we shall accompany you." Kanag

answered to them, "Yes," and they went. As soon as they arrived at

the well they used their power so that all the pretty girls who never

go outdoors felt very hot, so that they all came to the well to bathe.

Not long after the pretty girls went to the well in the early morning,

and their parents did not know about it. As soon as the pretty girl

arrived at the well the helpers saw the girl who appeared like

the flame of fire about the betel-nut blossoms. As soon as they

saw her washing her hair, they went back in a hurry where Kanag was

waiting. "Kanag, come and hurry and see the pretty girl." Kanag said,

"I do not wish to see her. I am going down to eat the fruit of the

trees," and they said again, "Please come; it is very near. If you do

not like her we will go wherever you wish." So Kanag went with them,

and when they arrived he flew to the top of the betel-nut tree, and

he saw the pretty girl, and he flew to another betel-nut tree above

her. "What can I do, if I become a man now? I have no clothes and

headband." The helpers said, "Do not worry about that. Your father and

mother told us to give you whatever you wish, and we have everything

here." So Kanag went down and took the clothes and headband and

he became a man. He went and sat on the girl's skirt and she said,

"Do not harm me. If you are going to cut me, do it only in one place

so there will not be so much to heal." "If I was an enemy I would

have killed you at once." Kanag went to her and handed the skirt

to her. Not long after he gave her betel-nut and they chewed. As

soon as they chewed they saw that it was good for them to marry, for

they both had magical power and Kanag told his name first and said,

"My name is Kanag Kabagbagowan, who is the son of Aponitolau and

Aponibolinayen of Kadalayapan, who did not like him, and they sent

him to watch their mountain rice, and he became a bird which is a

_labeg_." "My name is Dapilísan, who is the daughter of Bangan and

Dalonágan of Kabno-angan." After that the girl was in a hurry to go

home, for she was afraid her father and mother would see her, for they

did not know that she had gone to the well. She did not want Kanag

to go with her to the town, but he did not want to leave her, and

the sun shone in the east. The girl went home and Kanag followed her.

Not long after they approached the town and Bangan was in the yard of

their house, and Dalonágan was looking out of the door. Not long after

she saw them. "What is the matter with Dapilísan? A boy is with her as

she returns from the well," said Dalonágan. Bangan was surprised and

he did not believe it, for their daughter never went outdoors. "If you

do not believe it, look at them; they are coming here," she said. So

Bangan turned and saw them. As soon as they arrived where Bangan sat,

"Good morning, uncle," said Kanag. "Do not be surprised because I am

with your daughter, for I am to be married to her. My father and mother

sent me to our rice field and left me there alone, and I was sorry

that they did not like me, so I became a bird which gives the sign to

those who go to war. When my father went to fight I went with him, and

he killed all the _alzados_ in one town and he invited all the people

in the world to his party to see if any of the young girls pleased me,

but I do not think they came here. I did not like to go to the pretty

girls who attended the party, so I started to go down to eat the fruit

of the trees, but they sent their spirit helpers to follow and take

care of me. When I was in the wood the helpers met me and said 'Wait

for us here while we go to find you a toy,' and I scarcely waited,

but finally waited, and they made all the pretty girls go to the well,

for they felt hot, so your daughter Dapilísan went to take a bath. When

the helpers saw her they came to tell me and I did not wish to go, but

they compelled me. As soon as I saw her I thought it was good for me to

marry her, so I became a man and came home with her. If you wish me for

a son-in-law I will be very happy." Bangan and Dalonágan said to him,

"I wondered why my daughter went to the well. I did not believe that

Dapilísan was there, and I am afraid that your father and mother will

not like our daughter Dapilísan, for they did not send an engagement

present to us." Kanag said to him, "This is why I came here, and they

sent their spirit helpers with me to find a pretty girl to marry,

so I will not go down. They will be glad when they know that I am

here and want to marry your daughter." So Bangan and his wife sent

someone to call Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen, and to tell them that

Kanag was in Kabno-angan. Before the messenger arrived in Kadalayapan

Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen knew that Kanag was in Kabno-angan, for

the spirit helpers went to them when Kanag went with the girl to the

town. Aponibolinayen and Aponitolau were ready to go to Kabno-angan

before the messenger arrived in Kadalayapan. They went there directly,

and they took many things to be used in the wedding.

As soon as they arrived in Kabno-angan they were glad to see that Kanag

was a man again. Bangan and his wife asked if they liked Dapílísan

as a daughter-in-law, and they replied, "It is all right for Kanag

to marry Dapílísan. We are glad he found her and did not go down,

and remain always a bird." So they agreed on the marriage price,

and Bangan and his wife said, "The _balaua_ nine times full of

different kinds of jars." As soon as the _balaua_ was filled nine

times Dalonágan raised her eyebrows and half of the jars vanished,

and Aponibolinayen used her power and the _balaua_ was filled again,

so it was full truly and Dalonágan said to Aponibolinayen, "The web

of the spider will be put around the town and you put golden beads

on it, and if it does not break Kanag can marry Dapilísan." When

Aponibolinayen had put the golden beads on the web, Dalonágan said

again, "I am going to hang on the thread and if I do not break it

the sign is good and Kanag and his wife will not separate." When

she hung on the thread and it did not break they allowed Kanag to

marry Dapílísan. After that they played on the _gansas_ and they

danced. When they had danced all the guests took some jars before

they went home. As soon as the people went home, Aponitolau and

Aponibolinayen took Kanag and his wife to Kadalayapan. This is all.

(Told by Magwati of Lagangilang.)

22

"I am going to take a bath," said Ligi, so he went. "I am going to

take a bath," said Gamayawán also. As soon as she arrived in the

river she went to bathe and Ligi took a bath further down the stream,

and he put his _balangat_ [272] on the bank, and it flew and alighted

on the skirt of Gamayawán. Not long after Gamayawán went in a hurry

to seize it. "Here is my toy," she said, and she put on her skirt,

and Ligi was sorrowful, and he went home.

As soon as Ligi arrived by his house he went at once to the _balaua_

and laid down in it and his mother saw him from the window. "What

are you so downcast for? Why do you lie on your stomach?" said his

mother. "Why are you downcast for, you say, my mother; my _balangat_

is lost," he said. "Do not grieve; it will appear bye and bye,"

said his mother.

When Gamayawán arrived in her town of Magsiliwan: "You _alan_ who

live with me, look at my toy which I found by the river," she said,

and was very happy, and the _alan_ truly looked at it and it was

the _balangat_ of Ligi, and they all laughed. "What are you laughing

for?" said Gamayawán to them? "We laugh because we are happy, because

it is beautiful," said the _alan_. Not long after Gamayawán had a

baby. Not long after she gave birth. "What are we going to do? I am

about to give birth to a child," she said. "The best thing for us to

do is for us to get a thorn and stick your little finger." So they

truly stuck her finger, and the little baby popped out like popped

corn. [273] "What are we going to name it?" they said. "The best name

is Galinginayen, for it is the name of the ancestor of the people who

live in Kadalayapan," said the _alan_. Gamayawán gave him a bath and he

grew about one span, for she used her magic. Not long after the baby

was large, for she always used her magic when she bathed him. [274]

Not long after the baby could fly.

"What can I do for this baby? I cannot work so well," said

Gamayawán. "The best thing for you to do, so you can do much work,

is for you to carry him to Kadalayapan and give him to his father,"

said the _alan_. "That is good, I think; we will go and take him to

Kadalayapan tomorrow." When it became early morning she truly prepared

cakes to use as food for the boy on the way. When it became day they

started. As soon as they arrived at the spring of Kadalayapan she

used her power so that all the people in the town and all who were

dipping water at the well went to sleep; so all the people who were

pounding rice and working slept truly. Not long after they went up

to the town. When they were approaching the _balaua_ of Ligi they

saw him there asleep. As soon as they reached the _balaua_ they put

the boy beside the man who was sleeping. "Stay here and wait, do

not fall down," they said to him. "Yes, mother," said the boy. They

advised him not to tell who was his mother or where he came from,

and they went home. As soon as they reached the edge of the town,

she used her power again and all the people who were asleep woke up.

