ioo Traditions of the Tinguian 



why you threw away all the things I went to get for you," said Aponl- 

 tolau, and he became a man and appeared to her. "I did not tell the 

 truth for I feared you would not return, for no one who has gone there 

 has returned, so I am patient about my headache." 



"Ala, go and get rice straw, and I will wash my hair." Not long 

 after he went to wash his hair. When he finished washing his hair he 

 went to get one lawed vine, and he went back home. He planted the 

 vine by the hearth. "Make some cakes for my provision on the 

 journey." "No, do not go, Aponitolau," said Aponlbolinayen. "Make 

 some, for if you do not I will go without provisions." Not long after 

 Aponlbolinayen went to cook cakes. As soon as she finished, "Ala, 

 you come and oil my hair." As soon as she oiled his hair, "Go and get 

 my dark clout and my belt and my headband." So Aponlbolinayen 

 went to get them. As soon as he dressed he took his spear and head- 

 axe and he told Aponlbolinayen that if the lawed leaves wilted he was 

 dead. 1 So he went. 



As soon as he arrived at the well of Gimbangonan all the betel-nut 

 trees bowed, and Gimbangonan shouted and all the world trembled. 

 "How strange that all the world trembles when that lady shouts." 

 So Aponitolau took a walk. Not long after the old woman Alokotan 

 saw him and she sent her little dog to bite his leg, and it took out part of 

 his leg." "Do not proceed, for you have a bad sign. If you go, you 

 cannot return to your town," said the old woman Alokotan. "No, I 

 can go back." So he went. As soon as he arrived at the home of the 

 lightning, "Where are you going?" said the lightning. "I am going 

 to get the oranges from Gawlgawen of Adasen. Go and stand on the 

 high stone and I will see what your sign is." So he went and stood on 

 the high stone and the lightning made a light and Aponitolau dodged. 

 "Do not go, for you have a bad sign, and Gawlgawen will secure you." 

 "No ; I am going." So he went. As soon as he arrived at the place of 

 Silit* it said to him, "Where are you going, Aponitolau?" "I am going 

 to get the oranges of Gawlgawen of Adasen." "Stand on top of that 

 high stone so I can see if you have a good sign." So he went and Silit 

 made a great noise. As soon as he made the great noise he jumped. 

 " Go back, Aponitolau, and start another time, for you have a bad sign." 8 

 "No, I go." 



He arrived at the ocean and he used magic. "I use my power so 

 that you, my headaxe, sail as fast as you can when I stand on you." 



1 See p. 96, note 3. 



2 Lightning which is accompanied by a loud crash of thunder. 

 * See p. 19, note I. 



