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Awig sends his daughter to watch the mountain rice.  She stays in a high watch house, but is found by tattooed Igorot, who cut her body in two and take her head.  Father goes to seek her murderers, but first plants a lawed vine in the house; by its condition his wife is to know of his safety or death.  He climbs high tree and looks in all directions.  Sees Igorot, who are dancing around the head of his daughter.  He takes juice from the poison tree and goes to the dance, where he is mistaken for a companion.  He serves liquor to others and poisons them.  Takes daughter’s head and starts home.  Is followed by four enemies.  Uses magic and causes cogon field to burn, so foes are delayed.  Repeats this several times and finally escapes.  He joins head and body of his daughter, and old woman Alokotan puts saliva on cuts and revives her.  Old woman places four sticks in the ground and they become a balaua.  Betel-nuts are sent out to invite guests and many come.  When the girl dances with her lover, the water comes up knee deep into the town and they have to stop.  She is engaged and her lover’s parents fill the balaua three times with valuable gifts, in payment for her.  Half of gifts vanish, when her mother raises her eyebrows, and are replaced.

Her husband discovers the scar on her body where Igorot had cut her.  Takes her to magic well where she bathes.  Scars vanish.

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The mother of Dumanagan negotiates marriage for her son with Aponibolinayen.  Brother of girl puts her in his belt and carries her to place where agreement is made.  When they reach gate of town, young girls offer them cakes, in order to take away bad signs seen on road.  Boy’s parents pay for girl and they marry.  She gives birth to son named Asbinan.  He marries Asigowan, but his jealous concubines cause her to cut her finger and she dies.  Her body is placed in a tabalang on which a rooster sits, and is set afloat on the river.  Crowing of the cock causes old woman Alokotan to rescue the corpse.  She places it in her magic well and the girl is again alive and beautiful.  She returns to her husband as a bird; is caught by him and then resumes own form.

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Baby of four months hears his father tell of his youthful exploits.  Decides to go on head hunt despite protests of parents.  Is detained on his trip by young alan girls.  Finally reaches Igorot town and by means of magic kills all the people and takes their heads.  Heads take themselves to his home.  On way back he plays bamboo jew’s harp and it summons his brothers to come and see him.  They chew betel-nut and make sure of relationship.  Continuing his journey, he is twice lost.  Finds an unknown sister hiding among lawed vines.  Puts her in his belt and carries her home.  Upon his arrival a celebration is held and the new found brothers and sister, who had been stolen by alan, are restored to parents.