Ligi was surprised when he saw the boy beside him when he woke up. "Why

here is a boy by me, with my _balangat_ which I lost when I went to

take a bath," said Ligi, and he asked where the boy came from and the

name of his mother and how he came. "Who are you talking to," said his

mother Langa-an. "'Who are you talking to,' you say mother, here is a

boy with my _balangat_," said Ligi. Langa-an was in a hurry and she

went down from the house and she went down two rounds of the ladder

at one step. As soon as she got down she took the boy to their house,

where she was cooking and they asked him many questions. "My mother

is an _alan_" said Galinginayen. "What is your name then?" "My name

is Galinginayen who is the son of an _alan_ of Kabinbinlan," [275]

said the boy. "No you are not the son of an _alan_," they said. When

Langa-an finished cooking they tried to feed him, but he would not

eat. "If you eat my cake I will eat with you," said the boy. So they

ate truly of the boy's provisions and he ate also with them.

When it became afternoon Gamayawán went to get the boy. As soon as

she arrived at the edge of the town of Kadalayapan she used her power

again and all the people who were working and dipping water slept. She

went to the town and Ligi slept again, and she took the boy. As soon

as she reached the edge of the town she used her power again and all

the people who slept woke up. As soon as Ligi woke up he saw that

the boy was not by him. "What has happened to the boy? Perhaps his

mother came to steal him while I was sleeping," said Ligi. Langa-an

was surprised and sorry because the boy was gone.

As soon as the boy and his mother arrived in their house, he

asked his mother how many blankets she had woven while he was in

Kadalayapan. "Ala, tomorrow you send me again to Kadalayapan." "Yes,"

said Gamayawán. When it became early morning she made cakes for his

provisions. When it became day they took the boy to Kadalayapan. When

they approached the town Gamayawán used her power again so that all

the people, even though they were working, slept again, and so they

slept truly; then they went to the town and they left the boy beside

Ligi who was sleeping in the _balaua_. As soon as they were far away

from the town Gamayawán used her magic, and all the people who slept

awoke. As soon as Ligi woke up he saw the boy by him again, and they

at once hid him.

When it became afternoon Gamayawán and her companions went to

Kadalayapan to get the boy and as soon as they arrived she used

magic again so that all the people slept, then they went up to the

town. They looked for the boy, but they could not find him, and they

were troubled. They went back home crying. As soon as Ligi woke up

he went outdoors.

Five days later Ligi told his mother he thought they should build

_balaua_. "We are going to make _Sayang_, mother, for we want to

find the mother of this boy." Langa-an said, "Yes." Not long after

they made _balaua_ and when it became afternoon they made _Libon_

[276] and they commanded someone to go and get the betel-nuts which

were covered with gold, so that they might send them to invite all

the people in the world. As soon as the people whom they sent arrived

they oiled the betel-nuts, and sent them to all parts of the world

to invite all the people.

Not long after the betel-nut which went to the town of Gamayawán

arrived, "Good afternoon, lady. I cannot tarry, I came to invite you,

for Ligi and his mother and father of Kadalayapan make _Sayang_," said

the betel-nut. "I cannot come for there is no one to watch the house,"

said Gamayawán. "If you do not wish to come I will grow on your knee,"

said the betel-nut. "Grow on my big pig, for I cannot go," she said,

so it went on to her big pig and the pig squealed very much. "You

get off and come on my knee," said Gamayawán to the betel-nut, for

she was sorry for her pig. So the betel-nut went on her knee, and it

grew high so that it hurt her. "Ala, you betel-nut, I am going now

to take a bath, and then I will come." So the betel-nut got off and

she went to take a bath. When she arrived at the river she was in no

hurry, for she did not wish to go, and the people from Pindayan, who

were Iwaginan and his wife Gimbagonan, and the other people passed by

the place where she was bathing, when they were going to attend the

_Sayang_ in Kadalayapan. They saw the pretty lady taking her bath by

the river. "Ala, you Gimbagonan, give me some betel-nut so that I can

give that lady a chew," said Iwaginan. "No, do not lose any time, we

are in a hurry," said Gimbagonan. He compelled her to give it to him,

so he went to give the lady the betel-nut and Gimbagonan was angry. As

soon as Iwaginan reached the lady and offered her the betel-nut to

chew she refused it, but he compelled her to chew it with him. As

soon as he gave the betel-nut to her he urged her to go with them to

attend the _Sayang_. The lady did not want to go, but he urged her very

long, until she went with them. She said, "Wait for me here while I

go to change my clothes, if you want me to accompany you, but it is

shameful for me to go, for they did not invite me." She went slowly

to their house and when Iwaginan and the others waited a long time

for her Gimbagonan was angry with Iwaginan and said bad words to him.

Not long after an Agta [277] woman passed by them at the river. "Ay,

Agta, did you not see the lady for whom we are waiting?" said

Iwaginan. "No, I did not see her," said the Agta. "If you did not

see her you come with us and we will go to attend _Sayang_" said

Iwaginan to her. "I am ashamed to go, for I have no clothes," said the

Agta. "No, if I wish it, do not be ashamed," said Iwaginan. Not long

after they went. As soon as they arrived in Kadalayapan the Agta went

to sit down behind a rice winnower, and Galinginayen was carried by his

father and he took him past all the people and he noticed none of them,

and when they were in front of the Agta he wanted to go to her, but the

Agta winked at him and he did not go to her though he recognized her

as his mother. Not long after the Agta became drunk, for they gave her

much _basi_ to drink. While she was drunk Iwaginan called Ligi. "Now,

cousin Ligi, my companion the Agta is drunk and she has laid down on

the ground. I want you to take her into the house and give her a mat."

Ligi took her into the house and he held her by the little finger

for he did not want to touch her. As soon as they were in the house

he put her by the door and he put some old clothes over her, and

the boy said, when he saw his mother, "How bad my father is, for

he gave my mother the old blankets which the dogs lie on." As soon

as his father was among the people the boy changed the blankets on

his mother, and he sucked milk from her breasts. As soon as he had

sucked the milk from her breasts he went to play by the window, and

the guests went below him, for they feared that he would fall. When

they were there all the time Ligi went to the house. Not long after

he arrived in the house he saw the breasts of the Agta twinkle like

stars, and Ligi took the sharp knife and cut the skin off from the

Agta. As soon as he had cut off all of the black skin, he threw

it out of the window. He lifted her up and put her on a good mat,

and all the people who went to attend _balaua_ went to where the

skin had fallen, for they thought it was the child who had fallen,

and they saw it was the skin of the Agta. They were surprised.

Not long after Iwaginan was anxious to go home. "Ala, now, cousin

Ligi, I want to go home, for we have been here so long a time, do not

detain us. Go and get my Agta companion so that we can go home." "I

don't know where your Agta companion is now, for I did not see where

she went." Iwaginan was sorry and he went to look for her. Not long

after he saw her on the mat. "She is on the mat, my cousin Iwaginan,

but I do not like to let her go with you, for she is the cause of my

making _Sayang_, for I wanted to find out who was the mother of the

boy. Now she is his mother. The best thing for you to do is to marry

Aponibolinayen and I am going to marry this woman," said Ligi.

Not long after Iwaginan went back home. As soon as they

arrived in Pindayan he divorced Gimbagonan, and he went to marry

Aponibolinayen. So truly he married Gamayawán. As soon as the _pakálon_

was over, he paid the marriage price. Next evening Iwaginan and

Aponibolinayen lived together. Next morning they went to wash their

hair. "Wait for me here for I am going to dive in the river," said

Iwaginan. So he dived, and he went to the place where the _alan_

lived under the water and the _alan_ said, "Eb we have something

to eat for breakfast, it is a man." "No, do not eat me, I came to

change my clothes," said Iwaginan. "Is Aponibolinayen here?" they

said. "No," he said, and the _alan_ covered each hair of his head with

golden beads, and they gave clothes to him. After that when he went

back home, they went to guide him. As soon as they arrived by the

river they saw Aponibolinayen. "How cunning you are, Iwaginan! You

told us she was not here, and she is here," said the _alan_. "If we

had known that Aponibolinayen was by the river we would have eaten

you, for we wanted to take her," they said. "No," said Iwaginan,

and they went home. A day later he took Aponibolinayen to Pindayan

and Gimbagonan prepared the _baladon_ poison, because she wanted to

kill Iwaginan. As soon as he and Aponibolinayen arrived in Pindayan,

Gimbagonan went to their house, and she took betel-nuts. As soon as

she reached the house she gave the nut to Aponibolinayen, and it had

_baladon_ poison on it. She gave also to Iwaginan, but it had no

poison on it. As soon as they chewed the betel-nut Aponibolinayen

died. Not long after Iwaginan sharpened his headaxe and spear, for

he intended to cut off Gimbagonan's head. They went to get a medium

[278] to make the ceremony for Aponibolinayen, and when the medium

was making the ceremony she said, "Aponibolinayen cannot be cured

unless Gimbagonan comes to cure her, for she used the poison which is

_baladon_." Not long after they went to get Gimbagonan and Iwaginan

was anxious to get her head, but she asked his pardon and she went

to cure Aponibolinayen. As soon as she made Aponibolinayen drink of

her medicine, she was at once alive again. Not long after Gimbagonan

went back to her house, and when she went back Iwaginan said to her,

"Do not do that." "You are not good, Iwaginan. I do not know why you

divorced me," she said.

