Spirit wife of Sogsogot

Overview

Unaware of his wife’s death, Sogsogot meets her driving a cow and two pigs. She tells him she is no longer a living person and gives him only her smallest finger when he tries to touch her hand. At his request she leads him to a spirit town, where she hides and feeds him in a rice-bin.

The town’s other inhabitants try to eat him each night, but feathers from the white chicken she told him to bring repel them. After two weeks his supply dwindles and she lets him return. His neighbors confirm that she died and was buried beneath their house. Her protective conduct is distinguished from the predatory spirits around her; the account is a particular narrated journey, not proof of an afterlife or practical protective instructions.

Origins & earliest records

Tinguian storytelling, Philippines; particular collected witness

Records & interpretation

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1. 01

   Philippine Folk Tales

   Mabel Cook Cole, compiler and annotator · 1916

   Tinguian; Sogsogot, pp. 80–81; note86

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1. Historical collected narrative and editorial notesCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), Sogsogot, pp. 80–81; note86Research access: 2026-10-05

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