If he was surrounded in a river, Sayen would become a fish [74] and hide so that people could not find him.  And if he was entrapped in a town, he would become a chicken and go under the house in a chicken-coop.  In this way he escaped many times.

Finally one night after he had killed many in one town, the people decided to watch him, and they saw him go to roost with the chickens.  The next day they placed a fish trap under the house near the chicken-coop, and that night when Sayen went under the house he was caught in the trap and killed.

The Sun and the Moon

Tinguian

Once the Sun and the Moon quarreled with each other, and the Sun said: 

“You are only the Moon and are not much good.  If I did not give you light, you would be no good at all.”

But the Moon answered: 

“You are only the Sun, and you are very hot The women like me better, for when I shine at night, they go out doors and spin.”

These words of the Moon made the Sun so angry that he threw sand in her face, and you can still see the dark spots on the face of the Moon.

How the Tinguian Learned to Plant

Tinguian

In the very old times the Tinguian did not know how to plant and harvest as they now do.  For food they had only the things that grew in the forests and fish from the streams.  Neither did they know how to cure people who became ill or were injured by evil spirits, and many died who might otherwise have lived. [75]

Then Kadaklan, the Great Spirit who lives in the sky, saw that the people often were hungry and sick, and he sent one of his servants, Kaboniyan, to the earth to teach them many things.  And it happened this way: 

Dayapan, a woman who lived in Caalang, had been sick for seven years.  One day when she went to the spring to bathe, there entered her body a spirit who had rice and sugar-cane with him, and he said to her: 

“Dayapan, take these to your home and plant them in the ground, and after a while they will grow large enough to reap.  Then when they are ripe, build a granary to put the rice in until you shall need it, and a sugar-press to crush the cane.  And when these are finished, make the ceremony Sayung, and you will be well.”

Dayapan was filled with wonder at these strange things, but she took the rice and the sugar-cane and went home as she was commanded.  While she was trying to plant them in the ground the Spirit again entered her body and showed her just what to do.  Since then the Tinguian have planted crops every year, and because they do as Kaboniyan [76] taught the woman they have plenty to eat.

When Dayapan had reaped the first rice and cane, she began to make the ceremony Sayung, and the Spirit came again and directed her.  And when it was finished and she was cured, he told her to take a dog and a cock and go to bathe in the river as a sign that the ceremony was finished.  So she went to the river and tied the dog and the cock near the water, but while she was bathing the dog ate the cock.