43A title conferred upon a man who has one or two deaths to his credit. The number depends upon the locality.
44This class of spirits is called pan-aí-yang.
45Ba-li-úg.
46Manóbos claim that the violation of this taboo would bring about a condition that is expressed by the word ma-ka-dú-ya; I can not state definitely what this condition is. I never have had a satisfactory explanation.
In his absence the following are a few of the taboos that must be observed:
(1) The trapper's wife must neither do work nor leave the house until his return, or, in case of protracted absence, until sunset.
(2) No one, not even a dog, may enter the trapper's home unless the visitor leaves, or unless there is left for him 011 his departure, an object of personal use, such as his bolo. This is intended as a deposit and will be returned. The dog must be tied till sunset or a similar deposit made for it.
(3) The mention of the words pig and deer must be sedulously avoided, and no one must refer to the purpose of the hunter unless it be in a periphrastic way.
I observed on several trapping expeditions in which I took part, that the trapper built a little offering house 47 near his shelter house, and at first was very regular in his offerings and prayers to the spirit lord of the forest. His religious fervor, however, decreased in direct proportion to the bountifulness with which heaven rewarded his prayers. When he found game becoming scarce, he decided that probably the local forest spirit was displeased, and tried his luck in other parts.
47Baí-yui-baí-yui, literally, a little house.