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in each garment placed on the body to keep him from stealing them. 



Akop is likewise evil. He has a head, long slimy arms and legs, 

 but no body. He always frequents the place of death, and seeks to 

 embrace the spouse of the deceased. Should he succeed, death follows 

 quickly. To defeat his plans, the widow is closely guarded by the wait- 

 ers ; she also sleeps under a fish net as an additional protection against 

 his long fingers, and she wears seeds which are disliked by this being. 



Kadongayan indulges in the malicious sport of slitting the mouth 

 of the corpse back to the ears. In order to frighten him away, a live 

 chicken, with its mouth split to its throat, is placed by the door, during 

 the time the body is in the house. When he sees the sufferings of the 

 bird, he fears to enter the dwelling lest the people treat him in the 

 same manner. 



SElday is an ill-disposed being. He causes people to have sore 

 feet, and only relieves them, when offerings are made to him in the 

 saloko or bawi. He lives in the wooded hill, but quickly learns of a 

 death, and appears at the open grave. Unless he is bought off with an 

 offering, the blood of a small pig, he is almost certain to make away 

 with the body, or cause a great sickness to visit the village. As the 

 mourners return home, after the burial, they place bits of the slaugh- 

 tered animal by the trail, so that he will not make them ill. 



Bayon is a male spirit, who dwells in the sky, and who comes to 

 earth as a fresh breeze. He once stole a girl from Layogan, changed 

 her two breasts into one, placed this in the center of her chest, and 

 married her. 



Lokadaya is the human wife of Bayon. She now appears to have 

 joined the company of the natural spirits and to be immortal. At 

 times, both she and her husband enter the bodies of the mediums. 



Agonan is the spirit who knows many dialects. He lives in Ding- 

 olowan. 



Gilen attends many ceremonies, and occupies an important place 

 in Tangpap; yet little is known of him. 



Inginlaod are spirits who live in the west. 

 . Ginobayan is a female spirit, always present in the Tangpap 

 ceremony. 



Sangalo is a spirit who gives good and bad signs. 



Dapeg, Balingen-ngen, Benisalsal, and Kikiba-an, are all disturbers 

 and mischief-makers. They cause illness, sore feet, headache, and bad 

 dreams. They are important only because of the frequency with which 

 they appear. 



Al-lot attends festivals and prevents quarrels. 



