Dapilísan

Also known as: Dapilisan · Role: wife of Kanag; daughter of Bangan and Dalonágan · First appears: Tale 15

In Tale 15, after the Sayang, Kanag married Dapilísan. In Tale 17 · Part 1, Kanag asked her parents, Bangan and Dalonágan, for permission to marry their daughter, and they married. In Tale 17 · Part 2, Kanag and Dapilísan invited Aponibolinayen to their Sayang in Kalaskigan.

In Tale 21 · Part 2, Dapilísan and Kanag chewed betel-nut and realized they were suited to marry; he followed her home after meeting her at the well. In Tale 21 · Part 3, he returned with her and told her parents he intended to marry her. Their families agreed on the marriage price and allowed the marriage, and Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen took Dapilísan and her husband to Kadalayapan.

Relationship record

Life events

• Kanag married Dapilisan.(Tale 15 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Kanag
  • “As soon as the Sayang was over they made pakálon for Kanag and Tabyayen, and Kanag married Dapilisan”
• Kanag married Dapilísan.(Tale 17 · Part 1)
  • With: Kanag Bangan Dalonágan
  • “So they were married.”
• Kanag and Dapilísan invited Aponibolinayen to their Sayang.(Tale 17 · Part 2 · 📍 Kalaskigan)
  • With: Kanag Aponibolinayen
  • “Do not cut me, for I came to invite you, for Kanag and his wife Dapilísan sent me to summon you to their Sayang in Kalaskigan,”
• Aponibolinayen paid the marriage price for Kanag’s marriage to Dapilísan.(Tale 17 · Part 2 · 📍 Kalaskigan)
  • With: Aponibolinayen Kanag Dalonágan
  • “When the balaua was over the people who went to attend the Sayang went home”
• Kanag and Dapilísan chewed betel-nut and realized they were suited to marry.(Tale 21 · Part 2)
  • With: Kanag
  • “Not long after he gave her betel-nut and they chewed. As soon as they chewed they saw that it was good for them to marry, for they both had magical power”
• Kanag followed Dapilísan home after meeting her at the well.(Tale 21 · Part 2)
  • With: Kanag
  • “The girl went home and Kanag followed her.”
• Kanag returned with Dapilísan and said he intended to marry her.(Tale 21 · Part 3)
  • With: Kanag
  • “As soon as I saw her I thought it was good for me to marry her, so I became a man and came home with her.”
• Their families agreed on the marriage price and allowed Kanag to marry Dapilísan.(Tale 21 · Part 3 · 📍 Kabno-angan)
  • With: Kanag Bangan Dalonágan
  • “When she hung on the thread and it did not break they allowed Kanag to marry Dapílísan.”
• Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen took Kanag and his wife to Kadalayapan.(Tale 21 · Part 3 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Aponitolau Aponibolinayen Kanag
  • “As soon as the people went home, Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen took Kanag and his wife to Kadalayapan.”

Tale 15

• married with Kanag “As soon as the Sayang was over they made pakálon for Kanag and Tabyayen, and Kanag married Dapilisan, and Tabyayen married Binaklingan, and the marriage price was the balaua about nine times full for each of them.”

Tale 17 · Part 1

• married with Kanag “So they were married.”
• parent: Bangan “My Aunt Bangan and my Uncle Dalonágan, do not be surprised, for I want to marry your daughter Dapilísan.”
• parent: Dalonágan “My Aunt Bangan and my Uncle Dalonágan, do not be surprised, for I want to marry your daughter Dapilísan.”

Tale 17 · Part 2

• married with Kanag “My name is Dapilísan, who is the daughter of Bangan and Dalonágan, who is the wife of your son Kanag, for whom you did not make pakálon.”
• parent: Bangan “My name is Dapilísan, who is the daughter of Bangan and Dalonágan, who is the wife of your son Kanag, for whom you did not make pakálon.”
• parent: Dalonágan “My name is Dapilísan, who is the daughter of Bangan and Dalonágan, who is the wife of your son Kanag, for whom you did not make pakálon.”

Tale 21 · Part 2

• parent: Bangan “My name is Dapilísan, who is the daughter of Bangan and Dalonágan of Kabno-angan.”
• parent: Dalonágan “My name is Dapilísan, who is the daughter of Bangan and Dalonágan of Kabno-angan.”
• courtship with Kanag “As soon as they chewed they saw that it was good for them to marry, for they both had magical power and Kanag told his name first and said, ‘My name is Kanag Kabagbagowan, who is the son of Aponitolau and Aponibolinayen of Kadalayapan, who did not like him, and they sent him to watch their mountain rice, and he became a bird which is a labeg.’ ‘My name is Dapilísan, who is the daughter of Bangan and Dalonágan of Kabno-angan.’”

Tale 21 · Part 3

• parent: Bangan “Do not be surprised because I am with your daughter, for I am to be married to her.”
• married with Kanag “When she hung on the thread and it did not break they allowed Kanag to marry Dapílísan.”
• parent: Dalonágan “Bangan and Dalonágan said to him, “I wondered why my daughter went to the well.”

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