23

"Tikgi, tikgi, Ligi, if you want us to cut rice for you, we will

come to work with you," said the _tikgi_ birds, "Because we like to

cut your rice _amasi_, which is mixed with _alomáski_ in the place

of Domayási." Ligi said to them, "What are you going to do? I do not

think you can cut rice, for you are birds and only know how to fly, you

_tikgi_." But they still asked until he let them cut his rice. "Ala,

Ligi, even if we are _tikgi_ we know how to cut rice." "If you want

to come and cut, you must come again, because the rice is not yet

ripe. When you think it is ripe, you come," he said. "If that is what

you say Ligi that we shall come when the rice is ripe, we will go

home and come again," said the _tikgi_. Not long after they went home.

As soon as the birds went Ligi fell sick; he wanted always to see them,

and he had a headache, so he went home to Kadalayapan. The _tikgi_

used magic so that Ligi's rice was ripe in a few days.

Five days later, Ligi went back to his rice field and the _tikgi_ went

also, and they arrived at the same time. "Tikgi, tikgi, Ligi, Ala, now

we have come to cut your rice _amasi_ which is mixed with _alomáski_

in the place of Domayási," said the _tikgi_. "Come, _tikgi_, if you

know how to cut rice," said Ligi. Not long after the _tikgi_ went. "We

use magic so that you cut the rice. You rice cutters, you cut alone

the rice. And you tying bands, you tie alone the rice which the rice

cutters cut," said the _tikgi_. So the rice cutters and bands worked

alone and Ligi went home when he had shown them where to cut rice. He

advised the _tikgi_ to cut rice until afternoon, and they said, "Yes,

Ligi, when it is afternoon you truly come back." "Yes," said Ligi.

When it became afternoon Ligi went. As soon as he arrived at the field

the rice which they had cut was gathered--five hundred bundles. "Now,

Ligi, come and see the rice which we have cut, for we want to go back

home," said the _tikgi_. Ligi was surprised. "What did you do, you

_tikgi_? You have nearly finished cutting my rice _alomáski_ in the

place of Domayási," he said. "'What did you do', you say, and we cut

it with our rice cutters." "Now you _tikgi_, I am ashamed to separate

the payment for each of you. You take all you want," said Ligi, so

the _tikgi_ took truly one head of rice for each one. "Now, Ligi, we

have taken all we can carry," said the _tikgi_. "All right if that is

all you want, help yourself," said Ligi, "and you come again." After

that the _tikgi_ flew and took with them one head of rice each.

After the _tikgi_ left Ligi had the headache again, so he did not

put the rice in the carabao sled, but went home in a hurry. As soon

as he arrived in his house Ligi used his power so that it again

became morning. As soon as it became day the _tikgi_ went and Ligi

went also and they arrived at the same time. "Tikgi, tikgi, Ligi,

can we cut your rice which is _amasi_ mixed with _alomáski_ in the

place of Domayási?" "Are you here now, _tikgi_?" said Ligi. "Go and

cut the rice and see if you can cut it very soon, and after that I

will make _Sayang_, and you must come _tikgi_," said Ligi. "Yes, we

are going to cut and you do not need to stay here. You can go home

if you wish," said the _tikgi_. So Ligi went home.

As soon as he arrived in his house he went to make a rice granary. When

it became afternoon they had finished cutting the rice and Ligi went

to the fields to see them. As soon as he arrived there, "We have

finished all the rice, Ligi," they said. "Come and give us the payment

and then you can go home and see the rice granary where you put the

rice, and all the rice bundles will arrive there directly, for you

cannot carry them home." "I cannot take them home, for I always have

a headache when you go. Since you came I began to have headaches,"

said Ligi. "Why do you blame us, Ligi?" "Because since you came I

have had headaches." After that Ligi went home to see the rice granary.

As soon as Ligi left them they used magic so that all the rice went

to the granary of Ligi in his town. As soon as Ligi arrived at the

drying enclosure he saw the rice which the _tikgi_ had sent and he

was surprised. "I wonder how those _tikgi_ sent all the rice? I think

they are not real _tikgi_" said Ligi. As soon as the _tikgi_ sent

all the rice to the town they went home, and Ligi went to his house.

Not long after he built _balaua_ and made _Sayang_, and he invited

all the _tikgi_. As soon as the people whom Ligi invited arrived

the _tikgi_ came also and they flew over the people and they made

them drink _basi_. Not long after they became drunk. "Now Ligi we

must go home, because it is not good for us to stay for we cannot

sit among the people whom you have invited, for we are _tikgi_ and

always fly." Not long after they went home and Ligi followed them. He

left the people in the party and he watched where they went, and they

went to the _bana-ási_ tree and Ligi went to them and he saw them take

off their feathers and put them in the rice granary and Ligi said to

them, "Is that what you become, a girl; sometimes you are _tikgi_

who come to cut rice for me. Now that you are not _tikgi_ I would

like to marry you." "It is true that I am the _tikgi_ who came to cut

rice, because you would not have found me if I had not done it." He

married the woman who had power so that she became several birds,

[279] and he took her home.

When they arrived in Kadalayapan the people whom Ligi had invited

were still there and were dancing. The father and mother of Ligi were

surprised and so they chewed betel-nut so as to find out who the lady

was. The quid of Ebang and Pagatipánan and the quid of Aponibolinayen

(the _tikgi_) went together. The quid of Langa-an and Pagbokásan went

to the quid of Ligi and thus they knew who Aponibolinayen was. Ebang

and Pagatipánan were surprised that she was their daughter, and they

called her Aponibolinayen, and they called Ligi Aponitolau. As soon

as they found out who she was, Ligi gave the payment to the relatives

of Aponibolinayen. As soon as he made the payment, they played the

_gansas_ and danced for three months. As soon as the _balaua_ was

over all the people went home and Aponibolinayen's father asked

her where she had been. She said she had been in the _bana-ási_

tree where Kaboniyan [280] had put her, and they were surprised for

they did not know when Kaboniyan had taken her from them. After that

they used magic and the house where Aponibolinayen had lived went to

Kadalayapan. This is all.

(Told by Madomar of Riang barrio of Patok.)

24

There was a man named Wadagan, and his wife was Dolimáman. They were

sitting together in the middle of the day, and Dolimáman commanded

Wadagan to stick with a thorn the place between her fourth and little

finger. So Wadagan stuck her finger with the thorn and as soon as

he did so a little baby popped out. "What name shall we give to this

boy?" said Wadagan. "You ask what name we shall give him, we are going

to call him Kanag Kabagbagowan," she replied. "Give him a bath every

day." "I use my power so that every time I give him a bath he will

grow." [281] She always said this when she bathed him and every time

the baby grew. Not long after she said, "I use my power so that when

I bathe him again he will be so big he will ask for his clout, belt,

and top." As soon as she said this and bathed him the boy became big

and asked for his clout, belt and top. Not long after he dressed up

and took his top and went to play with the other boys.

Not long after Dolimáman said to Wadagan, "Take care of the boy while I

go to the well," and Wadagan said, "Yes." As soon as Dolimáman arrived

at the well Wadagan made a little raft and Kanag went to the place

where he was working and asked, "What is that for father?" "'What is

that for,' you say. I am going to make it for your toy." Not long after

he said, "My son go and change your clothes and as soon as you change

your clothes I will see you." When Kanag went to change his clothes

his father was watching for him. He said, "My dear son, now we will

follow your mother to the well." So they went, but they did not go

to the place where Dolimáman was. They went to the east of Dolimáman,

and Wadagan said, "Ala, Kanag, go on the raft which I have just made,

and I will drag it up stream with a rope." Kanag did not want to,

but his father lifted him and put him on the new raft. As soon as

he put him on the raft he pushed it out into the current and then he

went back home.

