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All the other Tigbanua' were afraid of the big dog, and ran away. So the man slept well all night, because the Buso could not hurt him now. Story of Duling and the Tagamaling Before the world was made, there were Tagamaling. The Tagamaling is the best Buso, because he does not want to hurt man all of the time.
The other class of Buso, however, wants human flesh all of the time. They are the Tigbanua', the chief of whom is Datu of all the Buso. A Tigbanua' lives in his own house, and goes out only to eat the bodies of the dead. The Tagamaling makes his house in trees that have hard wood, and low, broad-spreading branches.
Tagamaling is actually Buso only a part of the time; that is, the month when he eats people. One month he eats human flesh, and then he is Buso; the next month he eats no human flesh, and then he is a god. So he alternates, month by month. The month he is Buso, he wants to eat man during the dark of the moon; that is, between the phases that the moon is full in the east and new in the west.
As already noted, the people of Malilla are inclined to identify the gimokod of the left side with this evil class. XV. Tagamaling. Evil spirits who dwell in big trees. XVI. Tigbanua. Ill disposed beings inhabiting rocks and cliffs in the mountains. These last two classes are frequently confused with the buso. In addition to these, the old men of Malilla gave the following: 1. Tagareso.
His house is almost like gold, and is called "Palimbing," but it is made so that you cannot see it; and, when you pass by, you think, "Oh! what a fine tree with big branches," not dreaming that it is the house of a Tagamaling. Sometimes, when you walk in the forest, you think you see one of their houses; but when you come near to the place, there is nothing.
This is an offering to Eugpamolak Manobo, who is besought to drive from the field any tigbanawa or tagamaling who may live there, to keep the workers in good health, to allow an abundant crop, and, finally, to make the owner rich and happy.
While they were looking for a good spot to drive in the stakes for the snare, they heard the voice of Tagamaling in the trees, saying, "Duling, Duling, come in! My mother is making a little fiesta here." The boys looked up, and could see the house gleaming there in the branches, and there were two Tagamaling-women calling to them.
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