Pagatipánan

Family: The people of Kadalayapan · Role: Lakay of Kadalayapan · First appears: Tale 1 · Part 2

In Tale 1 · Part 2, at Kaodanan, Pagatipánan and Ebang found Aponibolinayen by the well after she had been missing. In Part 3, when she would not tell them where the baby came from, they decided to hold balaua; they used magic while bathing the child, and it grew until it could walk. In Tale 3 · Part 1, Aponitolau names Pagatipánan and Langa-an as his parents. In Tale 4 · Part 1, at Kadalayapan, Pagatipánan and Langa-an found Aponitolau after searching for him and exhausting their animals.

In Tale 6 · Part 3, Aponigawani was brought to Pagatipánan at Kadalayapan after fighting. A betel-nut spittle test showed that Lingiwan was Pagatipánan’s son and that Aponigawani and Aponibolinayen were relatives; the families learned this from the quids. In Part 4, Lingiwan asked Pagatipánan to arrange his marriage to Aponibolinayen, and Pagatipánan sent Langa-an to Kaodanan to negotiate. The families agreed on the payment and held the rice ceremony; afterward, Pagatipánan and Langa-an returned home, leaving Lingiwan with Aponibolinayen.

In Tale 9, Langa-an and Pagatipánan changed Dagdagalisit’s name to Ligi. In Tale 10 · Part 3, chewing betel-nut showed them that Kagkagákag was their relative, and they called him Aponitolau. In Tale 19 · Part 3, Aponibalagen names Pagatipánan and Ebang as his parents. In Tale 23, betel-nut quids revealed that Aponibolinayen was Ebang and Pagatipánan’s daughter; they called her Aponibolinayen and called Ligi Aponitolau.