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When the goddess of the eastern sky Alunsina (also known as LaunSina, The Unmarried One´) reached

maidenhood, the king of the gods, Kaptan, decreed that she should marry. All theunmarried gods of the
different domains of the universe tried to win her hand to no avail. Shechose to marry a mortal, Datu Paubari,
the mighty ruler of Halawod.Her decision angered her other suitors. They plotted to bring harm to the
newlyweds. A meetingof the council of gods was called by Maklium-sa-tiwan, god of the plains, where a
decision bythose present was made to destroy Halawod by flood.Alunsina and Paubari escaped harm through
the assistance of SuklangMalayon, the goddess and guardian of happy homes and sister of Alunsina, who
learned of the evil plot and warned the two so they were able to seek refuge on higher ground.After the flood
waters subsided, Paubari and Alunsina returned to the plains secretly. Theysettled near the mouth of the
Halawodriver.Several months later Alunsina became pregnant and told Paubari to prepare the siklot,
thingsnecessary for childbirth. She delivered a set of triplets and summoned the high priest Bungot-Banwa to
perform the rites of the gods of Mount Madya-as (the mountain abode of the gods) toensure the good health of
the children. The high priest promptly made an altar and burned somealanghiran fronds and a pinch of
kamangyan.

Labaw Dongon the eldest of them three.

Dongon: inay! I want to ask for magic cape, hat, and belt and kampilan as I heard a beautiful maiden is living
in Handug. I want to make this journey to find the right woman that I’m going to marry.

Alunsina: may kaptan will guide you son!

The journey took several days. As Labaw Dongon reach the Handug.

Labaw Dongon: a pleasant morning kamahalan! I am Labaw Dongon son of captain Paubari and Goddess
Alunsina. I am here to ask for your daughter’s hand.

Datu: Labaw Dongon! You brave child! I want you to prove your prowess by killing the monster that rotten the
whole nation.

Labaw Dongon: challenge accepted kamahalan.

A few days later…

Labaw Dongon: Kamahalan, I killed the monster as a proved I brought here his tail.

Datu: Mabuhay ka Labaw Dongon! You son of the west, can marry my daughter. Now, we can live peacefully
and may kaptan guide you both.

Labaw Dongon succeeded again and passed the bridge going to Tarambang Burok.

LabawDonggon won the hand of AbyangDurunuun and also took her home. Before long he wenton
another journey, this time it is to Gadlum to ask for the hand of Malitong Yawa SinagmalingDiwata who is the
young bride of Saragnayan, the lord of darkness.This trip required him to use his bidayngainagta (black boat) on
which he sailed across the seasfor many months, went across the region of the clouds, and passed the land of
stones until finally he reached the shores of Tulogmatian which was the seaside fortress of Saragnayan.

Saragnayan: who are you!?

Labaw Dongon: I am LabawDonggon, son of Datu Paubari and goddess Alunsina of Halawod. I came for the
beautiful Malitong Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata.

Saragnayan: are you poking fun with me? You’re just throwing your life in danger.

Labaw Dongon: no, as I know my strength just enough to win her hand.

Saragnayan: you! Impolite being, brace yourself to fight with me, and I assure you that miseries comes with
you.

Labaw Dongon: Challenge accepted.Because of the power of Saragnayan, Labaw Dongon surrenders.

Saragnayan: you fought well being, yet, you gather your boastfulness as foundation of your failure. I will bury
you in prison to the deepest part of my palace.

Labaw Dongon: no!!!!!!!

Back home AngoyGinbitinan and AbyangDurunuun both delivered sons. AngoyGinbitinan’s child was named
AsoMangga and AbyangDurunuun’s son was called AbyangBaranugon. Only a few days after they were born,
AsoMangga and AbyangBaranugon embarked to look for their father. They rode their sailboats through the
region of eternal darkness, passed the region of the clouds and the land of stones, finally reaching Saragnayan’s
home.

