no Traditions of the Tinguian 



dropped the galong-galong 1 of gold which Gaygay6ma had ordered to 

 be made. As soon as they dropped it Aponitolau and Gaygayoma got 

 in it, and were drawn up, and soon they were there. 



As soon as they arrived he saw one of the stars come to the place 

 where they were, and it was a very big star, for it was Bagbagak. 

 "Someone is coming where we are," said Aponitolau to Gaygayoma. 

 "Do not be afraid; he is my father," said Gaygayoma. "Those stars 

 eat people if you do anything wrong to them." Not long after Bag- 

 bagak reached the place where they were. "It is good for you Aponi- 

 tolau that you wished to follow my daughter here. If you had not we 

 would have eaten you," he said. Aponitolau was frightened. "Yes, 

 I followed her here, but I am ashamed before you who live here, for you 

 are powerful," he said. While they were talking Bagbagak went back 

 home. 



After he had lived with Gaygayoma five months she had him prick 

 between her last fingers and a little baby popped out, and it was a 

 beautiful baby boy. "What shall we call our son?" said Aponitolau. 

 "We are going to call him Tabyayen, because it is the name of the 

 people who used to live above," said Gaygayoma. So they called him 

 Tabyayen, and they used their power so that the baby grew all the time. 

 Soon he was big. After three months, "Now Gaygayoma, let me go 

 back down and see Aponlbolinayen of Kadalayapan. I think she is 

 searching for me. I will return soon, for you two are my wives," said 

 Aponitolau, but Gaygayoma would not let him go. "Ala, let me go and 

 I will return soon," he said again. "Ala, you go, but you come back 

 here soon. I will send the stars to eat you if you do not wish to return," 

 said Gaygayoma to him. "Yes," he said. Not long after he rode 

 again in the galong-galong, and the stars followed, and they went down. 

 Aponitolau wanted all of them to go to Kadalayapan, but he went 

 alone and the stars and Gaygay6ma and the boy went up. 



Not long after Aponitolau said, "Wes" at the entrance to the yard 

 of their house in Kadalayapan. Aponlbolinayen got up from her mat 

 and she had not eaten for a long time. When she looked at him she 

 was very happy. Aponitolau saw that she was thin. "Why are you 

 so thin, Aponlbolinayen?" said Aponitolau. "I have not eaten since 

 you went away. Where have you been so long? I thought that you 

 were dead." "No, I did not die, but Gaygayoma took me up into the 

 sky because they were the ones who spoilt our sugar cane. She would 

 not let me come back any more, and she took me up. I did not want 



*A sort of enclosed seat in which babies are suspended from the house 

 rafters. 



