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The large hornbill was named "Gasalo," the smaller kind "Talactic," the large pigeon "Buabu," a bee-eater "Patirictiric," and other names were "Pipit," "Culiaun," "Alibasbas," "Quilaquilbunduc," "Papalacul," "Batala," "Batubatu," "Culasisi." Some of the spiders here were of great size, and in these mountain forests their webs were a great nuisance.
It is probable that Rosell's information was secured from Christianized or Moro emigrants, and the first spirits named refer to Badhala Bathala, or Batala "the all powerful," and Dian Mansalanta "the patron of lovers and generation." They are often referred to as Caragas in the early writings. VII, pp. 189-96, Vol.
They generally worshiped him, and made images of him in the said forms. These they kept in caves and private houses, where they offered them perfumes and odors, and food and fruit, calling them anitos. Others worshiped the sun and the moon, and made feasts and drunken revels at the conjunction of those bodies. Some worshiped a yellow-colored bird that dwells in their woods, called batala.
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