Ibwa

Role: evil spirit · First appears: Tale 46

In Tale 46, a man gave Ibwa fat from a dead body to drink at a funeral; “Since that time he has always been bad” and tried to eat the dead and steal their clothes.

In Tale 49, Ibwa sent one of his sons to get a dead man, then sent his second and third sons when the first could not. When Ibwa came into the house, the woman cut him with headaxes in the doorway. He later gave her one of the dead man’s ears to chew and watched the sign of her saliva, made her two breasts into one in the center of her chest, and took her to his house. He said to her, “Now I am your husband.”

In Tale 51, Ibwa went to the grave of the dead man, took him, and carried him over his back.

Relationship record

Life events

• A man gave Ibwa fat from a dead body to drink, after which Ibwa became bad.(Tale 46)
  • With: a man (Tale 46)
  • “One day when he visited a funeral, a man gave Ibwa some of this fat to drink. Since that time he has always been bad and always tries to eat the body of the dead and steals his clothes.”
• Ibwa sent one of his sons to get the dead man.(Tale 49)
  • With: one of Ibwa's sons
  • “He sent one of his sons to get the dead man.”
• The woman cut Ibwa with the headaxes when he came into the house.(Tale 49)
  • With: the woman (Tale 49)
  • “When the Ibwa came in the house, the woman took the headaxes and cut him in the doorway.”
• Ibwa sent his second and third sons after the first son could not get the dead man.(Tale 49)
  • With: Ibwa's second son Ibwa's third son
  • “His father could not wait for him; he sent his second son and his third son.”
• Ibwa gave the woman one of the dead man's ears to chew and tested the sign of her saliva.(Tale 49)
  • With: the woman (Tale 49) the man (Tale 49)
  • “The Ibwa took the two ears of the dead man; he ate one and gave the other to the woman to chew, like betel-nut, to see the sign.”
• Ibwa changed the woman's two breasts into one in the center of her chest.(Tale 49)
  • With: the woman (Tale 49)
  • “He made the woman's two breasts into one in the center of her chest.”
• Ibwa took the woman to his house.(Tale 49)
  • With: the woman (Tale 49)
  • “He took her to his house.”
• Ibwa took the dead man from his grave and carried him over his back.(Tale 51)
  • With: the dead man (Tale 51)
  • “He went there and took the dead man. He put one foot of the dead man over each shoulder and let him hang down over his back.”

Tale 46

• benefactor: a man (Tale 46) “One day when he visited a funeral, a man gave Ibwa some of this fat to drink.”

Tale 49

• enemies with the woman (Tale 49) “When the Ibwa came in the house, the woman took the headaxes and cut him in the doorway.”
• married with the woman (Tale 49) “He said to the woman, ‘Now I am your husband.’”
• child: one of Ibwa's sons “He sent one of his sons to get the dead man.”
• child: Ibwa's second son “His father could not wait for him; he sent his second son and his third son.”
• child: Ibwa's third son “His father could not wait for him; he sent his second son and his third son.”

Tale 51

• enemies with the dead man (Tale 51) (Ibwa took the dead man's body.) “He went there and took the dead man.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Tinguian. Made with Rho MD.