When he reached the yard Wadagan went into the _balaua_ and laid down,

and when Dolimáman returned she inquired for Kanag and she said,

"Where is Kanag? Why can I not see him here?" Wadagan said, "I do not

know. I think he is playing with the other boys in the east." Not

long after Dolimáman went to ask Agtanang and Gamayawan, and she

said to them, "Did you see our son Kanag?" "No, we did not see him,"

they replied. Not long after, while she was inquiring, they told her

the truth, and they said, "He went to the well with his father and

they carried a little raft which had just been made." Not long after

Dolimáman went to the west of the well and she saw the marks of the

raft in the sand by the river and she sat there for along time and

Agtanang and Gamayawan shaded her while she sat there by the river.

Not long after the old woman Alokotán went to the well for she felt

hot. As she was taking a bath she saw the little raft which was

just made and said, "You new little raft, if the son of Wadagan and

Dolimáman is inside of you, come here." So the little raft went to

her where she was making a pool in which the dead or sick were put to

restore them. As soon as she finished the pool she took him to her

house and Kanag asked for something to eat. The old woman Alokotán

said, "Go and eat, it is already prepared." So Kanag went and ate

and he said, "Mother, give me that nose flute so I can play." So

she gave it to him and he played. "Agdaliyan, you are feeling so

happy while your mother is feeling unhappy, and is going to die by

the river side," said the flute as he played. So he stopped playing

and he said, "What is the matter with this flute? It sounds bad. I

am going to break you into pieces." Not long after he asked the old

woman Alokotán for the _bunkaka_ [282] and she gave it to him. When

he received it he played, and the _bunkaka_ said the same as the

flute. "What is the matter with this _bunkaka_ that it talks bad? I

am going to break you." He put it down again and said to Alokotán,

"Mother, I am going to play with the other boys." "No, do not go,"

said the old woman, but he went nevertheless to play with the boys.

Not long after he reached the _balaua_, and he met a little boy

playing with _lipi_ nuts, and they played together. "Will you

come with me to the place where my mother is while I ask for my

tobacco?" said Dagoláyan. "If that is what you say we will go,"

said Kanag. So they went to the place where Dolimáman was and the

milk from her breasts went to Kanag's mouth. "Here is my son now,"

said Dolimáman who was lying down and she sat up. "What is the matter

of this woman, she called me her son and she is not my mother," said

Kanag. "Where is your mother then?" said Dolimáman. "My mother is

in Nagbotobotán and her name is Alokotán," said the boy. "Ala, let

us go. Where is Nagbotobotán? Guide me," said Dolimáman. As soon as

they arrived, she said, "Good morning, my Aunt." "Good morning also,"

said Alokotán. "My son is with you," said Dolimáman. "Yes, your son

is with me, because I met him by the river near the well." "How much

must I pay you, my Aunt, because you found him and he has staid with

you," said Dolimáman to the old woman. "I do not wish anything, for

my reason for taking him was so that I might have someone to inherit

my possessions, because I have no child." "That is not my mother,"

said Kanag to Alokotán, and she replied, "Yes, that is your mother,

but your father put you on the river when you were a little boy, and I

found you there and I took you, so I might have someone to inherit my

things." Not long after, "Ala, my Aunt, now we are not going home we

will stay here, because my husband Wadagan does not like us." So they

used magic so that their house in Kadalayapan went to Nagbotobotán,

and the people were surprised at the noise made by the house when

it went to Nagbotobotán. They saw that it was a big house all made

of gold, and they placed it near to the house of Alokotán. Not long

after Wadagan made _balaua_, because he could not find his family in

their golden house.

Wadagan got out of the _balaua_ and said, "I am going to take a

walk and see if I can meet Dolimáman and our house which is made of

gold." Not long after he went to walk, and he did not meet any of

them. "I am going to go to Nagbotobotán and see if the new raft went

there." So Wadagan went and not long after, while he was walking,

he reached the edge of the town of Nagbotobotán, and he saw the

golden house, and he went to it directly, and he said, "Perhaps that

was our house, for there was no other to compare with it." When he

arrived in the yard he said, "Good morning." "Good morning also,"

said the old woman Alokotán. "How are you, my Aunt?" She said, "We

are well." And he asked her if she had seen the little raft pass

by and she said, "Yes, it passed by here and I took it." So they

made him go upstairs and when he got up there he saw Dolimáman and

Kanag, and Kanag did not know his father. "You call me father, for

you are my son," said Wadagan to him. "No, you are not my father,"

said Kanag, "If you do not wish to call me so, then I will go home,

and we will leave you here. Let us go Dolimáman. If Kanag does not

like me it is all right," said Wadagan. "I don't like you, for you

sent me away," said Kanag. "Go back home, we are going to stay here,"

said Dolimáman. So Wadagan went back home and he went everywhere and

Dolimáman, Kanag and Dagoláyan staid in Nagbotobotán.

(Told by Madomar of Riang.)

25

There was a man Awig and Aponibolinayen, and there was a girl named

Linongan. "Ala, you make Linongan start for she goes to watch the

mountain rice. You cook for her so that she goes to watch and I go to

guide her," said Awig. "Why do you dislike our daughter Linongan? Do

not make her go to watch for she is a girl. If she were a boy it would

be all right. You know that a girl is in danger. That is why you must

not put her to watch the field." "No you give her cooked rice and

cooked meat and make her start, for I am ready to go now," said Awig.

Not long after they went to the place where the mountain rice grew,

and he went to station her in the high watch house. He commanded her

to climb, and when she was in the middle of the ladder she was afraid,

for she nearly fell down, it was so high. Not long after she reached

the watch house. When she looked down it seemed as if her eyes fell

down it was so high. "Ala, you my daughter Linongan live here and

watch our rice, I will come to see you. Do not show yourself if anyone

comes," said Awig to her and he went home to Natpangan. "Ala, you

are so happy now, Awig, for you cannot see our daughter Linongan,"

said his wife Aponibolinayen, and Awig laid down in the _balaua_

and Aponibolinayen laid down in the room.

As soon as Awig left Linongan in the field, the tattooed _alzados_

went to the watch house, and Linongan laid down for she was afraid of

them. When the tattooed _alzados_ looked up toward the watch house

it seemed as if the moon shone, "Ala, we will go up and see what

that is." They went up, and when they arrived in the place where the

girl was they were surprised at her beauty. "We will not kill her,"

said the young men to the bravest of them. "Yes," said the bravest,

"get away so I can see her, if she is very beautiful." When the young

men got away he cut her in two at her waist. They took her body and

her head and went home. "Why did you kill her," said the young men. "So

that you do not get a bad omen, young men," said the bravest of them.

Not long after they had killed Linongan, "Why does my breast flutter

so, Awig?" said Aponibolinayen. "I feel sad also," said Awig. "Ala,

Aponibolinayen you cook food for me to take when I go and see our

daughter," said Awig. Aponibolinayen truly went to cook for him. When

Aponibolinayen finished cooking, "Ala, give me my dark colored clout

and my belt which has pretty colors, so that I go at once to the place

where the tattooed _alzados_ are. Perhaps they found our daughter. Look

often at the _lawed_ which I shall plant by the stove. If it wilts

so that its leaves are drooped, you can say Awig is dead." [283]

When Aponibolinayen thought he had arrived at the field she looked

at the _lawed_ and it was green and flourishing. Not long after Awig

saw the blood below the watch house. "Perhaps this is the blood of

my daughter. I am going to see if they have killed her." He climbed

up, and when he got up, the body and head were not there, so he went

down. As soon as he got down he sat and he bent his head, "What can

I do? Where am I going to go to find my daughter?" he said. Not long

after he took a walk. When he reached the jungle he looked at the big

high tree. ["We can see all over the world from the high trees." This

was a side remark by the story-teller.] "The best thing is for me

to climb so that I watch and see where the _alzados_ live, where my

daughter is," he said, and so he climbed. As soon as he climbed up he

saw all over the world. He looked to the west, there were no people

there who celebrated. "There is no one there," he said. He looked

toward the north. There were none there who celebrated. "There is no

one there," he said. He turned his face to the east, there was no one

there. When he looked in the south he saw the _alzados_ who were making

a celebration; and they danced with the head of his daughter. "Perhaps

that is my daughter," he said. "How terrible if it is my daughter,"

and his tears dropped. Not long after he went down. As soon as he

got down, "If I follow the path I will spend much time. The best way

is for me to go through the woods, to make the way short. I will go

where they are," he said, and he went.

