The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir

by John M. Garvan

(2) Táme, a gigantic spirit, that dwells in the untraveled jungle and beguiles the traveler to his doom.

(3) Dágau, a mischievous, fickle spirit that delights in stealing the rice from the granary. If aroused to anger she may cause a failure of the rice crop.⁹

⁹She is called also Ma-ka-bún-ta-sái, i. e., "can cause hunger."

(4) Anit or Anítan, is the spirit of the thunderbolt, and one of the mightier class of spirits that dwell in the upper sky world.¹⁰

¹⁰In-ug-tú-han.

(5) Epidemic demons, who hail from the extremity of the world at the navel¹¹ of the ocean.

¹¹Pós'-ud to dá-gat.

AGRICULTURAL GODDESSES

(1) Kakiádan, the goddess of the rice, and its custodian during its growth.