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Updated: May 19, 2025
The spirit of all dead persons is called "a-ni'-to" this is the general name for the soul of the dead. However, the spirits of certain dead have a specific name. Pin-teng' is the name of the a-ni'-to of a beheaded person; wul-wul is the name of the a-ni'-to of deaf and dumb persons it is evidently an onomatopoetic word. And wong-ong is the name of the a-ni'-to of an insane person.
They always point to the surrounding mountains as the home of the a-ni'-to, but straight above to chayya, the sky, as the home of the spirit of the beheaded. The old men say the pin-teng' has a head of flames. There in the sky the pin-teng' repeat the life of those living in the pueblo.
The anito of those who die in battle receive the special name "pin-teng'"; such spirits are not called away, but the person's slayer is told by some pin-teng', "You must take a head." Since they are warriors, the men who die in battle are the most favored, but if not killed in battle all Igorot prefer to die in their houses. Should they die elsewhere, they are at once taken home.
It is safe to say that one feast is held daily in Bontoc by some family to appease or win the good will of some a-ni'-to. At death the spirit of a beheaded person, the pin-teng', goes above to chayya, the sky. The old men are very emphatic in this belief.
They till the soil and they marry, but the society is exclusive there are none there except those who lost their heads to the enemy. The pin-teng' is responsible for the death of every person who loses his head. He puts murder in the minds of all men who are to be successful in taking heads. He also sees the outrages of warfare, and visits vengeance on those who kill babes and small children.
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