HINILAWOD

• Hinilawod


  An epic poem orally transmitted from early inhabitants of a place called Sulod in Central Panay, Philippines. The term "Hinilawod" generally translates to "Tales from the Mouth of the Halawod River".
• Hinilawod is a 28,000-verse epic that takes about three days to chant in its original form, making it one of the longest epics known, alongside that of Tibet's Epic of King Gesar
• Hinilawod is one of the many pieces of oral literature passed from one generation to the next, changed and morphed by the chanter to one degree or another as he told it to his audience
• Hinilawod is not just a literary piece but also a source of information about culture, religion, and rituals of the ancient people of Sulod
• Alunsina - goddess of the eastern sea
• The newly-formed land was apportioned among the brothers: Labaw Dinggin was made the ruler of Irong-Irong (Iloilo); Humadapnin, the king of Hantique (Antique); and Dumalapdap, the lord of the Aklan region
• Thereafter, Alunsina and Paubari went to live in peace atop the Madyaas Mountains
• Saragnayan


  A powerful and evil being that Labaw Dinggin had to conquer to marry his third wife.
• Sikay Padalogdog


  A many-headed monster that Labaw Dinggin had to slay to marry his second wife.
• Manalutad


  A monster that Labaw Dinggin had to defeat to marry his first wife.
• Labaw Dinggin


  The eldest of three brothers who asked his parents for permission to find a loving and industrious woman to marry.
• It shows that ancient Filipinos believed in the "sacred," in the importance of family honour and in personal courage and dignity
• Dumalapdap


  Alunsina's third son, who embarks on a quest to win the hand of the goddess of the evening breeze, Lubay-Lubyok Hanginin si Mahuyok
• Lubay-Lubyok Hanginin si Mahuyok


  The goddess of the evening breeze, whom Dumalapdap seeks to marry
• Balanakon


  A two-headed monster that Dumalapdap must overcome in order to reach the goddess
• Ayutang


  A bat-like monster that is another obstacle in Dumalapdap's path
• Dwende


  A friendly creature who aids Dumalapdap in his quest
• Humadapnin, Alunsina's second son, set out to punish the people of the lord of darkness
• Along the way, they met a sorceress named Pinganun-Pinungganum who had taken the form of a beautiful woman and bewitched Humadapnin
• Buyong Matang-ayon succeeded in breaking her spell and the two were able to escape
• Upon reaching the kingdom of Umban Pinaumbaw, they found their way blocked by a huge boulder
• Humadapnin put on his magic cape and was able to lift the rock and put it out of the way, for which he was awarded the hand of the princess
• Alunsina fell in love with an ordinary mortal named Paubari and she married him
• When the marriage was discovered, Maklium-sa-t'wan, god of the plains and valleys, became angry and sent down raging storms and floods to the kingdom
• Suklang Malayon, the guardian of happy homes, had warned the couple beforehand
• The couple fled to the top of the Madyaas Mountains and stayed there until the gods had spent their wrath