Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about Traditions of the Tinguian.

Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about Traditions of the Tinguian.

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The spirit Inawen, who lives in the sea, sends her servants to spread sickness.  They kill many people who fail to make the Sangasang ceremony.  A man is disturbed at night by barking of dogs, goes to door and meets a big spirit which has nine heads.  Spirit tells him how to make the offering in Sangasang.  He follows directions and spirits carry gift to their mistress.  She mistakes the blood of a rooster for that of human beings.  Is displeased with the taste and orders spirits to stop killing.

37

The spirit Maganawan sends his servants to secure the blood of a rooster mixed with rice.  People see many snakes and birds near gate of town.  They make the ceremony Sangasang and offer blood and rice.  The servants of Maganawan carry the offering to him.  He takes it in his mouth and spits it out, and in the same way the sickness is removed from the mortals.

38

The people who are digging holes for house poles get a bad sign from the omen bird.  They abandon the place and dig again.  The deer gives a bad sign, then the snake, then different birds.  They change locations many times, but at last ignore the signs and complete the house.  The family are continually in trouble and are ill.

The spirit Kaboniyan goes to see the sick persons; he lets his spear drop through the house, and then tells them the cause of the trouble is that they have failed to make Sangasang.  He instructs them what to do, and when they obey all become well.

39

The different parts of the house quarrel and each insists on its importance.  At last they recognize how necessary each one is for the other and cease their wrangling; then the people who live in the house are again in good health.

40

The great spirit sees the people of Bisau celebrating the Ubaya ceremony, and determines to reward them by increasing their worldly goods.  He appears as a man and rewards them.

41

Dayapan, who has been ill for seven years, goes to bathe.  The spirit Kaboniyan enters her body and instructs her how to perform healing ceremonies.  He also teaches her how to plant and reap, and she in turn teaches the Tinguian.  While she is bathing she ties a cock and dog by the water side.  The dog eats the cock, and thus death comes into the world.

42

Girl who lacks certain organs is ashamed to marry.  She is sent by her mother to cause lameness to people who pass.  A man who falls victim to her magic is only cured when the girl instructs him how to make the Bawi ceremony.

43

The spirit Kaboniyan instructs a sick man to make offerings at the guardian stones.  He does as bidden and becomes well.  They perform ceremonies near the stones when they go to fight or celebrate balaua, and sometimes the spirit of the stones appears as a wild rooster, a white cock, or a white dog.  A man who defiles the stones becomes crazy.

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