When he had almost reached the place where the _alzados_ were dancing

he said, "What can I do to get the head of my daughter?" and he bent

his head. Not long after he remembered to go and get the juice of

the poison tree. As soon as he secured it he split some bamboo for

his torch, as he went to the celebration of the _alzados_. As soon

as he arrived there he said, "Good evening." "Good evening," they

answered. He laid down the torch by the fire of the _alzados_, who

thought him a companion. "Where did you come from? It has taken you

so long to arrive we thought that you were dead. We did not meet you,

but we found one lady who never goes out of the house, who is very

beautiful, that is why we celebrate." "I took long because I was in

the middle of the wood, for I wanted to get a head. I was ashamed to

go back home without a head, but I did not meet anyone, so I did not

secure one, for I had a bad sign. That is why I did not reach the town

where I wanted to go and fight," he said. "Ala, make him sit down,"

said the bravest. "Yes," said _alzados_ and they made him sit, and

they danced again. "Ala, you give him a coconut shell filled with

_basi_, then he must dance, when he finishes to drink," said the

bravest again. Awig stood up. "Ala, I ask that if it is possible I

take the coconut shell, for I am the one who must give the people to

drink, and when I have made all drink, then I will dance. I will make

_kanyau_ [284] so that next time I may be successful," he said. "Ala,

you give the golden cup to him, and let him serve us drink. As soon as

he will make us drink we will make him dance." "Yes," they said. Not

long after he took the cup and he used his power so that though he

drank the _basi_ the poison which he put in the big jar would not

kill him, and he drank first. As soon as he drank he made the bravest

drink. Not long after he made all of them drink, and the _alzados_

all died, for he used magic so that when they had all drunk then they

all died. He put a basket on his back, and he went to put the head

of his daughter in the basket. He took the head into the middle of

the circle, and he took all the valuable things which the _alzados_

had put on her. As soon as he got all the things he went home.

When he was in the middle of the field he turned back his face and

saw four young _alzados_ who followed him through the cogon grass,

and he used magic so that the flame of the fire was so hot that the

_alzados_ who followed could not reach him. [285] When the flame

of the fire was over he turned his face again when he reached the

middle of the next field. He used his magic again so that the flame

was so high there that the _alzados_, who always followed, could

not reach him. As soon as the flame was gone they followed again,

and Awig shouted. The _alzados_ were frightened and were afraid to

follow him for they were then near to Kaodanan. "Ala, we will go back

or the people of Kaodanan will inherit our heads," and they went back

home. Those were all who were left for Awig did not give them poison.

Not long after Awig arrived in Natpangan. He went back to get the

rest of his daughter's body from the place where the mountain rice

grew. When he arrived in their house he joined the body and the

head. They looked at her and she was sweating. "Ala, Awig you go and

command someone to get the old woman Alokotán. When she speaks to the

cut on our daughter's body the body and head will join better," said

Aponibolinayen to Awig. Not long after, "Ala, you spirit helpers go to

get old woman Alokotán of Nagbotobotán, so she will speak to the cut

on Linongan," said Awig. "Yes," said the spirits and they went. Not

long after they arrived at Nagbotobotán, "Good morning," they said,

"What are you coming for you spirits," said old woman Alokotán. "'What

are you coming for you say?' Awig sent us to call you and take you

to Natpangan, for you to speak to the cut on their daughter, for

the _alzados_ killed her when they sent her to watch the mountain

rice." "That is why those people are bad, for when they have only one

daughter they do not know how to take care of her." "Ala, what can

you do, that is their custom. Please come," said the spirits. "Ala,

you go first, and I follow. I ought not come for I want them to feel

sorrowful for their only daughter, which they sent to the field, but

I will come for I want Linongan to live. You go and I will follow,"

she said. "Yes," they said.

When the spirits arrived in Kaodanan the old woman Alokotán arrived

also. As soon as she arrived she went at once where Linongan was

lying. "Ala, you Aponibolinayen and Awig this is your pay, for

although you have only one daughter you sent her to the mountain

field," said the old woman Alokotán to them. Awig and Aponibolinayen

did not answer for they were ashamed. When the old woman had finished

to talk to them she put saliva around the cut on Linongan and caused

it to join. When she finished joining it, "I use my power so that when

I snap my perfume [286] which is called _dagimonau_ ('to wake up')

she will wake up at once." When she snapped her perfume Linongan woke

up at once. "I use my power so that when I use my perfume _alikadakad_

(sound of walking or moving) she will at once make a movement." When

she snapped her perfume Linongan moved at once. "I use my power so

when I snap my perfume _banawes_ she will blow out her breath!" When

she snapped her perfume, she at once breathed a long breath. "_Wes_

how terrible my sleep was," said Linongan. "'How terrible my sleep' you

say. The tattooed _alzados_ nearly inherited you. I went to follow you

because they took you to their town and they danced with your head,"

said Awig.

Not long after Awig went to take four small branches of the tree

and he used magic, "I use my power so that when the four sticks will

stand they will become a _balaua_." He used his power and truly the

four sticks became a _balaua_ and Aponibolinayen commanded someone to

pound rice. Ten days later they made _Libon_, on the tenth night. When

it became morning Awig commanded someone to go and get the betel-nut

which is covered with gold. As soon as they arrived they oiled the

betel-nuts. "Ala, all you betel-nuts, you go to invite the people

from the other towns who are relatives so that they will come to make

_balaua_ with us. You go to all the towns where our relatives live

and invite them, and if they do not wish to come you grow on their

knees." So the betel-nuts went.

Not long after the people whom they invited came to the place where

they made _balaua_ and they all danced. The companion of Ilwisan of

Dagápan in dancing was Alama-an. When Ilwisan stamped his feet the

earth rumbled. When he looked up at Alama-an he said, "How terrible is

the love of the ladies toward me; she thinks that I love her," but he

wished to dance with Linongan. When they finished dancing, Asigtanan

and Dondonyán of Bagtalan danced next. When Dondonyán shook his foot

the world smiled and it rained softly. When they finished dancing,

Iwaginan and Linongan, who never goes outdoors, danced. When Iwaginan

stamped his feet, all the coconuts in the trees fell, and when Linongan

moved her toes in dancing all the tattooed fish came to breathe at

her feet for the water covered the town when they danced. When they

were still dancing the water flowed, only a little while, and it was

only knee deep, "Ala, you Iwaginan and Linongan, stop dancing because

we are deluged," said Awig and the old woman Alokotán. They stopped

dancing and the water went down again from the town. "How terrible are

the people who are like Kaboniyan for they are so different from us,"

said the other people who went to attend _balaua_ with them.

Not long after, when all the people had finished dancing and the

_balaua_ was over, the people went home and Iwaginan was engaged to

Linongan. Aponibolinayen said, "We do not wish that our daughter

be married yet," but Awig agreed. "Why do you agree, Awig, do you

not like our only daughter?" said Aponibolinayen. "I like her, but

it is better for her to be married. He seems to have power. Don't

you know that a girl has many dangers? It is better for her to be

married, because she is the only daughter we have," said Awig. Not

long after they made _pakálon_. "Ala, now, sister-in-law, how much

will we pay?" said Dinowágan to Aponibolinayen. "The _balaua_ three

times full of jewels," said Aponibolinayen. "Ala, yes, sister-in-law,"

she replied. So she used her magic and the _balaua_ was three times

full of jewels, and Aponibolinayen raised her eyebrows and half of

the things in the _balaua_ disappeared, and Dinowágan used her power

again and filled the _balaua_. "Ala, stop that is enough to pay for

our daughter," said Aponibolinayen. "I pay now." "Yes," they said. "Now

that we have made the payment we will go home," said Dinowágan. "If you

do not let us take Linongan to Pindayan, Iwaginan will live here and I

will come to visit them," said Dinowágan to Awig and Aponibolinayen. As

soon as Dinowágan and her companions went home. "Ala, my wife we

go to Pindayan to see our mother Dinowágan," said Iwaginan. "Yes,

if that is what you say we will go," said Linongan. Not long after

they asked Awig and Aponibolinayen, "You go, but do not stay long,"

they said. "Yes," they answered.

When they arrived in Pindayan, Iwaginan and Linongan went to bathe

in the river, and Iwaginan saw the place where the _alzados_ had cut

Linongan in her side, and he went to make a magical well in which

a person can bathe and lose all scars and wounds; and it looked as

if she had no cut and she was prettier, and they went home. When

they arrived in the house Dinowágan was surprised, for she was more

beautiful than before. "I made the magic pool and cured the cut in

her side which I saw," he said. Not long after when they had been

two days in Pindayan, they went to Natpangan.

