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to be related to tugul ("old"), which is used only of persons. "An old thing" is tapi. [34] With ready ease the Bagobo incorporates elements that have come from Catholic sources, yet without breaking the thread of his narrative. [35] A tradition of the first peopling of Mindanao was found by Mr. Cole at Cibolan. Cf. The Philippine Journal of Science, vol. vi, pp. 128-129 (1911). [36] Hemp warp that has been laced in a banded pattern before dyeing, in order to produce decorative figures In a textile, is called binubbud. After the binding-threads are clipped, there is an effect of rippling in the hemp, of which curly hair is suggestive. [37] Such auspicious white spots are referred to in the text of a Bagobo song (in manuscript), in which the Divine Man who lives at the source of the streams is said to have the pamoti on his body. [38] A well-made box of hard wood in which fine garments are kept. [39] A long, one-edged sword that hangs at the left side, in an elaborate scabbard, when a man is in full-dress. [40] Men (ta, "the;" -g-, a formal or euphonic infix; selat, "door;" k' [ka], "of;" alo, "sun") at the door of the sun. Manobo is a general term for "man," "people." [41] The Visayans believe that an eclipse of the moon is caused by an enormous animal that seizes the moon, and holds her in his mouth. Cf. this Journal, vol. xix (1906), p. 209. [42] Large percussion instruments made by the Chinese, imported from Singapore into Mindanao, and widely used by the wild tribes. [43] The first of mortals to reach heaven, and become a god (cf. the "Story of Lumabat and Wari"). In the tales that I have thus far collected, Lumabat does not figure as a culture-hero. [44] The word indicating the relationship between brother and sister, each of whom is tube' to the other, whether elder or younger. [45] The mortar in which rice is pounded is a large, deep wooden bowl that stands in the house. With its standard, it is three feet or more in height. [46] The place below the earth where the dead go (gimokud, "spirit;" -an, plural ending); that is, [the place of] many spirits. [47] The same word is used of the ceremonial washing at the festival of G'inum. Ordinary bathing is padigus. [48] See footnote 3, p. 15, also 3, p. 16. [49] This is also an element in Visayan myth (cf. Maxfield and Millington's collection in this Journal, vol. xx [1907], p. 102). For the Malay tradition, cf. Skeat, Malay Magic, p.
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