194 THE MANOBOS OF MINDANAO— GAR VAN 



They have messengers, too. These are called pamdiya and are sent by their masters to 

 human haunts to incite men to anger, and thereby bring on an occasion for bloodshed, much as 

 the proverbial devil is said to tempt humankind. 



During all ceremonial feasts in their honor they are present and partake of the blood of the 

 victim, human or animal. And when their favorite servants go forth to take revenge upon 

 some long-standing enemy, they accompany him and during the attack are by his side, pro- 

 tecting him and inciting him to superhuman deeds. And when the enemy, men and women, 

 he bleeding all around and the captives have been bound, these terrible spirits eat, through 

 their favorite's mouth, the heart and liver and the blood of one of the slain, preferably that of 

 the chief enemy. 



