dawi, male and female. These two
had children, Tapi (or Mastafi) and Lakarol. (Informants disagreed here,
part insisting that MEsa, Lakbang, and Mangarang were part of the first
people made.) Their descendants were Sinudal (female), Moay (male),
Limbay (female), Madinda (female), Sinnamoway (male), Kamansa (male),
Gilay (female), Gomayau (male), Salau (male), Slayen (female), BaEn
(female), Kanfal (female), Latara (male)."

[Transcriber's note: These identifications of male and female (in
parentheses above and below) are all signaled in the text using
non-ASCII symbols; the symbols for male or female were footnoted.]

The last was the father of Alimama, the chief informant of this tale.
Inok, dato of Labau, is also of this line, tracing his descent from
Lakbang.

It is said that MElu and Saweigh now live below, Dwata and Fiuweigh in
the sky.

A variation of this story credits MElu and Dwata with being the creators
of Fiuweigh and SEweigh. They were the ancestors of men, for they took
earth and made it into the form of people and then whipped it until it
moved. The first people they made were Otis (male) and Lakbang (female).
Two of their children were Mastafi (male) and Lakarol (or Landol)
(female). From these two came all the Bila-an. "These two lived in a
small distant place and their one animal was Baswit--a bird. They sent
him on a long journey and when he returned he brought a piece of earth
and the fruit of a _pandag_ tree. Lakarol planted the fruit in the piece
of earth and when it grew the leaves fell down and finally made the
earth."

From these tales and later questioning we learn the MElu, or MElE, is
the most powerful of all the natural spirits and that his help is sought
in times of calamity and at very important occasions.

Duwata (Duata, Dwata, Adwata, Diwata) is generally considered to be the
wife of MElu and of equal strength with him. She is sometimes identified
with a female spirit called Kalalokan.

Fiuweigh and SEweigh are now powerful spirits; but there is some dispute
as to whether they have always been so, or once were human.

Lamot ta Mangayo, also called Mandalangan, is the patron spirit of the
warriors and is in all respects almost identical with Mandarangan of the
Bagobo.

The _busau_ are a class of spirits, often ill-disposed toward men, who
live in various parts of the mountains. Bakay, one of the _busau_, is
said to be the owner of the deer and pig and is held in considerable
e