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regarded as the gimokud of the object, for, as stated in a later 

 section, every manufactured thing has its own soul : there is a 

 gimokud of the betel-box, a gimokud of the lime-case, a gimokud 

 of the carrying bag, and all these go down to Kilut with the 

 human gimokud. Only what is buried with a person can go with 

 him to the home of the dead, although it is thought that other of 

 his possessions may later reach him, after the material parts have 

 been worn out and thus have lost their gimokud. 



The one country of the dead. The place of the (load is 

 variously called Kilut, Gimokudan, 107 the Great Country (to Dakul 

 Banud " ,s ), the One Country (to Sebad Banud). It lies directly 

 below the earth, which, in the form of a Hat disc or circle, rests 

 upon it. The soul is conceived to go from the grave straight down 

 through the earth to reach the lower world. In talking of such 

 matters, a Bagobo will say that his kayung, or his gimokud "goes 

 into the ground" when he dies. 



On reaching Gimokudan, it is necessary to pass, first, through 

 the City of the Black River (Banud ha Metum Waig "'"), which 

 has also the name of Alamiawan. Here, under the direction of 

 Mebuyan, "" chief priestess of the place, the soul undergoes a cere- 

 monial lustration in the dark waters of the river, a bathing of 

 head and joints. This process stands for naturalization in the world 

 of spirits, and serves also to infuse a feeling of restfulness and 

 content into the newly arrived gimokud and to dispel any lingering 

 desire that it may have to return to earth. Failing this rite, the 

 spirit might slip away, go back to the world and reanimate the 

 body. The name given to this ceremonial bathing is pamalugu — 

 the same term that is applied to that important function at the 

 Ginuin festival when water, applied with a bunch of plant charms, 

 is poured over the head of the candidate. While it would be 



107 Gimokud, "souls or spirits"; -an, "place of, place where." The particle -aw, used as a 

 nominal suffix, has several meauiugs; sometimes it is a plural ending, sebxd pamarang ; 

 dua pamarang an; "one ear-plug, two ear-plugs;" sebad kalati, dua kalatian; "one pearl disc, 

 two pearl discs." Again, in many cases, this particle is locative, as in Gimokudan; and I 

 wish to correct the footnote made by rnc, in the story of "Lumabat and Mebuyan," 

 Jour. Am. Folk-lore, vol. 26, p. 20, which gives to this particle a plural force in the 

 word gimokudan. 



108 To, "the;" dakul, 'big, great;" banud, a term variously applied to a town, a country, 

 or the world itself, as well os to the place of the dead. 



,0 * Ka, particle, "of;" metum, "black or dark-colored;" waig, "water." 



1,0 For the story of Mebuyan, see Jour. Am. Folk-lore, vol. 26, pp. 20—21. 1913. 



