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Maddened by grief and rage, he dashed to the door and made one leap to the ground, screaming, "All the people in the world shall fall by my sword!" On his war-shield he rode, and flew with the wind until he came to the horizon. Here lived the Malaki Lindig Ramut ka Langit.
And when the two malaki met, they began to fight; and the seven brothers of the Malaki Lindig that live at the edge of the sky, likewise came out to fight. But when the battle had gone on but a little time, all the eight malaki of the horizon fell down dead.
Come up, provided you can keep from bringing on a fight." Lindig, "border;" ramut, "root;" ka, preposition "of;" langit, "sky." A low-growing tree yielding a black dye, which for a very long time has been used by women to color hemp. A bead necklace, the most highly valued of all Bagobo ornaments.
But the Manigthum had left home, and had gone off to do some big fighting. He killed the Malaki Taglapida Pabungan, and he killed the Malaki Lindig Ramut ka Langit. After the Manigthum had slain these great men, he came back to the home of his wife.
The Malaki Lindig Ramut ka Langit and all the other malaki from the surrounding country were there. They called out to him, "Where are you going?" The Tuglay told them that he had got lost, and had been travelling a long distance. As he spoke, he noticed, sitting among a group of young men, the beautiful woman called Moglung. She motioned to him, and said, "Come, sit down beside me."
And the Tuglay sat down on the ground, near the Moglung. Then the woman gave presents of textiles to the Malaki Lindig Ramut ka Langit and the other malaki in her crowd. But to the Tuglay she gave betel-nut that she had prepared for him. After that, the Moglung said to all the malaki, "This time I am going to leave you, because I want to go home."
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