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The leading Mandaya were invited to the house of the Moro pandita "to see the spirit Diwata." During several nights the son of the pandita impersonated the spirit and appeared in the darkened room. Over his chest and forehead he had stretched thin gauze and beneath this had placed many fire-flies, which to the imaginative people made him appear superhuman.
Then Lumabat himself became a god. He was not hungry any more, for now his intestines were gone. Yet if he wanted to eat, he had only to say, "Food, come now!" and at once all the fish were there, ready to be caught. In the sky-country, fish do not have to be caught. And Lumabat became the greatest of all the diwata.
These birds flew away to other places and returned with bits of soil which their parents patted and moulded with their hands until they had formed the earth. Other children were born and from them have come all the people who now inhabit the land. Two powerful spirits, Diwata and TimanEm, watched the formation of the world, and when it was completed the latter spirit planted trees upon it.
The religious beliefs have many points in common with those of the neighboring tribes, but there are some which require special notice. Two powerful beings, TimanEm and his wife Diwata are above all other spirits. The Padada people say the term diwata is a name which may be applied to the timanEm, of whom there are two, a male and a female.
The children did not glance at each other; but the face of each was all alight with joy at the tale. Myths Associated with Natural Phenomena Cosmogony In the beginning, Diwata made the sea and the land, and planted trees of many kinds. Then he took two lumps of earth, and shaped them like human figures; then he spit on them, and they became man and woman.
BLAIR and ROBERTSON, Vol. XII, 269, XLIII, p. 217, etc. Filed in the office of the Governor of Davao. From this testimony it appears that in a part of the Mandaya territory the spirit Diwata, at least, is represented by images. Asuang. This name is applied to a class of malevolent spirits who inhabit certain trees, cliffs and streams.
When children marry, the tigyama of the two families unite to form one who thereafter guards the couple. While usually well disposed they are capable of killing those who fail to show them respect, or who violate the rules governing family life. XII. Diwata. A class of numerous spirits who serve Eugpamolak Manobo. XIII. Anito.
There he saw many diwata, and they were chewing betel-nut, And one diwata spit from his mouth the isse that he had finished chewing. When Lumabat saw the isse coming from the mouth of the god, it looked to him like a sharp knife. Then Diwata laid hold of Lumabat, and Lumabat thought the god held a sharp knife in his hand. But it was no knife: it was just the isse.
The Mandaya had become so impressed by the nightly appearance of Diwata that it is more than probable they would have joined the Moro in their project had not an American planter at Mayo learned of the plot. He imprisoned the leaders, thus ending a scheme which, if successful, would have given new attributes to at least one of the spirits. The religious head of the settlement.
But LumabEt said there was plenty of room, so all entered his house and were not crowded. The next morning the diwata, tigyama, and other spirits came and talked with him. After that he told the people that all who believed that he was powerful could go with him, but all who did not go would be turned into animals and buso.
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