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Idomalo, Agkabkabayo, Ebloyan, and Agtabtabokal. Kaiba-an is the spirit who lives in the little house or _saloko_ in the rice-fields, and who protects the growing crops. Offerings are made to him, when a new field is constructed, when the rice is transplanted, and at harvest time. "The ground which grows" (that is the nest of the white ant) is said to be made by him. Makaboteng, also called Sanadan, is the guardian of the deer and wild hogs. His good will is necessary if the dogs are to be successful in the chase; consequently he is summoned to many ceremonies, where he receives the most courteous treatment. In one ceremony he declared, "I can become the sunset sky." Sabian or Isabian is the guardian of the dogs. Bisangolan ("the place of opening or tearing") is a gigantic spirit, who lives near the river, and who in time of floods uses his head-axe and walking-stick to keep the logs and refuse from jamming. "He is very old, like the world, and he pulls out his beard with his finger nails and his knife. His seat is a wooden plate." He appears in the _Dawak_, _Tangpap_, and _Sayang_ ceremonies, holding a rooster and a bundle of rice. In Ba-ak he is called Ibalinsogoan, and is the first spirit summoned in _Dawak_. Kakalonan, also known as Boboyonan, is the one who makes friends, and who learns the source of troubles. When summoned at the beginning of a ceremony, he tells what needs to be done, in order to insure the results desired. Sasagangen, sometimes called Ingalit, are spirits whose business it is to take heads and put them on the _saga_ or in the _saloko_ (cf. p. 310). Headache is caused by them. Abat are numerous spirits who cause sore feet and headache. _Salono_ and _bawi_ are built for them (cf. pp. 309-310). The spirits of Ibal, who live in Daem, are responsible for most sickness among children, but they are easily appeased with blood and rice. The Ibal ceremony is held for them. Maganawan, who lives in Nagbotobotan ("the place near which the rivers empty into the hole, where all streams go") is one of the spirits, called in the _Sangasang_ ceremony, and for whom the blood of the rooster mixed with rice is put into the _saloko_, which stands in the yard. Inawen is a pregnant female spirit, who lives in the sea, and who demands the blood of a chicken mixed with rice to satisfy her capricious appetite. She also attends the _Sangasang_. Kideng is a tall, fat spirit with nine heads. He is th
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