Note 65 — 59

When the people in Magisang65 went to hunt deer and when they went to divide it, the komau, a big spirit who looks like a man, and who kills people,66 went to them to ask them, “How many did you catch?” If they had caught two they told him “Two,” and the komau said, “I caught two also.” When they went to their town, there were two dead people there in their town. Anytime they went to hunt the komau asked them how many they had caught, and when they said how many, the komau always said he had that many, and when they reached the town that many were dead. The komau did that often and many people were dead. The people in Magisang heard that Sayen was a very brave man and they went to him to tell him about the komau. Sayen said to them, “I come, but I must hide by the trees. When the komau comes and asks you how many deer you have caught he will ask you where I am. You will say to him that you do not know where I am, because you did not hear of me yet. I am sure the komau will ask you where I am, because he will smell me.” The people said, “Yes.” They went Page 187to hunt. When they reached the forest, they caught two deer and they went to the place where they singed and divided those deer which they had caught. While they were sitting there, the komau came to them and said, “How many have you?” They answered, “Two.” The komau said, “I have two also. Sayen is here.” The people said, “We do not know about Sayen, where he is.” Then Sayen came out and killed the komau.