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Updated: May 3, 2025
When they went to their town, there were two dead people there in their town. Anytime they went to hunt the komau asked them how many they had caught, and when they said how many, the komau always said he had that many, and when they reached the town that many were dead. The komau did that often and many people were dead.
Sayen spat on some of the dead people and made them alive again and he married Danipán and took her to Benben. When the people in Magisang went to hunt deer and when they went to divide it, the komau, a big spirit who looks like a man, and who kills people, went to them to ask them, "How many did you catch?" If they had caught two they told him "Two," and the komau said, "I caught two also."
The people in Magisang heard that Sayen was a very brave man and they went to him to tell him about the komau. Sayen said to them, "I come, but I must hide by the trees. When the komau comes and asks you how many deer you have caught he will ask you where I am. You will say to him that you do not know where I am, because you did not hear of me yet.
I am sure the komau will ask you where I am, because he will smell me." The people said, "Yes." They went to hunt. When they reached the forest, they caught two deer and they went to the place where they singed and divided those deer which they had caught. While they were sitting there, the komau came to them and said, "How many have you?" They answered, "Two." The komau said, "I have two also.
Sayen is here." The people said, "We do not know about Sayen, where he is." Then Sayen came out and killed the komau. Kaboniyan went to Sayen in Benben and said, "Are you a brave man, Sayen? You are brave, because you killed the komau." Sayen said, "Yes, I am a brave man." Kaboniyan said, "If you are a brave man, I will meet you in that place at a distance." Sayen said, "Yes."
Often they hang from the branches of trees, like bats, but they are also pictured as having fine houses and great riches. They are sometimes hostile or mischievous, but more frequently are friendly. They play a very important part in the mythology, but not in the cult. Komau is a giant spirit, who, according to tradition, was killed by the hero Sayen.
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.
Among the Ilocano and some of the Tinguian, the Komau is known as a great invisible bird, which steals people and their possessions. He does not visit the people through the bodies of the mediums. Anito is a general term used to designate members of the spirit world.
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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