Some of the Kiángan priests seem to have developed the further idea that this Dáwi, or farthest horizon, is in the form of a great celestial globe that surrounds the universe, forming its boundary, the inside face of which can be distinguished in the hazy distance where the deep blue of the sky fades into a very light blue or whitish color. [33] The Earth World, or layer on which we live, lies approximately at the center of the universe. It is therefore the largest layer, and the layers of the Sky World and Under World grow successively smaller as they approach the zenith and nadir of the celestial globe, the boundary of the universe. [34] The inhabitants of the universe consist chiefly of an incalculable number of greater and lesser deities and spirits. [35] In addition to these, there are the souls of men, animals, and plants. They have always existed in the various regions of the universe, and were brought to the Earth World by the gods. Men are descended from the gods of the Sky World, as we shall see in the myths. The mythology of the Kiángan Ifugaos is rich and varied. As an introduction to it, I have selected the following: ORIGIN OF THE IFUGAOS [36] 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. II