Sayen

Role: brave man · First appears: Tale 59

In Tale 59, the alan found an afterbirth outside Benben and made it into a baby named Sayen. He wanted to marry Danipán of Kadalayapan, but she refused; when she hid, Sayen married her servant Laey, believing she was Danipán, and they had a baby.

When Sayen learned the truth, he went to Kadalayapan and killed many people. At Benben, he spat on some of the dead and brought them back to life, then married Danipán and took her there. He killed the komau. After fighting Kaboniyan to a standstill, Sayen heard him say, “you are a brave man”; they became friends and went to fight in many towns. Sayen later entered a trap under a house during a fight, and the people caught and killed him.

Relationship record

Life events

• The alan made the afterbirth into a real baby named Sayen.(Tale 59 · 📍 Benben)
  • “The alan once found the afterbirth outside the town and made it a real baby whose name was Sayen.”
• Danipán refused Sayen's wish to marry her.(Tale 59 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Danipán
  • “He wanted to marry Danipán who lives in Kadalayapan, but she did not wish.”
• Sayen married Laey, believing she was Danipán.(Tale 59)
  • With: Laey
  • “She hid; so Sayen married her servant, thinking she was Danipán. The name of the servant was Laey.”
• Sayen and Laey had a baby.(Tale 59)
  • With: Laey
  • “They had one baby.”
• Sayen killed many people in Kadalayapan after discovering Laey was not Danipán.(Tale 59 · 📍 Kadalayapan)
  • With: Danipán
  • “When he got there, he began to kill the people of the town. When he had killed many people the lakay called Danipán, ‘Come out, Sayen is killing many people of the town, because you did something bad to him.’”
• Sayen brought the dead back to life and married Danipán.(Tale 59 · 📍 Benben)
  • With: Danipán
  • “Sayen spat on some of the dead people and made them alive again and he married Danipán and took her to Benben.”
• Sayen killed the komau.(Tale 59)
  • With: komau (Tale 59)
  • “Then Sayen came out and killed the komau.”
• After fighting to a standstill, Sayen and Kaboniyan became friends.(Tale 59)
  • With: Kaboniyan
  • “When Kaboniyan got there, he and Sayen fought face to face and they got tired, because Kaboniyan could not beat Sayen, and Sayen could not beat Kaboniyan. Sayen said, ‘I take my headaxe, because I am very tired.’ Kaboniyan said, ‘Do not take your headaxe; you are a brave man; I will be your friend and we will go to fight anywhere.’ Sayen said, ‘Yes.’ Then they were friends and went to fight in many towns.”
• The people caught and killed Sayen after he entered their trap.(Tale 59)
  • “Sayen came in the town again to fight. After fighting he went under the house and he went into the trap, and the people caught and killed him.”

Tale 59

• admired: Danipán “He wanted to marry Danipán who lives in Kadalayapan, but she did not wish.”
• married with Laey “She hid; so Sayen married her servant, thinking she was Danipán. The name of the servant was Laey.”
• married with Danipán “Sayen spat on some of the dead people and made them alive again and he married Danipán and took her to Benben.”
• enemies with komau (Tale 59) “Then Sayen came out and killed the komau.”
• enemies with Kaboniyan “When Kaboniyan got there, he and Sayen fought face to face and they got tired, because Kaboniyan could not beat Sayen, and Sayen could not beat Kaboniyan.”
• friends with Kaboniyan “Then they were friends and went to fight in many towns.”

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