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Makaboteng, also called Sanadan, is the guardian of the deer and 

 wild hogs. His good will is necessary if the dogs are to be successful 

 in the chase ; consequently he is summoned to many ceremonies, where 

 he receives the most courteous treatment. In one ceremony he de- 

 clared, "I can become the sunset sky." 



Sabian or Isablan is the guardian of the dogs. 



Bisangolan ("the place of opening or tearing") is a gigantic spirit, 

 who lives near the river, and who in time of floods uses his head-axe 

 and walking-stick to keep the logs and refuse from jamming. "He is 

 very old, like the world, and he pulls out his beard with his finger 

 nails and his knife. His seat is a wooden plate." He appears in the 

 Dazvak, Tang pap, and Sayang ceremonies, holding a rooster and a 

 bundle of rice. In Ba-ak he is called Ibalinsogoan, and is the first 

 spirit summoned in Dawak. 



Kakalonan, also known as Boboyonan, is the one who makes 

 friends, and who learns the source of troubles. When summoned at 

 the beginning of a ceremony, he tells what needs to be done, in order 

 to insure the results desired. 



Sasagangen, sometimes called Ingalit, are spirits whose business 

 it is to take heads and put them on the saga or in the saloko (cf. 

 p. 310). Headache is caused by them. 



Abat are numerous spirits who cause sore feet and headache. 

 Salono and bazvi are built for them (cf. pp. 309-310). The spirits of 

 Ibal, who live in Daem, are responsible for most sickness among chil- 

 dren, but they are easily appeased with blood and rice. The Ibal 

 ceremony is held for them. 



Maganawan, who lives in Nagbotobotan ("the place near which 

 the rivers empty into the hole, where all streams go") is one of the 

 spirits, called in the Sangdsang ceremony, and for whom the blood of 

 the rooster mixed with rice is put into the saloko, which stands in the 

 yard. 



Inawen is a pregnant female spirit, who lives in the sea, and who 

 demands the blood of a chicken mixed with rice to satisfy her capricious 

 appetite. She also attends the Sangdsang. 



Kideng is a tall, fat spirit with nine heads. He is the servant of 

 Inawen, and carries the gifts of mortals to his mistress. 



Ibwa is an evil spirit, who once mingled with the people in human 

 form. Due to the thoughtless act of a mourner at a funeral, he became 

 so addicted to the taste of human flesh, that it has since then been 

 necessary to protect the corpse from him. He fears iron, and hence 

 a piece of that metal is always laid on the grave. Holes are burned 



