[9] Smithsonian Misc. Colls. (Paper No. 1700), 48, 514–558. [↑]

[10] Loc. cit., 109–111. [↑]

[11] I am informed by Dr. N. M. Saleeby that this myth is also known among the Malays of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. [↑]

[12] Kágbubátan͠g is a point within sight of the town of Placer, eastern Mindanao. [↑]

[13] The offering may be very small, even a little piece of wood, and is thrown overboard while passing the point. [↑]

[14] There is said to be a similar locality near Taganíto, eastern Mindanao. [↑]

[15] Bináoi is the name of an oddly shaped peak at the source of the River An͠gdánan, tributary of the River Wáwa, Agúsan Valley. [↑]

[16] Limes and lemons are said to be objects of fear to the búsao. [↑]

[17] Garvan suggests these stories as illustrations of punishment following the imitating or making fun of animals, acts which are strictly tabú in Manóbo culture. [↑]

[18] Some say that the spots upon the moon are a cluster of bamboos, others, that they are a baléte tree. [↑]