BENEDICT, BAGOBO CEREMONIAL, MAGIC AND MYTH 29 



The following divinities are mentioned by the Spanish fathers, 

 and collected by Blumentritt in his "Diccionario mitologico." 05 

 Although there may be question as to their respective attributes, 

 they no doubt have their place in the Bagobo pantheon. 



Domakolen, creator of the mountains. 



Makakoret, creator of the air. 



Makaponguis, creator of the water. 



Mamale, creator of the earth. 



Malibud, the deity who created women. 



Salibud, a god who taught the first men to cultivate the fields, to trade, 

 and to carry on various industries. 



Todlay, 66 a god who presides over marriages and was creator of the male 

 sex. Todlibon, wife of Todlay, yet a goddess ever-virgin. 



I will conclude this section with a little word-picture of the 

 gods, as given by Uan, son of Kaba. "Diwata are good manobo 

 who live in the sky. They protect Bagobo, Americans, Kulaman, 

 Tagakaola, Kalagan, Ata — not the Moro ; Moro are bad people. 

 The diwata are male and female. The diwata are rich. They never 

 eat; they sleep at night; they have very good clothes, fine and 

 shining clothes. They take care of all the living; they do not 

 care for the dead. No, indeed ! Buso looks after the dead. Datu 

 Yting knows a diwata; he saw him once far up in the mountains; 

 he spoke Bagobo." 



THE DEMONS CALLED BUSO 



All demons, spirits of diseases, evil supernatural beings of what- 

 ever form, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic, are classed by the 

 Bagobo under the generic name of buso. The fundamental concept 

 underlying all of these manifestations of evil is that of a being 

 that preys upon human flesh, that sends sickness to the living in 

 order to kill them and thus have their dead bodies for food. There 

 is, for the most part, no idea of an interaction between stimuli 

 from bad spirits and the religious or ethical transgressions of man. ° 7 



85 Cf. under each letter in its alphabetical position. The "Mamale" that he refers to 

 is perhaps identical with the constellation Mamare, since / and r are interchangeable 

 sounds, according to the location of the Bagobo group. 



68 For myths concerning Tuglay and Tuglibung, (Blumentritt's Todlay and Todlibon), 

 see pp. 65—74 Cf. also F. C. Cole: op. cii., p. 106, where "Toglai" and "Toglibon" 

 are mentioned as spirits in charge of marriages, and as having given language and 

 customs to the Bagobo. 



87 The demons, Tagareso and Balinsugu, should be excepted from this general statement. 

 See pp. 36—37. 



