Asibowan

Role: mother of Binaklingan · First appears: Tale 4 · Part 1

In Tale 4 · Part 1, Aponitolau stayed with Asibowan at Gegenawan for nine months. Asibowan became pregnant and gave birth to their daughter, Binaklingan, who grew one span every time Asibowan bathed her, through magic. Asibowan told Aponitolau to return home, marry a woman, and make Sayang so she could come to Kadalayapan; she stayed behind, and later had a golden house built for Binaklingan and sent it by magic to Kadalayapan. Aponitolau revealed there that Binaklingan was his daughter and that Asibowan had not wanted to come. Asibowan said she was related to Kaboniyan.

Relationship record

Life events

• Aponitolau stayed with Asibowan for nine months.(Tale 4 · Part 1 · 📍 Gegenawan)
  • With: Aponitolau
  • “So Aponitolau staid with her nine months”
• Asibowan became pregnant and gave birth to their daughter, Binaklingan.(Tale 4 · Part 1 · 📍 Gegenawan)
  • With: Aponitolau Binaklingan
  • “Asibowan became pregnant and not long after she gave birth.”
• Asibowan magically made Binaklingan grow one span each time she bathed her.(Tale 4 · Part 1)
  • With: Aponitolau Binaklingan
  • “When Asibowan bathed the baby it grew one span for she used magical power. So the baby grew one span every time.”
• Asibowan told Aponitolau to go home and marry a woman before making Sayang so she could come to Kadalayapan.(Tale 4 · Part 1)
  • With: Aponitolau
  • “The best thing for you to do is to go home and find a woman whom you should marry and then when you are married you make Sayang and I will come to Kadalayapan,”
• Asibowan had a golden house built for Binaklingan and magically sent it to Kadalayapan.(Tale 4 · Part 1 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Aponitolau Binaklingan
  • “Not long after they commanded that a house be made for Binaklingan, and it was all of gold. It was finished in the middle of the night and she used magic so that the golden house went to Kadalayapan.”
• Aponitolau revealed that Binaklingan was his daughter and that Asibowan had remained behind.(Tale 4 · Part 1 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Aponitolau Binaklingan
  • “Yes, Binaklingan who is here is my daughter, and her mother Asibowan with whom I lived for a long time did not want to come here to Kadalyapan,”

Tale 4 · Part 1

• child: Binaklingan “Yes, Binaklingan who is here is my daughter, and her mother Asibowan with whom I lived for a long time did not want to come here to Kadalyapan, for she said I must find a girl suitable for me to marry and then we must make balaua so that she will come to our town.”
• with Kaboniyan (The text says Asibowan is related to Kaboniyan but does not specify the tie.) “How can we chew betel-nut, for I do not chew for I am related to Kaboniyan?”
• with Aponitolau (They lived together for nine months; the text later says they were not married.) “So Aponitolau staid with her nine months and his father and mother were searching for him.”

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