REDEMPTION AND THE SACRIFICE In order to redeem the people and
at the same time reveal how deeply He loved them, Kinoingan
sacrificed His own beloved daughter Ponompuan. It was a painful
decision but it was necessary in order that the people will
never again forget how much He loves them, and that they will be
reminded even while they toil, plant, harvest, eat and drink,
that He is always with them. In the Kadazandusun story of
redemption, Kinoingan sacrificed His only daughter Ponompuan and
planted the various parts of her body in the fields as though
they were seeds. The people who came to ask Kinoingan for crop
seeds could not understand why Kinoingan killed His beloved
Daughter, cutting her body into pieces and planting them. They
could only watch and ponder. Upon leaving Kinoingan did not
utter a word and no seeds were given to the people fro planting.
So they all went back puzzled. In another version of the story,
Ponompuan entreated her Father’s mercy upon the dying earth,
conveying to him the peoples’