Gawigawen

Also known as: Gawigawen of Adasen / Gawigawen of Adasin · Role: owner of the orange tree of Adasin · First appears: Tale 5 · Part 1

In Tale 5 · Part 1, Gawigawen of Adasin asked his mother, Dinawágan, to arrange his marriage to Aponibolinayen, sister of Aponibalagen of Natpangan. Aponibalagen agreed; Dinawágan gave a golden cup as an engagement present, and the bride-price was set at eighteen balaua filled with valuable things. Aponibolinayen was taken from Natpangan to Adasin. In Tale 5 · Part 2, she left Gawigawen on the fifth night, and he searched for her.

In Tale 5 · Part 3, Gawigawen seized Aponibolinayen while they danced and said “she was my wife and I could not find her until now.” Kadayadawan knocked him down with a spear and revived him; Aponibalagen agreed that the marriage price Gawigawen had paid would be repaid. In Tale 11 · Part 1, Aponitolau called Gawigawen of Adasin his cousin. In Tale 13 · Part 1, Aponibolinayen warned Aponitolau that Gawigawen would secure him; in Part 2, Gawigawen took Aponitolau to his house and fed him one carabao. In Part 3, Kanag challenged Gawigawen of Adasen, killed him, and, with Aponitolau, used magic to kill everyone in Gawigawen’s town.