102 Traditions of the Tinguian 



that the branches of the tree were sharp knives. Gawlgawen said to 

 him, " Go and climb the tree and get all you want." He went to climb. 

 When he got two of the oranges he stepped on one of the knives and he 

 was cut. So he fastened the fruit to his spear and it flew back to 

 Kadalayapan. Not long after the fruit dropped on the floor in the 

 kitchen and Aponlbolinayen heard it, and she went into the kitchen. 

 As soon as she got there she saw the fruit and she ate it at once, and the 

 spear said to her, "Aponltolau is in Adasen. He sent me first to 

 bring you the oranges which you wished." As soon as she ate the 

 oranges she went to look at the lawed vine by the stove and it was wilted, 

 and she knew that Aponltolau was dead. 



Not long after Aponlbolinayen gave birth and every time they bathed 

 the baby it grew one span and soon it was large. 1 He often went to 

 play with the other children and his mother gave him a golden top which 

 had belonged to his father when he was a little boy. When he struck 

 the tops of the other children they were broken at once. Not long after 

 he struck the garbage pot of the old woman, and she was angry and said, 

 " If you are a brave boy, you go and get your father whom Gawlgawen of 

 Adasen has inherited." And Kanag went back to their house crying. 

 "I did not have a father, you said, mother, but the old woman said he 

 was inherited by Gawlgawen, when he went to get the orange fruit. 

 Now prepare provisions for me to take, for I am going to get my father." 

 Aponlbolinayen said to him, " Do not go or Gawlgawen will get you as 

 he did your father." But Kanag said, "If you do not let me go and 

 do not give me food, I will go without anything." Not long after 

 Aponlbolinayen cooked food for him and Kanag was ready to go, and he 

 took his headaxe which was one span long and his spear. Not long 

 after he went. 



As soon as he got to the gate of the town he struck his shield and it 

 sounded like one thousand people, and everyone was surprised. "How 

 brave that boy is! We think he is braver than his father. He can 

 strike his shield and it sounds like one thousand." When he arrived at 

 the spring of Gimbangonan he was still striking his shield, and when 

 Gimbangonan heard she said, " Someone is going to fight." He shouted, 

 for he was very happy and the world trembled and Kanag looked like 

 a flitting bird, for he was always moving. 



As soon as he arrived at the place where Alokotan lived she sent her 

 dog against him, and the dog ran at him, and Kanag cut off its head. 

 "How brave you are, little boy! Where are you going?" "Where are 

 you going, you say, I am going to Adasen to follow my father." " Your 



1 See p. 30, note 3. 



