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STORIES ABOUT LUMAWIG 



The sons of Lumawig went hunting. In all the world there were no 

 mountains, for the world was flat, and it was impossible to catch the 

 wild pigs and the deer. Then said the elder brother: "Let us flood the 

 'World so that mountains may rise up." Then they went to inundate 

 at Mabiid-bodobud. Then the world was flooded. Then said the elder 

 brother: "Let us go and set a trap." They used as a trap the head- 

 basket at Mabiid-bodobud. Then they raised the head-basket and there 

 was much booty: wild pigs and deer and people — for all the people 

 had perished. There were alive only a brother and sister on Mt. Pokis. 

 Then Lumawig looked down on Pokis and saw that it was the only place 

 not reached by the water, and that it was the abode of the solitary 

 brother and sister. Then Lumawig descended and said: "Oh, you are 

 here!" And the man said: "We are here, and here we freeze!" Then 

 Lumawig sent his dog and his deer to Kalauwitan to get fire. They 

 swam to Kalauwitan, the dog and the deer, and they got the fire. 

 Lumawig awaited them. He said: "How long they are coming!" Then 

 he went to Kalauwitan and said to his dog and the deer: "Why do you 

 delay in bringing the fire? Get ready! Take the fire to Pokis; let me- 

 watch you!" Then they went into the middle of the flood, and the fire 

 which they had brought from Kalauwitan was put out! Then said 

 Lumawig: Why do you delay the taking? Again you must bring fire; 

 let me watch you!" Then they brought fire again, and he observed that 

 that which the deer was carrying was extinguished, and he said: "That 

 which the dog has yonder will surely also be extinguished." Then Lumavng 

 swam and arrived and quickly took the fire which his dog had brought. 

 He took it back to Pokis and he built a fire and warmed the brother and 

 sister. Then said Lumawig: "You must marry, you brother and sister!" 

 Then said the woman: "That is possible; but it is abominable, because 

 we are brother and sister!" Then Lumawig united them, and the woman 

 became pregnant. They had many children * * * and Lumawig 

 continued marrying them. Two went to Maligkong and had offspring 

 there; two went to Ginaang and had offspring there; and the people kept 

 multiplying, and they are the inhabitants of the earth * * *. More- 

 over, there are the Mayinit-men, the Baliwaiig-men, the Tukukan-men, 

 the Kaniu-men, the Barlig-men, etc. Thus the world is distributed among 

 the people, and the people are very many! * * * 



Another story runs as follows : 



The brother-in-law of Lumawig said to him: "Create water, because 

 the sun is very hot, and all the people are thirsty!" Then said Lumawig: 

 "Why do you ask so much for water? Let us go on," he continued, "I 

 shall soon create water." Then they went on, and at last his brother-in- 

 law said again: "Well, why do you not create water? It should be easy, 

 if you are really Lumawig!" Then said Lumawig: "Why do you shame 

 me in public?" And then they quarreled, the brothers-in-law. Then 

 they climbed on up the mountain, and at last the brother-in-law said 



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