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:-

Singampu

Samaya-en

Pandalawit

Panawag

[continuation of same]

Panalepeng-tepeng

 

242 ginger

256 ginger

259 ginger

263 [ginger]

276 ginger

227 bees

light

       
         

betel-nut

manica-vine

       

piper [manika]-leaves

         

[shell-]lime

         

pig

 

cloud

257 chicken

chickens

[chickens]

chicken / clouds

 

prophecy

       
 

243 east

       
 

custom-law

     

longevity

228 house

house / kitchen

house

   

house

   

post

     
   

roof

   

277 rafters

door

door

door

   

roof-ridge

   

floor

   

eaves

   

wall

   

wall

         

posts

         

floor

         

stove

         

fire

         

door

stairs

 

stair

   

stairs

   

foot of stairs

   

keleg

         

horizon

yard

 

yard

   

yard

   

pathway

   

pathway

   

fireplace

     
     

260 bronze coater for horizon

[9-layer bronze-coater for horizon]

 
     

imprisoned souls

264 [imprisonedsoul]

 
     

east

[east]

east

         

west

         

south to north

     

"roof of heaven" [zenith]

["center sky" = zenith]

"noon place"

     

north

   
     

west

   
     

"high noon sun" [zenith]

   
     

sea

   

praegnant women

244 praegnancy

       

man

pure

       

229 thoughts of men

decision-maker

       

betel

245 lost souls

       

buyu-leaf

wild game

       

water

247 light through bronze [lamp?]

 

7th heaven: bronze eyen

[7th heaven: bronze eyen]

 

bell

bell

       

candle / incense

bala (ritual)

prolonging life

 

life's limit

 

inviter of other spirits

     

[child-messenger]

"bottom of the ground", as inviters

           

[house etc.]

betel

     

278 betel-nuts

[door]

manika

     

betel-leaves

         

[shell-]lime

         

[pig]

         

[chickens / clouds]

ancestors

248 elders

       
 

[custom-law]

customs

deities mutually facing

[deities mutually facing]

 
   

258 reaper

rainbow

[rainbow]

 
 

water

259 growth of plants

 

265 perpetual rain

 
     

"extended portion"

"extended the portion of a carved chair"

 
       

rocks & cliffs

 
     

261 spotted heaven

whirlwind / storm

 
       

folktales [myths]

 
       

epic songs

 
     

house

 

house

     

yard

   
     

foot of stairs

   
     

stairs

   

ladder

   

ladder-steps

   
     

stair-guide [bannister]

   

[yard]

   

floor

   
     

walls

   
     

side of house

   
     

roof-ridge

 

roof-ridge

         

rafters

         

eaves

         

posts

         

floor

         

stove

         

fire

         

door

         

steps

         

stairs-guide

         

end of horizon

         

front yard

         

road

     

262 child-messenger

   
     

talisman

   
     

263 [child-messenger]

   
     

betel

   
     

manika

   
     

shell for lime

   
     

betel-vines

   

the same (i.e., deities addressed), in the somewhat shorter rituals:-

Pangumpaya

Panluntay

Panlang

Bala

Pantileb

Amimisel

   

240 ginger

     
   

pig

     
 

237 chickens

chicken

     
   

betel-nut

     
   

241 manica-leaf

     
   

lime = burned shell

     
     

252 babalaen (diagnoser of cause of misfortune)

   
     

253 early beings

   
     

glass-divination

   
     

east

271 east

 
     

"center high noon" [zenith]

   
     

north & south

   
     

west

   
     

"center high noon"

   
         

272 "center of the earth"

     

254 rainbows

 

273 pig

231 house

house

 

house

house

 

roof-ridge

roof-ridge

   

roof-ridge

 

door

rafters

       

yard

eaves

       
 

post

       
 

floor

       
 

fire [hearth]

     

ladder-guard

 

door

   

door

door

 

ladder

     

room-centre

 

stair

     

roof-ridge

 

ladder-base

       
 

yard

       
 

way to [from] house

       

custom-law

 

customs

 

prayers

 
     

folktales

   
     

folk epic

   
 

238 east

 

254-255 [babalaen]

 

274 east / sun

 

west

     

north / weighing-scale

232 ancestors

north to south

     

275 midwife

233 inviter of other deities

       

life-guard

235 female setting table

centre of sky [zenith]

     

wealth

 

underneath earth [nadir]

       

p.266 places whereto soul captured by ingkantu-s is taken:-

home

rivers

rocks

trees

cliffs

afterworld

reference:-

Carmen Ching Unabia: Bukidnon Myths and Rituals. Mindanao Studies Program of the UP-Center for Integrative and Developmental Studies, 2000.