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Dumanágan sent his mother Langa-an to Kaodanan. When she arrived there

she said, "Good morning Ebang," and Ebang replied, "Good morning,

cousin Langa-an. Why are you coming here?" "I came to visit you." So

they made her go upstairs and they talked. Not long after they all

became drunk and the old woman asked if Aponibalagen had a sister,

and they told her that he had one. Soon they agreed on the day for

the _pakálon_.

When the day agreed on came, Aponibalagen put Aponibolinayen inside of

his belt [287] so they went to Kadalayapan. As soon as they arrived at

the gate of the town of Kadalayapan, Sinogyaman carried cake and rice

to the gate of the town, to take away a bad sign if one had been seen

while on the way. They did not like her so she went back to the town

and they sent Kindi-ingan, and they did not like her either. As soon

as Kindi-ingan returned they sent Aponigawani. When she arrived at

the gate of the town they were very glad and Dumanágan thought that

Aponibalagen had used his power so that the sweets, made of rice,

were not in the basket until Aponigawani went to meet them at the

gate of the town.

Not long after they went up to the gate of the town and they agreed on

the marriage price when Dumanágan should marry Aponibolinayen. They

said the price was the _balaua_ filled nine times. Not long after

when they had paid they all danced. Then the people went back home

and Aponibalagen and his people went back home also.

Not long after Aponibolinayen was very anxious to eat _biw_ fruit

of Tagapolo. So Dumanágan went to get it for her. He arrived where

the _biw_ was and he got some, and in a short time he returned to

Kadalayapan and he gave the fruit to his wife to eat. As soon as she

ate it she became well again. After seven months she gave birth and

they called the boy Asbinan. As soon as the boy became large he went

to play with the girls.

As soon as Asigowan of Nagwatowátan noticed the braveness of Asbinan

she made _balaua_, and she commanded the people to pound rice. Not

long after she commanded the betel-nuts to go and invite their

relatives. The betel-nuts went to all the towns in the world and

invited all the people. The next day they oiled the _gansas_ and

the people played them and all the people who heard them danced for

they liked the sound of them very much. So Asbinan went to attend the

_balaua_. All the people arrived at the place by the spring and a big

storm came and wet all of them. Not long after the people who lived

in the same town as Asigowan, which was the town of Nagwatowátan,

went to meet them at the spring, to give them dry clothes. They

changed their clothes and went up to the town. As soon as they all

danced Asbinan saw Asigowan and he wanted to marry her. So he gave her

betel-nut to chew and they told their names, and when they had told

their names their quids showed that it was good for them to marry. The

father and mother of Asigowan were Gagelagatan and Dinowágan, but she

lived with the _alan_. Her father and mother did not know her until

she made _balaua_ and Asbinan did not know her until the _balaua_,

then he married her at once.

As soon as he married her all his concubines used their magic

power so that while he was living with Asigowan she would cut her

finger. Not long after she truly cut her finger and died. They put

her in the _tabalang_ [288] which had a rooster on top of it. Then

all the concubines of Asbinan were glad. Not long after they sent

the _tabalang_ along the stream and the rooster on top of it crowed,

and the old woman Alokotán went to see it. She stopped the _tabalang_

and took out the body of the dead person. Not long after she made

her alive again. As soon as she made her alive again she put her in

a well and she became a beautiful girl. Not long after she became

a bird and she flew back to the place where Asbinan lived. The bird

flew above him, and he tried to catch it. When he could not catch her,

she went to the top of a tree, and Asbinan went into his house and

he was sorrowful, because his wife was dead. Soon he fell asleep and

the bird went near to him and Asbinan awoke and caught it. The bird

became a girl again, the same as before, and Asbinan saw that it was

his wife, so he was very happy and they made a big party. They invited

all their relatives. Not long after all the people arrived and they

all danced. The old woman Alokotán was there and Asigowan told Asbinan

that she was the woman who gave her life again, so they treated her

very good and the old woman Alokotán gave them all her property,

and all the people who went to attend the party were very glad.

(Told by Masnal of Abang.)

27 [289]

"When I was a young fellow I went to all parts of the world, to every

town where the tattooed Igorot live, who were all enemies.

"Mother Dinowágan put the rice in the pot which looks like the

rooster's egg, [290] so that I eat rice, for I go to fight the tattooed

Igorots," said Ibago wa Agimlang who was four months old. "Do not

go my son Agimlang your feet are too young and your hands look like

needles they are so small. You just came from my womb." "Oh, mother,

Dinowágan, do not detain me for it will make me heavy for fighting,"

said Agimlang. As soon as he finished eating, "Mother Dinowágan

and father Dagilagatan let me start, and give me the little headaxe

and spear and also a shield, for I am going to walk on the mountain

Daoláwan." Not long after he started. As soon as he arrived on top

of the mountain Daoláwan he sat on a stone which looked like a bamboo

bench under the Alangigan tree, and there were _alan_ [291] there who

were young girls. "Oh, why are you here Ibago wa Agimlang who just came

from your mother's womb?" said the _alan_. "'What, are you here?' you

say young _alan_, whose toes on your feet are spread out. I am going

to fight with the tattooed Igorot," said Ibago wa Agimlang to them,

and they talked for nine months, in the place where the stone bench

was. The _alan_ girls wanted to see him all the time. After that,

"You young _alan_ girls, I am going to leave you." "Do not go," said

the _alan_, "because you are a little baby, you just came from the

place where your mother gave birth to you." "Do not detain me, young

girls, for it is bad for me if you detain me, for I will be too heavy

for fighting," said Ibago wa Agimlang. "If I return from war, I will

invite you to attend my big party," he said to them, and so he went.

Not long after he arrived at the town where the tattooed Igorot lived,

and they were so many they looked like locusts. He used his power,

"You, my headaxe and my spear, go and fight with the tattooed Igorot,

and kill all of them." As soon as the tattooed Igorot heard what he

said, they said, "Why, do you brave baby come to fight with us for,

you are very young? Now you cannot return to your town, for we inherit

you," said the bravest of the _alzados_. [292] "If you had said that

you intended to kill me I would have killed all of you, even though I

am a baby just from my mother's womb," said Agimlang. So the bravest

of the _alzados_ told his people that they should prepare to fight

with the baby, and they began to throw their spears at him, but they

could not hit him. As soon as all the spears and headaxes were gone,

the baby fought with them, and his spear and headaxes killed all the

people who lived in that town. As soon as he killed all of them he used

magic so that the heads of the tattooed _alzados_ went to Pindayan. Not

long after truly all the heads went to Pindayan and he followed them.

When he arrived at the spring of Lisnayan in the town of Ibowan he

rested and he sat on the high stone and began to play the bamboo

Jew's harp and Igowan saw him. "Adolan come and see this young fellow

and hear him play the Jew's harp." The harp said, "Iwaginan Adolan,

Inalangan come and see your brother, if he is your true brother." So

Adolan went truly to see him and he found that it was a newborn

baby who was just beginning to walk. "Where did you come from little

baby?" said Adolan. "'Where did you come from?' you say. I come from

fighting the tattooed Igorot." "How does it happen that you went to

war, for you are only just from your mother's womb?" "'How does it

happen?' you say. I heard my father saying that when he was young

he went to all parts of the world in all the towns," said Ibago wa

Agimlang to Adolan.

Not long after he gave him betel-nut and they chewed. As soon as they

finished chewing they told their names, and Adolan told his name first

and Ibago wa Agimlang was next to tell his. After that they laid down

their quids and they saw that they were brothers. "Now, my brother,

Adolan we will go to Pindayan, for I am going to make a big party,

for I just return from fighting," said Ibago wa Agimlang. "Ala,

you go first and I will go to see our brother," said Adolan.

Not long after Ibago wa Agimlang started to go and he lost his way,

and he went through the mountain rice clearing of Kabangoweyan, who was

the _Lakay_ [293] and he walked through many _lawed_ vines which were

wide spreading and when anyone cut off a leaf they smiled. As soon

as he arrived at the little house of the old man, "Oh, grandfather,

tell me the way back home and I will not take your head," said Ibago

wa Agimlang to the old man. "Where are you going?" he said. "I am going

home to the town of Pindayan, for I am returning from fighting." "Stop

while I cook, and you can eat first, and then you can go," said the old

man. "No, I do not wish to eat. Tell me the way back home," said Ibago

wa Agimlang. So he showed him the way to Pindayan, but missed the way

and they went through the middle of the reeds, and the place where the

_lawed_ vines grew, and he met the pretty girl who was his sister,

who had been hiding between two leaves. "Now, pretty girl, I have

found you among the _lawed_ vines, and I am going to take you," said

Ibago wa Agimlang. So he took her and he put her inside of his belt.

