208 Traditions of the Tinguian 



He stops the slaughter of his enemies when they agree to pay him one 

 hundred valuable jars. The jars and heads of the slain take them- 

 selves to his home. A celebration is held over the heads, and skulls are 

 exhibited around the town. 



Aponitolau goes to x-eturn the switch of Aponibolinayen. They 

 chew betel-nuts and tell their names. Their ringer rings exchange 

 themselves, while their betel quids turn to agate beads and arrange 

 themselves in lines — a sign of relationship. He cooks a stick and it 

 becomes a fish. The girl vanishes, but Aponitolau turns himself into 

 a firefly and finds her. They remain together one night, then he 

 departs. On his way home he is seized by an immense bird which 

 carries him to an island guarded by crocodiles. He is forced to marry 

 a woman also captured by the bird. 



Aponibolinayen gives birth to a child called Kanag. Child is 

 delivered when an itching spot on mother's little finger is pricked. 

 Kanag is kept in ignorance of father's fate until informed by an old 

 woman whom he has angered. He goes in search of his father. By 

 using power of the betel-nut he is enabled to cross the water on the 

 backs of sleeping crocodiles. He kills gigantic snakes and finally the 

 bird which had carried away his father. He takes father and the 

 captive woman back home. Both women claim Aponitolau as hus- 

 band. A test is held and Aponibolinayen wins. 



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Pregnant woman expresses desire for fruit of bolnay tree. Her 

 husband asks what it is she wishes, and she falsely tells him fish roe. 

 He uses magic to catch all fish in the river, and selects one with roe, 

 releases others. She throws it to the dogs, and tells husband it is the 

 liver of a deer she needs. He secures it, but when it likewise is fed to 

 the dogs, he changes self into an ant and hides near wife until he learns 

 her real wish. He secures the bolnay fruit, but upon his return allows 

 his sweethearts to get all but a small piece of it. His wife eats the bit 

 left and desires more. She quarrels with husband, who in rage drags 

 her to the bolnay tree and places her in a hole. Her child Kanag is 

 born when an itching spot between her third and fourth fingers is 

 pricked. Child grows with each bath. He agrees to go with other boys 

 to fight. Plants a lawed vine which is to keep his mother informed as 

 to his condition. Child's father is with war party, but does not recog- 

 nize son. It rains continually so party cannot cook; but the spirit 

 helpers of child's mother feed him, and he shares food with companions. 

 They plan ambush near enemies' town. Kanag cuts off head of a pretty 

 .girl; his companions kill an old man and woman. They return home 



