Ináwen

Role: mother · First appears: Tale 36

Life events

Ináwen sends the spirits beyond the sea to spread their sicknesses.(Tale 36)
- With: Dapeg Balingenngen Benisalsal
- “There is a very old woman in the sea who says to her spirits--Dapeg (a spirit which kills people) and Balingenngen (a spirit which causes bad dreams) and Benisalsal (a spirit which throws things and is unpleasant), ‘Go beyond the sea and spread your sicknesses.’”
Ináwen sends Kideng to find the spirits and tell them to return.(Tale 36)
- With: Kideng
- “Ináwen, who is waiting, sends Kideng (a servant) to search for the spirits who are killing people, to tell them to return.”
Kideng finds the spirits and leads them back to Ináwen.(Tale 36)
- With: Kideng Dapeg Balingenngen Benisalsal
- “Kideng also arrives and says, ‘You must come with me now, for she awaits you who are bearing this offering.’ They go and arrive.”
Ináwen says she will no longer send the spirits because they have killed many people.(Tale 36)
- With: Dapeg Balingenngen Benisalsal
- “Their mistress eats and says, ‘I did not think that the blood of people tasted so badly, now I shall not send you again, for you have already killed many people.’”

servant: Kideng “Ináwen, who is waiting, sends Kideng (a servant) to search for the spirits who are killing people, to tell them to return.”

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