Iwaginan

Role: of Pindayan · First appears: Tale 4 · Part 3

In Tale 4 · Part 3, Iwaginan’s wife Gimbagonan was jealous when he danced first with Asibowan. In Tale 5 · Part 1, he gave skirts to Nagten-ngaeyan of Kapanikiyan and Dakandokan of Pakapsowan. In Tale 6 · Part 3, at Kadalayapan, he gave Gintoban a skirt to dance after she asked him to bid her dance. Tale 15 identifies Ginalingan of Pindayan as his sister. In Tale 22 · Part 3, at Pindayan, he divorced Gimbagonan and went to marry Aponibolinayen.

In Tale 25 · Part 2, Awig and Alokotán told Iwaginan and Linongan to stop dancing when the water flooded the town. In Part 3, he became engaged to Linongan, and the marriage payment was made for her. At Pindayan, he cured the cut in her side with a magic pool. He called Dinowágan their mother, and they went to see her. Tale 27 names Adolan, Igowan, and Ibago wa Agimlang among his siblings; after betel-nut chewing and the telling of names, the quids showed Igowan and Ginalingan’s connection to Iwaginan and Adolan. He went home with Igowan and Adolan, and they did not let Ginalingan return home.

In Tale 31, at Pindayan, Iwaginan and Indayo drank basi with Ganinawan and Asigtanan and slept in one room. The next morning, Iwaginan and Indayo returned home without seeing the two girls; the spirit helpers carried the girls to Pindayan, where Iwaginan and Indayo married them. When they tried to take the girls back, Kanag and Dagoláyan would not let them.