Bukidnon ritual invocations, to strengthen (imparting strength into) benevolent deities [done after evocations to weaken, by departing strength out of, malevolent deities -- in regard to those deities' dealings with the persons who are the subjects of the ritual]
addressed to deities of:-
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Singampu |
Samaya-en |
Pandalawit |
Panawag |
[continuation of same] |
Panalepeng-tepeng |
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242 ginger |
256 ginger |
259 ginger |
263 [ginger] |
276 ginger |
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227 bees |
light |
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betel-nut |
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manica-vine |
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piper [manika]-leaves |
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[shell-]lime |
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pig |
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cloud |
257 chicken |
chickens |
[chickens] |
chicken / clouds |
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prophecy |
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243 east |
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custom-law |
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longevity |
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228 house |
house / kitchen |
house |
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house |
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post |
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roof |
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277 rafters |
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door |
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roof-ridge |
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floor |
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eaves |
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wall |
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wall |
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posts |
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floor |
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stove |
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fire |
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door |
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stairs |
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stair |
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stairs |
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foot of stairs |
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keleg |
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horizon |
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yard |
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yard |
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yard |
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pathway |
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pathway |
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fireplace |
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260 bronze coater for horizon |
[9-layer bronze-coater for horizon] |
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imprisoned souls |
264 [imprisonedsoul] |
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east |
[east] |
east |
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west |
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south to north |
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"roof of heaven" [zenith] |
["center sky" = zenith] |
"noon place" |
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north |
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west |
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"high noon sun" [zenith] |
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sea |
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praegnant women |
244 praegnancy |
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man |
pure |
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229 thoughts of men |
decision-maker |
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betel |
245 lost souls |
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buyu-leaf |
wild game |
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water |
247 light through bronze [lamp?] |
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7th heaven: bronze eyen |
[7th heaven: bronze eyen] |
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bell |
bell |
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candle / incense |
bala (ritual) |
prolonging life |
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life's limit |
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inviter of other spirits |
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[child-messenger] |
"bottom of the ground", as inviters |
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[house etc.] |
betel |
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278 betel-nuts |
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[door] |
manika |
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betel-leaves |
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[shell-]lime |
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[pig] |
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[chickens / clouds] |
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ancestors |
248 elders |
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[custom-law] |
customs |
deities mutually facing |
[deities mutually facing] |
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258 reaper |
rainbow |
[rainbow] |
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water |
259 growth of plants |
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265 perpetual rain |
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"extended portion" |
"extended the portion of a carved chair" |
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rocks & cliffs |
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261 spotted heaven |
whirlwind / storm |
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folktales [myths] |
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epic songs |
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house |
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house |
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yard |
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foot of stairs |
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stairs |
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ladder |
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ladder-steps |
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stair-guide [bannister] |
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[yard] |
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floor |
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walls |
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side of house |
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roof-ridge |
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roof-ridge |
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rafters |
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eaves |
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posts |
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stove |
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door |
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steps |
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stairs-guide |
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end of horizon |
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front yard |
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road |
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262 child-messenger |
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talisman |
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263 [child-messenger] |
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betel |
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manika |
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shell for lime |
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betel-vines |
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the same (i.e., deities addressed), in the somewhat shorter rituals:-
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Pangumpaya |
Panluntay |
Panlang |
Bala |
Pantileb |
Amimisel |
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240 ginger |
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pig |
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237 chickens |
chicken |
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betel-nut |
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241 manica-leaf |
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lime = burned shell |
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252 babalaen (diagnoser of cause of misfortune) |
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253 early beings |
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glass-divination |
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east |
271 east |
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"center high noon" [zenith] |
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north & south |
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west |
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"center high noon" |
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272 "center of the earth" |
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254 rainbows |
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273 pig |
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231 house |
house |
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house |
house |
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roof-ridge |
roof-ridge |
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roof-ridge |
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door |
rafters |
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yard |
eaves |
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post |
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floor |
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fire [hearth] |
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ladder-guard |
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door |
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door |
door |
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ladder |
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room-centre |
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stair |
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roof-ridge |
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ladder-base |
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yard |
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way to [from] house |
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custom-law |
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customs |
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prayers |
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folktales |
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folk epic |
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238 east |
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254-255 [babalaen] |
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274 east / sun |
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west |
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north / weighing-scale |
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232 ancestors |
north to south |
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275 midwife |
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233 inviter of other deities |
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life-guard |
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235 female setting table |
centre of sky [zenith] |
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wealth |
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underneath earth [nadir] |
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p.266 places whereto soul captured by ingkantu-s is taken:-
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home |
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rivers |
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rocks |
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trees |
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cliffs |
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afterworld |
reference:-
Carmen Ching Unabia: Bukidnon Myths and Rituals. Mindanao Studies Program of the UP-Center for Integrative and Developmental Studies, 2000.