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herself to some other point more to her liking. This dialogue b^ing com- 

 pleted, she went down from the house of Habiatan, and, casting a glance 

 at the four cardinal points, she saw that the weather was clear and calm, 

 and descried on the Earth a place called Pangagauan, over (or on) Umbuk, 

 where there was an Ifugao called Kinggauan — a young man, unmarried, 

 naked, and without a clout (which he had thrown away because of its 

 age), because he was engaged in making pits, or wells, for catching deer 

 with a trap (according to the custom) — and there he had a hut. Upon 

 seeing him Bugan exclaimed: "Oh! the poor man! and how unfortunate!" 

 And, hiding the occurrence from Habiatan, she determined to return 

 to her sky region of Luktag in order to manifest to her father, Hinumbian, 

 that it was her desire to descend to the Earth World in order to get married 

 with that poor Ifugao. 



The paternal permission having been obtained, she made ready the 

 necessary provisions — consisting of a vessel of cooked rice and a clout 

 (or bahdg). In this fashion she proceeded to Kinggauan's hut and 

 entered it, saying: "Who is the owner of this hut?" "I," answered 

 KifTg-gauain, "but I am ashamed to approach thee, because thou art a 

 woman and I am naked." To which she replied: "Never mind! because 

 here I have a clout for thee." But he did not approach for shame; and 

 so she threw him the clout from afar, in order that he might cover 

 himself. The surprised man expressed to her his astonishment, saying: 

 "Why dost thou approach here, knowing that the appearance of a woman, 

 when men are engaged in such an occupation, is of evil omen for the 

 hunt?"" And she replied to him: "By no means shall it come to pass as 

 thou thinkest, but, on the contrary, thou shalt be extremely lucky in it. 

 For the present let us eat together, and let us sleep this night in thy 

 hut. To-morrow thou shalt see how lucky we are in the hunt." The 

 following day, upon going to visit the pits, they actually found them 

 full. Kiiiggauan killed the quarry and spent the rest of the day in 

 carrjing the carcasses to his hut. He kept alive only two little pigs, 

 a male and a female, which he delivered to Bugan that she might tie 

 them in the dwelling-place while he was bringing in the rest of the dead 

 game. On the second day Bugan asked the solitary one: "Why dost 

 thou dwell in such evil places?" Kiiiggauan answered her: "Because 

 my parents are so parsimonious in giving me what I need." Then said 

 Bugan to him: "Let us go to KiaiTgan," and he consented. Leaving, then, 

 the dead game in the hut, they carried with them only the two live 

 "piglets." Kinggauan carried the male one, and Bugan the female one — 

 arriving at the above-mentioned place on the nightfall of the second day. 



Having arrived at Kiafigan, they took up their lodging in the house 

 of Kinggauan's mother — the man entering first and then Bugan. The 

 mother of the former was surprised, and asked him : "Who is this woman?" 

 The son answered: "I was at the hunting place and she presented herself 

 to me there and I do not know whence she comes." The aged mother 

 after having looked at them a little while — ^when seated — addressed herself 

 to Bugan and asked: "Who art thou? How dost thou call thyself? From 



°'It is a common belief, widespread in the Philippines, that the appear- 

 ance of a woman at a place where men are hunting will render the search 

 for game fruitless. J, M. Garvan. 



