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"Do not continue the journey, for you have a bad sign. The birds skimmed past in front of you, also in the rear and the sides. Go back to Baliwanan." "If that is what you say pretty one, I shall turn back because of this sign." He arrived at Baliwanan, but his wife was not there, for she had run away with Kaboniyan to the town of the sky. There was not a place he did not search for her.
Likewise, when she offers food in the Dawak ceremony, she relates how the spirit Kaboniyan taught the Tinguian to do this in the same manner that he performs it.
She is sent by her mother to cause lameness to people who pass. A man who falls victim to her magic is only cured when the girl instructs him how to make the Bawi ceremony. The spirit Kaboniyan instructs a sick man to make offerings at the guardian stones. He does as bidden and becomes well.
The spirits of Dadaya notice that their feather headdresses have lost their lustre. They place them on the house of some mortals, who at once become ill. The spirit Kaboniyan instructs them to make the Pala-an ceremony. They obey, the feathers regain their brightness and the people recover. The father who is starting for a head-dance agrees to meet his wife and baby at sun down.
It is better that you go to the home of your parents-in-law, and you go and prepare the things needed in Ibal, said Kaboniyan. After that the mother and child came out of the ground. "After that they got well because they came up, the mother and the baby." When the chant is finished, the animal is slaughtered, and food is prepared both for guests and spirits.
Through the friendly instruction of Kaboniyan it was learned that, if a live chicken, with its mouth split down to its throat, were fastened to the door of the house, its suffering would be noticed by the evil spirit, who, fearing similar treatment, would not attempt to enter the dwelling. The spirit Ibwa is also much feared.
The spirit Kaboniyan enters her body and instructs her how to perform healing ceremonies. He also teaches her how to plant and reap, and she in turn teaches the Tinguian. While she is bathing she ties a cock and dog by the water side. The dog eats the cock, and thus death comes into the world. Girl who lacks certain organs is ashamed to marry.
The people seldom pray to or supplicate the invisible spirits; but when they are present in the bodies of the mediums, they make requests, and ask advice, as they would from any friend or acquaintance. With many, the Tinguian is on amicable terms, while toward Kaboniyan he exhibits a degree of respect and gratitude which is close to affection.
The spirit Kaboniyan goes to see the sick persons; he lets his spear drop through the house, and then tells them the cause of the trouble is that they have failed to make Sangásang. He instructs them what to do, and when they obey all become well. The different parts of the house quarrel and each insists on its importance.
People of neighboring town are troubled by the komau, an evil spirit, who always causes the death of as many people as the hunters have secured deer. Sayen kills the komau. He fights with the great spirit Kaboniyan. Neither is able to overcome the other, so they become friends. They fight together against their enemies. Sayen often changes himself into a fish or chicken, and hides after a fight.
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