Their priest or physician is called bomo, and he invokes the hantu, or deities, the Anito of the Philippine Islanders, the tii of the Tahitians; and, probably, the Wandong and Vintana of Australia and Madagascar respectively.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
They believe that one of the twins, which unfortunate one they call "a-tin-fu-yang'," is an Anito child; it is the offspring of an Anito.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks
The reason for this is the belief that the Anito of the ancestor cares for and protects its descendants when they are abroad.
"The Bontoc Igorot"
Albert Ernest Jenks