104 Traditions of the Tinguian 



so you will know that I am a brave boy." Gawigawen tried to put his 

 headaxe on him and the boy used his power and he became a small ant 

 and Gawigawen laughed at him and said, "Now, the little boy is gone." 

 Not long after the little boy stood on his headaxe and he was surprised. 

 "Little boy, you are the first who has done this. Your father did not 

 do this. It is true that you are brave; if you can dodge my spear I am 

 sure you will get your father. So he threw his spear at him and Kanag 

 used his power and he disappeared and Gawigawen was surprised. 

 "You are the next." Then Kanag used magic so that when he threw 

 his spear against him it would go directly to the body of Gawigawen. 

 As soon as he threw Gawigawen laid down. Kanag ran to him and cut 

 off his five heads and there was one left, and Gawigawen said to him, 

 "Do not cut off my last head and I will go and show you where your 

 father is." So Kanag did not cut off the last head, and they went to 

 see his father. The skin of his father had been used to cover a drum, 

 and his hair was used to decorate the house, and his head was placed by 

 the gate of the town, and the body was put below the house. 



As soon as Kanag had gathered together the body of his father he 

 used his power and he said, "I whip my perfume banawEs and directly 

 he will say Wes." 1 His father said, "Wes." Not long after he said, 

 "I whip my perfume alakadakad and directly he will stand up." So 

 his father stood beside him. After that he whipped his perfume dagi- 

 monau and his father woke up and he was surprised to see the little boy 

 by him and he said, "Who are you? How long I slept." "I am your 

 son. 'How long I slept,' you said. You were dead and Gawigawen 

 inherited you. Take my headaxe and cut off the remaining head of 

 Gawigawen." So he took the headaxe of Kanag and went to the place 

 where Gawigawen stood. When he struck the headaxe against Gawi- 

 gawen it did not hurt him and Aponltolau slipped, and his son laughed 

 at him. "What is the matter with you, father? Gawigawen looks as 

 if he were dead, for he has only one head left." He took the headaxe 

 from his father and he went to Gawigawen and he cut off the remaining 

 head. Not long after they used magic so that the headaxes and spears 

 went to kill all the people in the town. So the spears and headaxes 

 went among the people and killed all of them, and Aponltolau swam in 

 the blood and his son stood on the blood. "What is the matter with 

 you, father, that you swim in the blood? Can't you use your power so 

 you don't have to swim?" Then he took hold of him and lifted him up. 

 As soon as all the people were killed they used their power so that all 

 the heads and valuable things went to Kadalayapan. 



1 See p. 18, note I. 