Not long after he arrived in Pindayan and he made a big party. Adolan

and Iwaginan and Igowan went to attend the party. Not long after

he took Inalingan out of his belt, she was a pretty girl who looked

like the newly opened flower of the betel-nut tree. "Where did you

get her?" "'Where did you get her?' you say. I met her in the place

where there are many _lawed_ vines, and when you cut their leaves

they smile," said Ibago wa Agimlang.

"Now, brother, we are going to chew betel-nut, and see if we are

truly relations," said Daliwagenan (Ibago wa Agimlang), and he called

Adolan, Igowan, and all his brothers and sisters, and his father and

mother. He gave them betel-nut to chew, and Dagilagatan and Dinowágan

told their names first and Iwaginan was the next, and then Adolan

and then Igowan, but he said that he was the son of the _alan_,

and next was Agimlang and then the pretty girl. She said, "My name

is Inaling who is the little girl who never goes out of the _lawed_

vines, which when somebody cuts they smile." After they finished

chewing the betel-nut and telling their names, they laid down their

quids, and the quids Igowan and Ginalingan (Inaling) went to the

quids of Iwaginan and Adolan. "Oh, my son, Igowan and my daughter

Ginalingan, I thought that I did not have any more my daughter and

son and that the _alan_ had taken. We did not feed you rice," said

the old woman Dinowágan. "Ala, my son, Agimlang, do not feel sorry,

because you heard what your father Dagilagatan said to you, because

you met your brothers and sister who are Igowan and Ginalingan,"

said the old woman Dinowágan. After that they danced for about nine

months. After that Igowan and Adolan and Iwaginan went home and they

did not let Ginalingan go back home.

As soon as Igowan arrived in his town he built _balaua_ and he invited

all his relatives who lived in different towns and all the _alan_

in the world. Not long after the people whom he invited arrived in

the town of Igowan, and all the _alan_ went to his _Sayang_, and the

_alan_ were surprised that Dagilagatan and Dinowágan knew that Igowan

and Ginalingan were their son and daughter, so they asked them. They

said that Ibago wa Agimlang met them when he came from war and he

took them to his party so they knew that they were their son and

daughter for they chewed betel-nut. As soon as Igowan's _Sayang_

was over the _alan_ gave all their valuable things to him, and also

those who had taken Ginalingan. As soon as they had given them all

their things the _alan_ flew away and Dinowágan and her husband took

their sons and daughters to Pindayan.

28 [294]

There was a man named Asbinan who was the son of Ayo, but the old woman

Alokotán took care of him. "Ala, my grandmother Alokotán, go and engage

me to Dawinisan who looks like the sunshine, for I want to marry her,"

said the young boy Asbinan. The old woman replied, "I do not think they

will like you, for she is a young girl who never goes outdoors." [295]

"Ala, grandmother, you go anyway, and if they do not like me I will

see what I shall do," said Asbinan who was a handsome young man. Not

long after the old woman went. As soon as she arrived at the stairs

of the house of the mother and father of Dawinisan, they said, "Good

morning," and the mother of Dawinisan said, "Good morning, what did

you come here for, Ayo and Alokotán of Kadalayapan?" "'What did you

come here for?' you say. Our son Asbinan wants to marry Dawinisan,"

said Ayo. She called them up into the house and they talked. "We will

ask our daughter and hear what she says." When they asked Dawinisan if

she wished to marry Asbinan, she said, "Oh, my mother, I am ashamed

to marry yet, I do not know how to do anything; so I do not wish to

be married now. Do not dislike me, but be patient with me." So her

mother said, "Pretty Ayo, I think you heard what she said. Be patient."

Not long after Ayo and Alokotán went back to Kadalayapan. When they

arrived there, Asbinan asked them the result of their mission. "Did

they wish me to marry their daughter Dawinisan?" His mother replied,

"They said that Dawin-isan does not wish to be married yet; so we came

back home." When he knew that they did not wish him for a son-in-law,

for they did not give any reason, he thought and he said, "My mother,

hand me my golden cup, for I am going away." So his mother gave it to

him. As soon as he arrived in the yard of Dawinisan, he said, "Good

morning, Dawinisan, will you look out of the window at me?" Dawinisan

said to the _alan_, who had spreading toes and who bent double when

they walked, [296] "Look out of the window and see who it is." The

_alan_ said to her, "He wants you to look at him." Dawinisan said,

"I cannot go to the window to look at him, for the sunshine is hot. I

do not wish the sun to shine in my face." When Asbinan could not get

her to go to the window, he used magic and went inside of the golden

cup, and he pretended that he was ill in his stomach. He said, "Ana,

mother, I am going to die, for my stomach suffers greatly," and he

said to the _alan_, "Ala, you _alan_, tell her that she must look

out of the window to see me." The _alan_ said to Dawinisan, "Come

and look at him; he wants you to see him. He says that his stomach

is ill." But Dawinisan said to the _alan_, "Tell him that I cannot

go and look at him, I am ashamed. You look at him and then you rub

his stomach." The _alan_ told Asbinan that Dawinisan would not look

at him, and he would not let the _alan_ rub his stomach. He said,

"If Dawinisan does not want to look at me from the window, and if I

die it is her fault, for I came here because of her."

The _alan_ who saw that Asbinan was a beautiful young boy, said,

"If you will not go to look at him, we are going to leave you, for we

fear that he is going to die because of you." Dawinisan did not wish

the _alan_ to leave her, and she said, "Ala, bring him up on the porch

and I will see him." The _alan_ took him up on the porch, and she went

to look at him. When she saw that he was a handsome boy, she said, "I

am ashamed, for I did not think he was a rich and handsome boy." When

she saw that the boy appeared to be suffering greatly she went into

the house; she changed her dress and went out on the porch, and she

looked like the sunshine. When she reached the porch, she rubbed the

boy's stomach, and directly Asbinan sat up. Dawinisan said to him,

"Come into the house and we will tell our names and see if we are

relatives." So they went into the house and she told him to set down on

a golden seat which looked like a fawn. As soon as he sat down he said,

"Pretty, young girl, when I see you I am blinded by your beauty. I

came here because I wish to marry you." "Oh, Asbinan! I am ashamed,

but I do not want to be married yet," said Dawinisan. "Dawinisan,

even if you tell me to leave you, I will not do it until you promise

to marry me. I will stay with you now," he said. Dawinisan replied,

"Even though you should stay here one month, I do not care," Asbinan

said. "Let us chew betel-nut and see if the quids turn to beads with

no hole, and lie side by side; or if they lie parallel, then it is

not good for us to marry; so we shall see."

Not long after they chewed betel-nut, and when they laid down their

quids they were agate beads, and they laid side by side; so they saw

it was good for them to marry. "Ala, now it is good for us to marry

and we are related." Dawinisan replied, "Ala, go and tell your mother

that if they have everything we want and will pay what we want, you

can marry me." Asbinan said, "Yes," and he went to his grandmother

Alokotán. "Ala, my grandmother Alokotán, what shall we do? Dawinisan

said that if we have everything they want and will pay it for her,

she will marry me." The old woman said, "Ala, do not worry about that,

I will see."

Not long after they started and took Asbinan, and when they arrived

at the house of Dawinisan they agreed on the marriage price. Her

mother said, "If you can fill our _balaua_ nine times with gold shaped

like deer, and jars which are _addeban_ and _ginlasan_, Asbinan can

marry our daughter." Alokotán and the others replied, "Ala, if that

is what you say it is all right, and we can pay more." So Alokotán

used magic and the _balaua_ was filled nine times with the things

they wished, and there were more golden deer than jars. The father

and mother and relatives of the girl said, "Asbinan and our daughter

Dawinisan can be married now." When the _pakálon_ was over, Alokotán

used magic and she said, "I use my power so that they will not know

that they are transferred to Kadalayapan," and all the houses went to

Kadalayapan. Not long after the people who went to attend the _pakálon_

found that they were in Kadalayapan and they were surprised, and the

people from the other towns went home when the _pakálon_ was finished.

29

"I am going to lie down on the stone which is like a seat below the

_dumalotau_ tree," said Ayo, for she felt hot in the middle of the

day. "What shall we call our son?" "We shall call him Asbinan, who

looks like the spreading branch of the betel-nut tree which looks

pretty in the afternoon," said Ligi, her husband.

