144 Traditions of the Tinguian 



river she went to bathe and Llgl took a bath further down the stream, 

 and he put his balangat 1 on the bank, and it flew and alighted on the 

 skirt of Gamayawan. Not long after Gamayawan went in a hurry to 

 seize it. "Here is my toy," she said, and she put on her skirt, and Ligi 

 was sorrowful, and he went home. 



As soon as Llgl arrived by his house he went at once to the balaua 

 and laid down in it and his mother saw him from the window. "What 

 are you so downcast for? Why do you lie on your stomach?" said his 

 mother. "Why are you downcast for, you say, my mother; my balan- 

 gat is lost," he said. " Do not grieve; it will appear bye and bye," said his 

 mother. 



When Gamayawan arrived in her town of Magsiliwan : "You alan 

 who live with me, look at my toy which I found by the river," she said, 

 and was very happy, and the alan truly looked at it and it was the 

 balangat of Llgl, and they all laughed. "What are you laughing for?" 

 said Gamayawan to them? "We laugh because we are happy, because 

 it is beautiful," said the alan. Not long after Gamayawan had a baby. 

 Not long after she gave birth. "What are we going to do? I am about 

 to give birth to a child," she said. "The best thing for us to do is for 

 us to get a thorn and stick your little finger." So they truly stuck her 

 finger, and the little baby popped out like popped corn. 2 "What are 

 we going to name it?" they said. "The best name is Galinginayen, for 

 it is the name of the ancestor of the people who live in Kadalayapan," 

 said the alan. Gamayawan gave him a bath and he grew about one 

 span, for she used her magic. Not long after the baby was large, for 

 she always used her magic when she bathed him. 3 Not long after the 

 baby could fly. 



"What can I do for this baby? I cannot work so well," said Gama- 

 yawan. "The best thing for you to do, so you can do much work, is 

 for you to carry him to Kadalayapan and give him to his father," said 

 the alan. "That is good, I think; we will go and take him to Kadalaya- 

 pan tomorrow." When it became early morning she truly prepared 

 cakes to use as food for the boy on the way. When it became day they 

 started. As soon as they arrived at the spring of Kadalayapan she 

 used her power so that all the people in the town and all who were dip- 

 ping water at the well went to sleep; so all the people who were pounding 

 rice and working slept truly. Not long after they went up to the town. 

 When they were approaching the balaua of Llgl they saw him there 



1 A band of leaves worn about the head. 



2 See p. 1 8, note 2. 

 * See p. 30, note 3. 



