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which is a cave, and there it was cornered so that they captured the 

 pretty jar which is Magsawl, which I inherited." x 



Other jars of equal fame "were found in caves in which the spirits 

 dwelt," or were called into being by supernatural agencies. References 

 to these wonderful jars abound in the folktales, the following quotations 

 from which will serve to show the character of all. 2 



"Not long after he started, and when he arrived in the pasture, all 

 the jars went to him, and all the jars stuck out their tongues; for they 

 were very hungry and had not been fed for a long time. The jars were 

 somadag, ginlasan, malayo, and tadogan, and other kinds also. 3 When 

 Aponltolau thought that all the jars had arrived, he fed them all with 

 betel -nut covered with lawed leaves. As soon as he fed them, he gave 

 them some salt. Not long after this they went to the pasture, and they 

 rode on the back of a carabao. As soon as they arrived, all the jars 

 rolled around them and stuck out their tongues, and Aponlbolinayen 

 was afraid, for she feared that the jars would eat them. The wide field 

 was full of jars. Aponltolau gave them betel-nut and lawed wine and 

 salt. As soon as they fed them, they went back home." (Extract 

 from the tale about Gimbangonan.) 



"And they took many things to be used at the wedding. So they 

 agreed on the marriage price, and Bangan and his wife said, the price 

 must be the balaua 4 nine times full of different kinds of jars. As soon 

 as the balaua was filled nine times, Daluagan raised her eyebrows, and 

 immediately half of the jars vanished, and Aponlbolinayen used her 

 (magical) power, and the balaua was filled again, so that it was truly 

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

 went home." (From the Kanag tale.) 



"'Now we are going to pay the marriage price according to the 

 custom,' said Aponlbolinayen, 'our custom is to fill the balaua nine 

 times with different kinds of jars.' So Aponlbolinayen said 'Ala, you 

 Alan 5 who live in the different springs, and Bananayo b of Kadanan 



1 Similar stories of jars turning to animals and vice versa are encountered in the 

 Southern Philippines and in Borneo. Sae Ling Roth, Natives of Sarawak and 

 British North Borneo, Vol. II, p. CLXXVI; Hein, Die bildenden Kunste bei den 

 Dayaks auf Borneo, pp. 132-134. 



2 The following are extracts from Tinguian folktales. During the dry season 

 bonfires are built in various parts of the village and around them the men and 

 women gather, the former to make fishnets, the latter to spin. Meanwhile some good 

 story-teller chants these tales. 



* Each type of jar has its particular name. 



4 A small spirit house built during a certain ceremony. 



5 Lesser spirits. 



