Ihîk desired to drink first but they deterred him, saying: "It is not just that thou shouldst drink first, being the last born of us brothers!" Then Kabigát drank, and afterwards Balitúk. Just as Ihîk was about to do so, Balitúk seized him and shoved the whole of his head under the rock, adding: "Drink! Satiate thyself once for all, and serve henceforth as a tube for others to drink from!" And so it came to pass that Ihîk on receiving the water through his mouth sent it forth at the base of his trunk. He said to his brothers: "You are bent on making me take the part of a water-spout! I shall do so, but bear in mind that I shall also take just vengeance on your descendants for this injury." In view of this threat, Kabigát and Balitúk did not dare to make use of the improvised fountain, and so they returned home. This myth, which is very long, then relates how certain of the great deities befriended Ihîk by setting him free and assisting him in obtaining vengeance on his brothers and their descendants. Another myth, showing an interesting resemblance to a Manóbo myth already given, tells how the sky region of Manaháut, [50] which was once very near the Earth World, was raised to its present position. The cannibalistic and voracious appetite of Manaháut was causing the slow extermination of the human race, [51] and the aid of the gods was invoked. The Ifugaos have a number of powerful deities who always remain in a sitting posture. One of these suddenly rose up, and, with his head and shoulders, thrust the sky region of Manaháut to a vast height above the earth, thereby preventing the extermination of the people. [52] As a final example of Kiángan Ifugao mythology, I give the following story which is one of the best specimens of Ifugao literature. THE STORY OF BÚGAN AND KINGGÁUAN, OR THE MARRIAGE OF A GODDESS WITH A MAN [53]