"Ala! Agben, my loving son, go to eat," said Ayo. "Mother--pretty

Ayo--I do not wish to eat when we have no fish roe." After that Ligi

went to his friends who use the big fish net in the ocean. "Ala, my

friends, search fish roe, for my son Asbinan wishes to eat." They

went to examine the bellies of nine baskets of fish, but there

was no roe. He went to his friends who fish in the river. "Ala,

friends secure fish roe which my son wishes to eat." Soon after,

"How much do I pay?" "You do not pay, for this is the first time you

have come to buy," said those friends who fish in the river. "Agben,

my child, come and eat." "Mother, pretty Ayo, I do not wish to eat

the fish roe when there is no _dolang_, [297] and I do not like to

drink out of the scraped cocoanut shell when there is no glass which

comes from the place of the Chinese, and I do not like to eat from

the bamboo dish when there is no dish from Baygan (Vigan)." After

that Ligi went and got the cup and the dish from the Chinese store.

"Agben, my loving son, come and eat, for everything is here which you

wish," said pretty Ayo. When they had finished eating, "Father Ligi

give me your love charm [298] which you used when you were young,

for I wish to go to the place where the maidens spin at night."

"Good evening, young girls," said Asbinan. "I do not like to light my

tobacco unless the fire is taken from the light of your pipes." They

were anxious to offer their pipes, but when Tiningbengan stubbed her

toe she stopped and Sinobyaman, who was the prettiest, was the one

on whom he blew his smoke (a part of the love charm). She vomited

and her eyes were filled with tears, and after that they went home,

all those who spun together.

"Ala! go and fetch Asbinan, for she (Sinobyaman) turns over and over

and sways to and fro since he blew on her last night." They went to get

Asbinan who was sleeping, and he stepped on their heels as they walked.

"Ala, aunt, I cannot cure her unless we are married." Then they decided

on the day for _pakálon_, and the price was the lower part of the house

filled nine times with jars, which are _malayo_ and _tadogan_. Then

she made the cakes for the parents-in-law, and they carried the pig,

and they received the marriage price which was the lower part of the

house nine times filled.

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"Ala! my wife Iwánen who loves me every afternoon, make cakes of

rice which shall be my provisions when I go to the southern place

San Fernando and Baknotan, which is a part of Pangasinan. [299] I am

going to investigate the report concerning the beautiful women, who

are like the rift in the clouds--the escaping place of the moon--;

who are like the bright stems of good betel-nuts."

"Ala! my soldiers who are many, catch my horse which is a pinto,

which paces, which walks fast, which goes, which gallops, which

has sore sides." "It is here already, the horse which is a pinto,

the saddle is already placed."

"Ala! now my wife Iwánen, I am going to leave you here. Keep your

honor as a person of wealth. Perhaps some one will entice you and we

two will be ashamed before the people of our town."

After that he went and started--Tolagan who went toward the south. He

whipped the pinto, he ran, he walked.

When he was in the town of Kaodanan his body was thirsty. "I go to

the place of betel-nuts, where I shall drink the water which is white

like coconut oil." He arrived at the place of the betel-nuts. He met

a maiden who was like the place of a large fire. There was no other

such maiden.

"Good morning, maiden who takes water in the shady place of the leaves

which grow, which are stripped off in the middle of the place of

betel-nuts, which bear fruit which anyone gathers. I come to drink

with you the water which looks like oil," said Tolagan. "If you

are the old raider cut me only once so that I have less to heal,"

(she said). "No, I am not the old raider, for I live in Baliwanan

and I go to the south to Pangasinan." "Do not continue the journey,

for you have a bad sign. The birds skimmed past in front of you, also

in the rear and the sides. [300] Go back to Baliwanan." "If that is

what you say pretty one, I shall turn back because of this sign."

He arrived at Baliwanan, but his wife was not there, for she had run

away with Kaboniyan [301] to the town of the sky.

There was not a place he did not search for her. He went to the head

man. "Ala, _presidente_ of our town, I come to ask for companions

while I search for my wife, who vanished last night." He gave

(the searchers), but when they did not find her, he went to another

town. He went to the place of Baingan in the town of the north. "Good

morning, I came to ask companions to search for her who was absent

last night." "If that is still your trouble" said Baingan, "you go

and see my sister, who is Imbangonan, whom you shall take for wife,

who cannot belt herself unless there are nine belts. She is in the

middle of the place of the betel-nuts."

"Good morning, Imbangonan," said Tolagan. "I came to see you, for

your brother told me we are to marry if you like me."

"If you like me, we will chew green betel-nut and see what is your

fortune." When they finished chewing, the two quids went into a

line. "Ala! we will marry if you agree to pay 100 _gumtang_ and 50

_ginalman_". [302]

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There were two girls who went to take a walk and a rich man met them,

and he asked, "Where are you going, you two girls?" "We are going to

walk around the town." The rich man said, "Come and walk with me." When

they reached their house he gave them some work to do and he treated

them just the same as his daughters. The rich man was a king, and he

put the girls in a room and the princesses Mary and Bintolada were

in the other room. The king and the queen gave dresses to the girls

but they did not give them any bracelets and rings.

Not long after the two girls went to the house of the jeweler and

they ordered him to make rings and bracelets for them like those

the princesses had. As soon as they went in the house of Indayo and

Iwaginan in the town of Pindayan, they asked for water to drink. After

that Iwaginan and Indayo gave them water to drink, and they thought

that the two girls, who were dressed like men, were ladies, so they

followed them when they left and they took _basi_ for them to drink.

As soon as the princesses arrived in the jeweler's house they commanded

him to make rings and bracelets for them. As soon as the jeweler began

to make the rings and bracelets for them Iwaginan and Indayo arrived

with the _basi_. Soon it became night and they ate and drank in the

night and they became drunk, and they all slept in one room. The people

saw the beads on their arms and the jeweler awakened them and put them

in another room so they did not sleep in the same room with the others

and he said, "I thought you were princes, for you dress like princes,

but when I saw your beads I woke up, for I think those two men are

planning bad for you. Go and sleep in the other room." So they went

into the other room to sleep.

Not long after it became daylight and they returned home, and Iwaginan

and Indayo did not see them, and they were very sorry for they thought

the princes were truly girls. So they went back home, and as soon

as they arrived there they said, "We are going to make _balaua_,

to find out if those princes were truly girls." So they began to

build _balaua_. They sent messengers to go and invite people in every

town. Not long after the people whom they invited arrived, and they

saw that the princes were not there. So they commanded their spirit

aids to go to all the world and find those princes. So the spirits

became hawks and they flew about the world. As soon as they came near

to the palace of the king they alighted on a tree and they watched the

princesses in the windows and hawks said, "_Tingi_." The princesses

heard the word "_Tingi_," and they were Ganinawan and Asigtanan. They

saw the birds from the window, and the hawks flew by them and the

princesses stroked their feathers, because they were pretty.

Soon the hawks seized them in their talons and flew away with them

and carried them to Pindayan. Not long after they reached there and

Iwaginan and Indayo were very glad, and they made a big party and they

invited the king. The king had been searching for them for a long

time. Some of the spirit helpers who had gone to the palace said,

"Good morning. We came here to invite you, for Iwaginan and Indayo

sent us. They are making a big party for those princesses for whom you

are searching, for we took them to Pindayan, and Iwaginan and Indayo

married them." When the king heard the news he was glad, and he went

to the party. Indayo and Iwaginan made him dance when he arrived, and

Kanag and Dagoláyen went to that party. Not long after they put those

girls, whom Iwaginan and Indayo had stolen, in their belts and they

did not know what had become of their wives and they were sorry. Kanag

and Dagoláyen took them home. When they arrived home they told their

names and they chewed betel-nut and they found that it was good for

them to be married, instead of Iwaginan and Indayo. Kanag married

Asigtanan and Dagoláyen married Ganinawan. The mother of Ganinawan

was Aponibolinayen and the mother of Asigtanan was Aponigawani.

As soon as they were married and they had learned who their mothers

were they built _balaua_, and they sent some betel-nuts to invite all

of their relatives in other towns. Iwaginan and Indayo went to attend

the _balaua_, and they danced. They saw that those girls were their

wives and they tried to take them back home, but Kanag and Dagoláyen

would not let them. They said it was not good for them to be married

even though they wished to be married to them, because the girls would

become oil when they went close to them. So Indayo and Iwaginan were

very sorry. Ganinawan was the sister of Kanag and Asigtanan was the

sister of Dagoláyen. They did not find out that they were related

until Indayo and Iwaginan took them, for their mothers had lost them

in miscarriages, and the girls became women by themselves, and the

king found them.

(Told by Talanak of Manabo.)