CONTENTS xv 



Part IV. Religion — Continued. 



Chapter XXV. Ceremonial accessories and religious rites — Continued. 

 Religious rites — Continued. 



Method of performance — Continued. P age 



Invocation 207 



Prophylactic fowl waving 207 



Blood lustration 207 



Lustration by water 207 



Chapter XXVI. Sacrifices and war rites 209 



The sacrifice of a pig 209 



Rites peculiar to the war priests 211 



The betel-nut offering to the souls of the enemies 211 



Various forms of divination 211 



The betel-nut cast 211 



Divination from the b&gung vine 212 



Divination from b&ya squares 212 



Invocation of the omen bird 212 



The tagbusau's feast 213 



Human sacrifice 214 



Chapter XXVII. Divination and omens 216 



In general 216 



Miscellaneous casual omens 216 



Divination by dreams 217 



Divination by geometrical figures 217 



The vine omen 217 



The rattan omen 219 



Divination by suspension and other methods 219 



The suspension omen 219 



The omen from eggs 220 



Divination by sacrificial appearances 220 



The blood omen 220 



The neck omen" 220 



The omen from the gall 221 



The omen from the liver 221 



The omen from a fowl's intestinal appendix 221 



Ornithoscopy 22 1 



In general 221 



Respect toward the omen bird 221 



Interpretation of the omen bird's call 222 



Birds of evil omen 223 



Chapter XXVIII. Mythological and kindred beliefs 224 



The creation of the world 224 



Celestial phenomena 224 



The rainbow 224 



Thunder and lightning 224 



Eclipse of the moon 225 



Origin of the stars and the explanation of sunset and sunrise 225 



The story of the Ikugan, or tailed men, and of the resettlement of the Agiisan Valley 226 



Giants 226 



Peculiar animal beliefs 227 



The petrified craft and crew of Kagbubdtang 227 



Ang6, the petrified Man6bo 228 



Chapter XXIX. The great religious movement of 1908-1910 229 



The extent of the movement 229 



Reported origin and character of the revival 229 



Spread of the movement 230 



Its exterior character and general features 231 



The principal tenets of the movement 231 



New order of deities 231 



Observances prescribed by the founder. 232 



Religious rites 233 



