The bilig are spirits which are friendly to the people, but cause
sickness when they need blankets or food. The ceremony called bilig
is performed to cure the sickness caused by these spirits.
A chicken, tapuy, rice, and blankets are obtained. The mambunong puts
a basket full of blankets on his head, holds a chicken in one hand,
and while squatting beside the tapuy and rice says the following:
Usay agou ud nabaon, din dagum ya din kimat nanbatbatda isan
mabilig. Kinwanin kanon, dagum un, "Wawadaak mo si sika." Tumba
pay, kano, si kimat, "Wawadaak mo si sika, tan mo kanuk sikayi,
pantaoliuk ut matagua loman. Mo si sika payut mo waday kanun
yan matui." Asi abun kanon dugum un, "Mo sakun kanuk yan matagua
loman."
Asi kinwanina kimat un, "Mo si asa amuita sin bato ay dakdakui
ta mo pitakun din bato. Ta mo adika pitakun din bato, asika
pantaolinmo makipitak, yan mauabakko sika."
Ungayan domagum si madadama yan adi makapitak sin bato. Mayisokat
pay din kimat kapitat sin bato ut asina pantaoliun. Din kimat
kinwanina un, "Mauabakko sika tan adika nakapitak sin bato."
Ungayan alanda san takokoda ut inda manigay. Manigay pay si dagum
yan usay odang yan usay dalit kitkitoi waday. Din kimat kinwanina
un, "Sakun di manigay." Sia din putna adado adadaka ikan. Sia
kinwanina sin dagum un, "Sika manotoka."
Din dagum inana sin usay sugat ut apoiana. Din kimat kinwanina
un, "Ay bakun adadosa. Adi makakan san banga. Sakun din manoto
ta ilaum."
Kaa ut, kano, si kimat ut siay manoto. Kaa usay bugas, ut pay
inana isan bangada. Din bugas pinmona san bangada.
Din kimat kinwanina un, "Manungdungka kakod." Din dagum inpaina din
usay dakdakui ikan sin bangada. Ilan pay, Kanon, kimat kinwanina
un, "Nakun, adi makakan san banga. Ilaum sakun di manungdung." Din
kimat ginisgusna din ikan ut payuna di usay gusgus sin banga. Din
gusgus pinmona san banga.
Din kimat kinwanina un, "Tapagunta nan igan di ikanta, asita
panoliunta eda loman." Makakanda pay, kano, yan itup eda san
igan di inpangada. Itupada paysan igan di inpangan dagum. Adi
nantaoli. Itupada paysan igan di inpangan kimat; manlangoi ut,
kano, duwandan komaan.
Din kimat kinwanina un, "Inauabakko sika." Din dagum kinwanina un,
"Au, ungaykayiman naabakak isan." Ungayan mankayunda.
One day, long ago, the Wind and the Lightning met on the top
of a mountain. Said the Wind, "I am greater than you." Then the
Lightning answered, "I am greater than you because when I destroy
a tree, I make it live again. But when you have it for food, it
dies." Then said the Wind again, "When I eat it, it lives again."
Then said the Lightning, "Then we will go to a large rock, so
that you can break the rock to pieces. Because if you do not
break the rock to pieces and then return the broken pieces,
I win against you."
Then the Wind blew hard, but the rock was not broken. Immediately
then the Lightning broke the rock, and then put it back
together. The Lightning said, "I win against you, because you
did not break the rock."
Then they took their nets and went to fish. The Wind fished,
and he caught one lobster and one small eel. The Lightning said,
"I will fish." He caught many large fish. He said to the Wind,
"You cook."
The Wind took one chupa (of rice) to cook. The Lightning said,
"Not that much. The pot will not contain it. I shall cook so that
you will see."
The Lightning went immediately and cooked. He immediately got one
grain of rice, and put it into the pot. The grain of rice filled
the pot.
The Lightning said, "You cook the fish." The Wind put one large
fish into the pot. When the Lightning saw it he said, "Not that
much; the pot will not hold it. Watch me cook." The Lightning cut
the fish into pieces and put one piece into the pot. The piece
filled the pot.
The Lightning said, "Put into a pile the bones of the fish;
then we will cause them to become alive again." They finished
eating, and then threw into the water the bones of what they had
eaten. They threw into the water first the bones of what had been
eaten by the Wind. They did not return to life. Then they threw
into the water the bones of what had been eaten by the Lightning;
they swam, and went away.
The Lightning said, "I won against you." The Wind said, "Yes,
truly, I lost this." Then they became friends.