The Creation of The World, the Origin of the Negritos, the Sun, the Moon, the Rainbow, Rain

T he Menik Kaien and Kintak Bong believe that the earth was brought up from below by Taheum (the dungbeetle) in the form of a kind of powder. ¹ This Kawap, the bear, stamped down with his paws, for, if he had not done so, the earth would have gone on rising till it almost reached the sky. ²