They were married and had many children, who are the Mandaya still living along the Mayo River,

The Sun and the Moon

Mandaya (Mindanao)

The Sun and the Moon were married, but the Sun was very ugly and quarrelsome.  One day he became angry at the Moon and started to chase her.  She ran very fast until she was some distance ahead of him, when she grew tired and he almost caught her.  Ever since he has been chasing her, at times almost reaching her, and again falling far behind.

The first child of the Sun and Moon was a large star, and he was like a man.  One time the Sun, becoming angry at the star, cut him up into small pieces and scattered him over the whole sky just as a woman scatters rice, and ever since there have been many stars.

Another child of the Sun and Moon was a gigantic crab. [135] He still lives and is so powerful that every time he opens and closes his eyes there is a flash of lightning.  Most of the time the crab lives in a large hole in the bottom of the sea, and when he is there we have high tide; but when he leaves the hole, the waters rush in and there is low tide.  His moving about also causes great waves on the surface of the sea.

The crab is quarrelsome like his father; and he sometimes becomes so angry with his mother, the Moon, that he tries to swallow her. [136] When the people on earth, who are fond of the Moon, see the crab near her, they run out of doors and shout and beat on gongs until he is frightened away, and thus the Moon is saved.

The Widow’s Son [137]

Subanun (Mindanao)

In a little house at the edge of a village lived a widow with her only son, and they were very happy together.  The son was kind to his mother, and they made their living by growing rice in clearings on the mountain side and by hunting wild pig in the forest.

One evening when their supply of meat was low, the boy said: 

“Mother, I am going to hunt pig in the morning, and I wish you would prepare rice for me before daylight.”

So the widow rose early and cooked the rice, and at dawn the boy started out with his spear and dog.

Some distance from the village, he entered the thick forest.  He walked on and on, ever on the lookout for game, but none appeared.  At last when he had traveled far and the sun was hot, he sat down on a rock to rest and took out his brass box [138] to get a piece of betel-nut.  He prepared the nut and leaf for chewing, and as he did so he wondered why it was that he had been so unsuccessful that day.  But even as he pondered he heard his dog barking sharply, and cramming the betel-nut into his mouth he leaped up and ran toward the dog.

As he drew near he could see that the game was a fine large pig, all black save its four legs which were white.  He lifted his spear and took aim, but before he could throw the pig started to run, and instead of going toward a water course it ran straight up the mountain.  The boy went on in hot pursuit, and when the pig paused he again took aim, but before he could throw it ran on.