Note 57 — The Story of Búgan and Kin͠ggáuan, or the Marriage of a Goddess with a Man53

Búgan endeavored to remove the greatest possible portion of the corrupted part of her son. Consequently, she changed the head of Balitúk into an owl57—a nocturnal bird called akúp by the Ifugaos—whence the origin of the Kián͠gan custom of auguring evil from this bird, and the offering of sacrifices of fowls to Búgan, in order that no harm should come to them, and that the said owl should not return to them.