Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about Traditions of the Tinguian.

Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about Traditions of the Tinguian.

“We go to take greens, sister-in-law Dinay, perhaps the siksiklat [84] will taste good.  I have heard that the siksiklat is good,” said Aponibolinayen.  They went to get her siksiklat.  When they arrived at the place of small trees, which they thought was the place of the siksiklat, they looked.  Aponibolinayen was the first who looked.  As soon as she began to break off the siksiklat which she saw she did not break any more, but the siksiklat encircled and carried her up.  When they reached the sky (literally “the up"), the siksiklat placed her below the alosip [85] tree.  She sat for a long time.  Soon she heard the crowing of the rooster.  She stood up and went to see the rooster which crowed.  She saw a spring.  She saw it was pretty because its sands were oday [86] and its gravel pagapat [87] and the top of the betel-nut tree was gold, and the place where the people step was a large Chinese plate which was gold.  She was surprised, for she saw that the house was small.  She was afraid and soon began to climb the betel-nut tree, and she hid herself.

The man who owned the house, which she saw near the well, [88] was Ini-init—­the sun.  But he was not in the place of his house, because he went out and went above to make the sun, because that was his work in the daytime.  And the next day Aponibolinayen saw him, who went out of his house, because he went again to make the sun.  And Aponibolinayen went after him to his house, because she saw the man, who owned the house, who left.  When she arrived in the house, she quickly cooked, because she was very hungry.

When she finished cooking, she took the stick used in roasting fish and cooked it, and the fish-stick which she cooked became cut-up fish, because she used her magic power. [89] When she finished to cook the fish, she took out rice from the pot, and when she had finished to take out the rice from the pot, she took off the meat from the fish.  When she finished taking the fish from the pot, she ate.  When she finished eating, she washed.  When she finished washing, she kept those things which she used to eat, the coconut shell cup and plate, and she laid down to sleep.

When afternoon came, Ini-init went home to his house after he finished fishing.  He saw his house, which appeared as if it was burning, not slowly.  He went home because it appeared as if his house was burning.  When he arrived at his house, it was not burning, and he was surprised because it appeared as if there was a flame at the place of his bed.  When he was in his house, he saw that which was like the flame of the fire, at the place of his bed, was a very pretty lady.

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