Evil spirits which bring bad luck or tempt people to sin.
Certain kinds of animals are said to be panolay or
mangalok (people who have turned into witches)
when they make noise at night. These include owls, crows,
and the kirit-kirit bird. A person should try to scare
them away by throwing stones or a using a piece of burning
firewood.
Ang mga panolay ong talon inding pisan itaen.
The evil
spirits in the forest can't be seen at all.
Mga maba-yan mo tang bokaw mga labi, banggilen
mong lagi tenged sia panolay.
If you hear the owl at night, throw a rock at it right away because
that is an evil
spirit.
-an
To encounter bad luck caused by evil spirits or due to breaking
taboos.
Ang motor ang pagkarga ta patay teta agpanolayan ong
laod.
A boat carrying a dead body sometimes encounters
bad
luck
out at sea.
There is a superstition that if a dead body is transported on
a boat, the boat will be overcome by strong winds or will
have engine problems out at sea.