Awig (Tale 25)

Role: father · First appears: Tale 25 · Part 1

In Tale 25, Awig is married to Aponibolinayen and is the father of Linongan. He tells Linongan to watch their rice, but after she is killed, he uses magic to poison the alzados and recover her head and the valuable things placed on her.

In Tale 25 · Part 2, Awig uses magic to keep the alzados from reaching him as he carries Linongan’s head home. At Natpangan, he joins her head to her body, and she begins to sweat; Alokotán then joins her cut and wakes her with perfume. Awig transforms four branches into a balaua, and ten days later he and Aponibolinayen hold a Libon. When Linongan and Iwaginan dance and water floods the town, Awig and Alokotán tell them to stop. In Tale 25 · Part 3, the marriage payment is made for Linongan.

Relationship record

Life events

• Awig poisoned the alzados, and they all died.(Tale 25 · Part 1)
  • “As soon as he drank he made the bravest drink. Not long after he made all of them drink, and the alzados all died, for he used magic so that when they had all drunk then they all died.”
• Awig recovered Linongan’s head and took the valuable things placed on her.(Tale 25 · Part 1)
  • With: Linongan
  • “He put a basket on his back, and he went to put the head of his daughter in the basket. He took the head into the middle of the circle, and he took all the valuable things which the alzados had put on her.”
• Awig uses magic to keep the alzados from reaching him, and they turn back toward home.(Tale 25 · Part 2)
  • “He used magic so that the flame of the fire was so hot that the alzados who followed could not reach him. When the flame of the fire was over he turned his face again when he reached the middle of the next field. He used his magic again so that the flame was so high there that the alzados, who always followed, could not reach him.”
• Awig joins Linongan’s body and head, and she begins to sweat.(Tale 25 · Part 2 · 📍 Natpangan)
  • With: Aponibolinayen Linongan
  • “When he arrived in their house he joined the body and the head. They looked at her and she was sweating.”
• Alokotán joins Linongan’s cut body and uses her power to awaken her.(Tale 25 · Part 2 · 📍 Natpangan)
  • With: Alokotán Linongan
  • “When the old woman had finished to talk to them she put saliva around the cut on Linongan and caused it to join. When she finished joining it, ‘I use my power so that when I snap my perfume which is called dagimonau ('to wake up') she will wake up at once.’ When she snapped her perfume Linongan woke up at once.”
• Awig magically transforms four branches into a balaua.(Tale 25 · Part 2)
  • With: Aponibolinayen Alokotán Linongan
  • “Not long after Awig went to take four small branches of the tree and he used magic, ‘I use my power so that when the four sticks will stand they will become a balaua.’ He used his power and truly the four sticks became a balaua”
• Awig and Aponibolinayen hold a Libon and invite their relatives to make balaua.(Tale 25 · Part 2)
  • With: Aponibolinayen
  • “Ten days later they made Libon, on the tenth night.”
• Awig and Alokotán stop Linongan and Iwaginan from dancing when their dance floods the town.(Tale 25 · Part 2)
  • With: Alokotán Linongan Iwaginan
  • “When they were still dancing the water flowed, only a little while, and it was only knee deep, ‘Ala, you Iwaginan and Linongan, stop dancing because we are deluged,’ said Awig and the old woman Alokotán.”
• The marriage payment was made for Linongan.(Tale 25 · Part 3)
  • With: Iwaginan Linongan Aponibolinayen Dinowágan
  • “Not long after they made pakálon.”

Tale 25 · Part 1

• married with Aponibolinayen “Ala, you are so happy now, Awig, for you cannot see our daughter Linongan,” said his wife Aponibolinayen, and Awig laid down in the balaua and Aponibolinayen laid down in the room.”
• child: Linongan “Ala, you my daughter Linongan live here and watch our rice, I will come to see you.”
• enemies with the bravest (Tale 25) “As soon as he drank he made the bravest drink. Not long after he made all of them drink, and the alzados all died, for he used magic so that when they had all drunk then they all died.”

Tale 25 · Part 2

• child: Linongan “Ala, Awig you go and command someone to get the old woman Alokotán. When she speaks to the cut on our daughter's body the body and head will join better,” said Aponibolinayen to Awig.”

Tale 25 · Part 3

• child: Linongan “‘I like her, but it is better for her to be married. He seems to have power. Don't you know that a girl has many dangers? It is better for her to be married, because she is the only daughter we have,’ said Awig.”

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