Gimbangonan

Role: daughter of It-tonagan · First appears: Tale 3 · Part 1

In Tale 3 · Part 1, Gimbangonan of Natpangan says she is the daughter of It-tonagan, who is Aldasan’s sister. When Aponitolau is proposed as a husband, Gimbangonan agrees, and It-tonagan accepts the marriage. Langa-an leaves her a little jar and agate bead as a sign of their engagement. But when the next day comes, Aponitolau is afraid to go to Gimbangonan because she is very big; after ten days, he leaves for Kadalayapan without her and says he does not wish to marry her because she is not the woman he met by the river. As soon as Gimbangonan tells her name, she disappears and hides among the betel nuts on a tree.

In Tale 3 · Part 2, Gimbangonan comes to Aponibolinayen’s house, steals her things and kills her. Aponitolau rejects Gimbangonan and warns her not to return to harm Aponibolinayen; he says he will cut off her head if she does. He goes home to Kadalayapan and divorces Gimbangonan.

Relationship record

Life events

• Gimbangonan disappeared and hid among the betel nuts.(Tale 3 · Part 1)
  • “As soon as she told her name she disappeared and went to hide among the betel nuts on the branch of a tree.”
• Gimbangonan agreed to marry Aponitolau, and It-tonagan agreed to the marriage.(Tale 3 · Part 1 · 📍 Natpangan)
  • With: Aponitolau Langa-an It-tonagan
  • “Gimbangonan was very happy and said to her mother, ‘You tell him yes, for I wish to marry Aponitolau.’ So It-tonagan agreed to the marriage”
• Langa-an left a jar and bead with Gimbangonan as a sign of their engagement.(Tale 3 · Part 1 · 📍 Natpangan)
  • With: Langa-an
  • “So Langa-an left a little jar and agate bead, as a sign of the engagement, for Gimbangonan.”
• Aponitolau refused to join Gimbangonan after seeing that she was a very big woman.(Tale 3 · Part 1 · 📍 Natpangan)
  • With: Aponitolau
  • “Aponitolau was afraid to go to Gimbangonan, for she was a very big woman. She called to him all the time, but he did not go to her.”
• Aponitolau left Gimbangonan and went to Kadalayapan without her.(Tale 3 · Part 1 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Aponitolau
  • “After ten days Aponitolau said, ‘I am going to Kadalayapan for a little while. I will return soon.’ ‘If you go to Kadalayapan I will go with you,’ she said. ‘Do not go this time and I will take you next time,’ he said, and he went.”
• Aponitolau said he did not wish to marry Gimbangonan because she was not the woman he had met by the river.(Tale 3 · Part 1 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Aponitolau Langa-an
  • “I do not wish to marry Gimbangonan for she is not the woman I met by the river.”
• Gimbangonan comes to the house, steals Aponibolinayen's things, and kills her.(Tale 3 · Part 2)
  • With: Aponibolinayen
  • “A big woman came here and stole all my things and killed me.”
• Aponitolau rejects Gimbangonan and threatens to cut off her head if she returns to harm Aponibolinayen.(Tale 3 · Part 2 · 📍 Natpangan)
  • With: Aponitolau
  • “I do not like you, for you are a very big woman. Every time you step the floor is broken. If you come again to Kadalayapan I will cut your head off. Do not come again to harm Aponibolinayen.”
• Aponitolau divorces Gimbangonan.(Tale 3 · Part 2 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Aponitolau
  • “He went home to Kadalayapan and he divorced Gimbangonan.”

Tale 3 · Part 1

• parent: It-tonagan “My name is Gimbangonan of Natpangan, who am the daughter of It-tonagan, who is the sister of Aldasan.”
• engaged with Aponitolau “So It-tonagan agreed to the marriage and Langa-an asked how much the marriage price would be.”

Tale 3 · Part 2

• married with Aponitolau “He went home to Kadalayapan and he divorced Gimbangonan.”
• enemies with Aponibolinayen “A big woman came here and stole all my things and killed me.”
• engaged with Aponitolau “I have been engaged. You said your name was Gimbangonan, and I sent my mother to engage me to you, but when I saw Gimbangonan she was a big woman so I left her and came here to make balaua so I might find you.”
• enemies with Aponitolau “If you come again to Kadalayapan I will cut your head off. Do not come again to harm Aponibolinayen.”

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