Saragnayan: so you both are son of Labaw Dongon? And you want me to free your father. You don’t even cut
your umbilical cord and you’re asking me to free your father. Are you both insane? Your father didn’t even use
a single drop of my sweat and---

AbyangBaranugon: saragnayan, I want you to fight me in a duel and if I win let my father be free.

Saragnayan: and if you lose?

AbyangBaranugon: I will surrender and let me be imprisoning with my father.

Saragnayan: why not show me instead?

They started to fight and AbyangBaranugon won.

On the other side, Humadapnon the brother of Labaw Dongon bears a revenge for his brother to the god
of darkness. He made a journey all through out to Saragnayan. He passed different trials and he won all of it
even the covered up of Piganun.

They continued with their trek and everywhere they went they exacted revenge on all of Saragnayan¶s
people and relatives. One day they reached a place called PinilingTubig who wasruled by Datu
UmbawPinaumbaw. There was a big gathering in the village and when they askedwhat was going on they were
told that the datu was giving his daughter for marriage to whoever could remove the huge boulder that rolled
from a mountain into the center of the village. Manymen tried their luck but no one so far was able to even
move the stone.Humadapnon took off his magic cape and used it to lift the stone and threw it back into
themountain. The datu kept his word and Humadapnon married his daughter. During the wedding feast
Humadapnon heared about the beauty of the goddess of greed BurigadangPadaSinaklangBulawan from a guest
minstrel who sang at the celebration. After the wedding Humadapnon went to seek the hand of the goddess in
marriage; along the way he encountered BuyongMakabagting,

Humadapnon: a pleasant evening brother.

BuyongMakabagting: a pleasant evening. I am BuyongMakabagting, son of the mighty Datu Balahidyong of


Paling Bukid. I will fight for my maiden and ask her to marry me. BurigadangPadaSinaklangBulawan my love I
will pass everything just for you.

Humdapnon: BurigadangPadaSinaklangBulawan?? I am going to ask her to marry me.

BuyongMakabagting: I will go to marry her. I’m the first one! Let’s take it in a battle who will win will b the
one who can proceed to marry her.

Humadapnon: Challenge accepted!

They fought and BuyongMakabagting was nomatch to Humadapnon¶s strength and skill. The fight
ended when BuyongMakabagtingsurrendered and even promised to aid Humadapnon in his quest. Humadapnon
married the goddess and brought her home.

Meanwhile, right after Humadapnon left to seek Saragnayan¶s followers and relatives his brother
Dumalapdap left for Burutlakan-ka-adlaw where the maiden Lubay-LubyokHanginunsiMahuyokhuyokon lived.
For the trip he brought along Dumasig, the most powerful wrestler in Madya-as.Several months later they came
to a place called Tarambuan-ka-banwa where they encounteredthe two-headed monster Balanakon who guarded
a narrow ridge leading to the place where themaiden lived.With the aid of Dumasig, Dumalapdap killed
Balanakon. levitra buy. However, uponapproaching the gate of the palace where the maiden lived he was
confronted by Uyutang, a bat-like monster with sharp poisonous claws. There ensued a bloody battle between
the Dumalapdapand the monster. They fought for seven months and their skill and prowess seemed to be
equal.But on the seventh month, Dumalapdap was able to grab on to Uyutang¶s ankle and broke it.Then he took
his iwangdaniwan (magic dagger) and stabbed Uyutang under the armpit.Uyutang cried out so loud that the
ridge where they were fighting broke into two and there wasan earthquake. Half of the ridge became the island
of Buglas (Negros) and the other became theisland of Panay.Dumalapdap married Lubay-
LubyokHanginunsiMahuyokhuyokan and then took her home. DatuPaubari was very happy when he was
reunited with his three sons and he prepared a feast in their honor.After the celebration, the three brothers left
for different parts of the world. LabawDonggon wentto the north, Humadapnon went south, Dumalapdap to the
west and Datu Paubari remained in the east.

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