t the body of the dead and steals his clothes. He
comes to the funeral with another evil spirit Akop, who has a large
head, long slim arms and legs, but no body.

Kaboniyan has told us how to keep the evil spirits away, but if we
fail to do as he said, they always make trouble.

47

A man died. He had a wife and married son. They buried him under the
house and made _bagongon_. [346] After that his wife was in the field
and was watching their corn. His daughter-in-law was in the house
watching her baby. While she was swinging the baby, the dead man said,
"Take this _saloyot_ [347] to Gadgadawan." The girl took it. The
spirit said to her, "Let me swing the baby and you cook the _saloyot_
in Gadgadawan." When she cooked it, the spirit ate it, and he asked,
"Where is your mother-in-law?" She said, "She is in the field watching
the corn." The spirit went there. When he reached there, his wife was
afraid of him, but she did not run. He slept there that night with his
wife, and he did what he wished with her that night. In the daytime he
went away. His wife got big stomach, but had no baby, and died. The
spirit did that because the fire for the dead man was not out yet
and she had gone from the town before the _kanyau_ [348] was past.

48

One man in Solay [349] said to another, "Tomorrow we meet on the
mountain to get wild carabao." The other man agreed, and early the
next morning the first man set out on horseback. The second man died
that night, but the first man did not know this. When he got to the
place agreed, he said "Sh-sh" through his teeth, and the spirit of
the dead answered a little way off. The man went towards the answer
and signalled again. The spirit again answered, and then the man
saw the spirit of the dead, which was very big, was running to catch
him. He ran his horse at full speed, but the spirit was gaining when
the _lasta_ [350] on the saddle caught on a dead limb and was jerked
away. "Very good that you leave that or I would take your life," said
the spirit. Then the man ran his horse until he got to Solay. When he
got there, he could not get off his horse, for his legs were stuck
very tight to each side of the horse, so a man had to pull each leg
loose and lift him from the saddle. That is why we know that the
spirits of the dead men sometimes do harm and go places.

49

A man and his wife were living in the field where they planted corn
and rice. When they were there, the man die