Chapter I

Origin of the mountains.--The first son of Wígan, called Kabigát,
went from the sky region Húdog to the Earth World to hunt with
dogs. As the earth was then entirely level, his dogs ran much
from one side to another, pursuing the quarry, and this they did
without Kabigát hearing their barking. In consequence of which, it
is reported that Kabigát said: "I see that the earth is completely
flat, because there does not resound the echo of the barking of
the dogs. [37]" After becoming pensive for a little while, he
decided to return to the heights of the Sky World. Later on he
came down again with a very large cloth, and went to close the
exit to the sea of the waters of the rivers, and so it remained
closed. He returned again to Húdog, and went to make known to
Bongábong that he had closed the outlet of the waters. Bongábong
answered him: "Go thou to the house of the Cloud, and of the Fog,
and bring them to me." For this purpose he had given permission
beforehand to Cloud and Fog, intimating to them that they should
go to the house of Baiyuhíbi, [38] and so they did. Baiyuhíbi
brought together his sons Tumiok, Dumalálu, Lum-údul, Mumbatánol,
and Inaplíhan, and he bade them to rain without ceasing for three
days. Then Bongábong called to X ... and to Mangiuálat, and so
they ceased. Wígan said, moreover, to his son Kabigát: "Go thou
and remove the stopper that thou hast placed on the waters," and
so he did. And in this manner, when the waters that had covered
the earth began to recede, there rose up mountains and valleys,
formed by the rushing of the waters. [39] Then Bongábong called
Mumbá'an that he might dry the earth, and so he did.