the sick man (Tale 43)

Role: sick man · First appears: Tale 43

Life events

• Kaboniyan instructed the sick man to perform offerings and decorate the stones so Apadel would guard the town.(Tale 43)
  • With: Kaboniyan
  • “Ala! now kill a small pig and offer its blood mixed with rice. Oil the heads of the stones well, and decorate them with yellow head bands. When you do this Apadel will always guard the town.”
• The sick man followed Kaboniyan’s instructions and performed the rites when making balaua, sick, or going to fight.(Tale 43)
  • With: Kaboniyan
  • “The man and his companion always did as Kaboniyan said, and when they made balaua, or were sick, or went to fight, they did this.”
• The man who urinated on the stones became crazy.(Tale 43)
  • “All who obeyed were always well, but one man who urinated on the stones became crazy.”

Tale 43

• employer: Kaboniyan “In the first times Kaboniyan told a sick man to go to the mango tree at the edge of the village.”

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