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Kadeyuna. In the fifth heaven reigns the divine lady, Bia-t'odan, 2G 

 spouse of Salamiawan, who himself is sometimes assigned to the 

 fifth heaven. This apparent confusion is easily explained in view 

 of the Bagobo custom requiring a newly married man to take up 

 a. temporary residence, at least, at the parental home of his bride. 

 There is a little song containing the lines: "Go to the city far 

 away, to a sky above this sky ... . where Diwata rides the heavens 

 in , a banco''' 2? — a reference which is said to indicate the fifth 

 heaven. The sixth heavenly region is ruled by one whose name 

 is Bia-ka-pusud-an-langit, 2S a word-cluster which means, "Lady of 

 the navel of heaven." Kadeyuna, queen of the seventh heaven, is 

 the younger sister of Tiun, and wife of Malaki Lunsud, one of the 

 heroes of romantic tales. Malaki Lunsud presides over the eighth 

 heaven. The name Lunsud is that of a great town known in the 

 prehistoric days of fable, and in the old story, "Adventures of 

 the Tuglay," 2 ' J there are many men bearing the name of Malaki 

 Lunsud that figure as characters in the action. The one who 

 presides over the eighth heaven married the goddess Kadeyuna, 

 but the myth of how he achieved divinity for himself is yet to be 

 unrolled. Pangulili is god of the ninth heaven; he is the son of 

 Ubnuling, the ruler of the third heaven. In the romance above- 

 mentioned, we find the following reference to Pangulili and Sala- 

 miawan. 



"After these exploits, the Malaki t'Olu k'Waig went on his way... From 

 the mountain peaks, exultant over his foes, he gave a good war cry that 

 re-echoed through the mountains, and went up to the ears of the gods. 

 Pangulili and Salamiawan heard it from their home in the Shrine of the 

 Sky (Tarnbara ka Langit), and they said: 'Who chants the song of war... ? 

 Without doubt, it is the Malaki t'Olu k'Waig, for none of all the other malaki 

 could shout just like that'. 1 ' •' !0 



The attitude of the Bagobo toward the myth-gods of the nine 

 heavens suggests that these gods are not of native origin, 31 but 



18 Bia, "lady;" t'fio), "the;" odan, a word which sometimes has the meaning of "a 

 shower;" but it is questionable whether this divinity is associated with rain. 

 27 Boats of the dug-out type, some of which have out-riggers. 

 Pusud, "navel"; -an, a locative particle; langit, "heaven." 

 Cf. Jour. Am. Folk-lore, vol. 26, pp. 33—34. 1913. 

 10 Ibid., p. 28. 



3 ' For Skeat's discussion of this question in connection with the peninsular Malays, 

 cf. his 'Malay magic, p. 85. 1900. "The evidence of folk-lore, taken in conjunction with 

 that supplied by charm-books and romances, goes to show that the greater gods of the 



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