Gináwan

Also known as: Gináwan of Nagtinawan · Role: woman · First appears: Tale 6 · Part 1

In Tale 6 · Part 1, Gináwan of Nagtinawan led an attack against Aponigawani of Kadalayapan. Aponigawani killed Gináwan’s companions but spared her; Gináwan asked to live so someone could return to their town, and went home alone. Aponigawani said she would come next to Gináwan’s town to fight.

In Tale 6 · Part 3, at Nagtinawan, the attackers cut down the people of Gináwan’s town. Gináwan begged, “Please spare me, and if you wish marry me,” and they did not kill her.

Relationship record

Life events

• Gináwan led an attack against Aponigawani.(Tale 6 · Part 1 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Aponigawani
  • “Soon after that Gináwan of Nagtinawan said, ‘You people who live in the same town in which I live, let us go to fight Aponigawani of Kadalayapan.’”
• Aponigawani killed Gináwan’s companions and spared Gináwan, who went home alone.(Tale 6 · Part 1)
  • With: Aponigawani
  • “When Aponigawani had killed all of them except Gináwan and she had all their weapons, Gináwan said, ‘Please, my friend, let me live so that someone may go back to the town we came from.’ ‘Ala, yes, if that is what you ask, my friend, but I will come next to your town,’ she said, and Gináwan went home alone.”
• Aponigawani said she would come to Gináwan’s town to fight.(Tale 6 · Part 1)
  • With: Aponigawani
  • “‘Ala, yes, if that is what you ask, my friend, but I will come next to your town,’ she said”
• At Nagtinawan the people of Gináwan's town were cut down; Gináwan begged to be spared and offered to marry her attackers, and they did not kill her.(Tale 6 · Part 3 · 📍 Nagtinawan)
  • With: Aponigawani
  • “They looked as if they cut down banana trees when they cut down their enemies. ‘Please spare me, and if you wish marry me,’ said Gináwan. ‘If that is what you say we will kill you last,’ but they did not kill her.”

Tale 6 · Part 1

• enemies with Aponigawani “Soon after that Gináwan of Nagtinawan said, ‘You people who live in the same town in which I live, let us go to fight Aponigawani of Kadalayapan.’”

Tale 6 · Part 3

• enemies with Aponigawani “with whom Aponigawani agreed to fight this month.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Tinguian. Made with Rho MD.