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See p. 10, note 4. [205] See p. 17. [206] An insect. [207] Ginteban was a woman from Baygan (Vigan) who had been captured by the bird. [208] See p. 18. [209] See p. 96, note 3. [210] A fruit tree. [211] See p. 18. [212] See p. 30, note 3. [213] The idea of a plant serving as a life or fidelity token was found in ancient Egypt, in India, and Europe. See Cox, an Introduction to Folk-Lore (London, 1904); _Tawney_, Katha Sarit Sagara (Calcutta, 1880, Vol. I, p. 86); _Parker_, Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon. [214] See p. 18, note 1. [215] See p. 17, note 1. [216] A fruit. [217] See p. 96, note 3. [218] Lightning which is accompanied by a loud crash of thunder. [219] See p. 19, note 1. [220] See p. 16. [221] See p. 30, note 3. [222] See p. 18, note 1. [223] See p. 16, note 6. [224] Spirits. [225] See p. 13, note 5. [226] An evil spirit which lives in the air and makes a sound like the medium when she is summoning the spirits. [227] The spirit's word for world. [228] A small bench made for the use of spirits and visiting mortals. [229] See p. 105. [230] See p. 63, note 1. [231] The term used is _al-ligan_--the high watch house in the fields. [232] One of the big stars. [233] A different kind of star. [234] Reduplicated form of _bitowen_--many stars. [235] See p. 15, note 2. [236] The spirits' name for mortals. [237] The moon. [238] A sort of enclosed seat in which babies are suspended from the house rafters. [239] See p. 13, note 2. [240] See p. 13. [241] Aponitolau. [242] The name means "sparks of fire." [243] See p. 13, note 2. [244] See p. 56, note 6. [245] Similiar incidents, in which women give birth to snakes or animals, occur in Borneo. See _Evans_, _Journal Royal Anthro. Inst._, Vol. XLIII, 1913, pp. 432 ff. [246] See p.17, note 3. [247] Aponitolau. [248] Sugar cane rum. [249] See p. 41, note 2. [250] See p. 27. [251] See p. 17, note 3. [252] See p. 73, note 3. [253] Lesser spirits. [254] See p. 54, note 2. [255] See p. 10, note 1. [256] See p. 10, note 2. [257] The cloth used in dancing. See p. 11. [258] See p. 63, note 1. [259] See p. 12. [260] Another name for Kanag. [261] A raft. See p. 24, note 1. [262] The Tinguian believe that the rivers and waters finally empty over the edge of the world at a place known as Nagbotobotan. [263] See p. 18, note 1. [264] See p. 13, n
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