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Updated: May 15, 2025
In Banawi, in the Quiangan culture area, a district having no public buildings, one can scarcely find a trace of skin eruption. There are two adult people in Samoki pueblo who are insane; one of them at least is supposed to be affected by Lumawig, the Igorot god, and is said, when he hallooes, as he does at times, to be calling to Lumawig.
These did as he directed, and because of this he told them that they should always be owners of the salt, and that the other peoples must buy of them. Then Lumawig went to the people of Bontoc and told them to get clay and make pots. They got the clay, but they did not understand the moulding, and the jars were not well shaped.
In this way Lumawig taught the people and brought to them all the things which they now have. The Flood Story Igorot Once upon a time, when the world was flat and there were no mountains, there lived two brothers, sons of Lumawig, the Great Spirit.
Bontoc has no record of the time or manner of first acquiring the hog, chicken, or dog. The people say they had all three when Lumawig came. Sixty or 70 per cent of the pigs littered in Bontoc are marked lengthwise with alternate stripes of brick-red or yellowish hair, the other hair being black or white; the young of the wild hog is marked the same.
That belief in a supreme being is a later development than the belief in spirits is clear when the fact is known that a differentiated class of persons has arisen whose duty it is to intercede with Lumawig for the people as a whole. This religious intercessor has few of the earmarks of a priest.
Catch it again and bring it here." So the brother-in-law started out again, and he chased it up stream and down, but he could not catch it. Finally Lumawig reached down and picked up the pig and carried it to the place where the others were cooking.
The Igorot does not know many things in common with enlightened men, and yet one constantly marvels at his practical knowledge. Tylor says primitive man has "rude, shrewd sense." The Igorot has more he has practical wisdom. Actual knowledge Concerning cosmology, the Igorot believes Lumawig gave the earth and all things connected with it.
Bring the winnowing tray to serve the food; and bring the wisp of palay straw to sweep away the many words spoken near us." For certain sick persons no ceremony is given for recovery. They are those who are stricken with death, and the Igorot claims to know a fatal affliction when it comes. Lumawig, the Supreme Being The Igorot has personified the forces of nature.
With the scarcely dead fowl held before him the man earnestly addressed a short supplication to Lumawig. The fowl was then turned over and around in the flame until all its feathers were burned off. Its crop was torn out with the fingers.
The brothers were very much pleased when they went to look at their trap, for they had caught not only many wild pigs and deer but also many people. Now Lumawig looked down from his place in the sky and saw that his sons had flooded the earth and that in all the world there was just one spot which was not covered.
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