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Overview

Aguio, twin brother of Bulanawan and son of Langgona, becomes a warrior while separated from the child carried away by the wind. Travelling to Bulanawan’s country, he sees the sleeping hero’s wife and intends to take her. Her refusal of his request for betel-nut begins the confrontation. The brothers’ combat shakes the earth, attracting other relatives into a widening struggle until their grandfather makes peace. This is the specific spelling and episode in Cole’s telling; no unverified alias equation with other similarly named epic heroes is asserted.

Hero who unknowingly challenges his separated twin brotherPublic traditional narrative
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Origins & earliest records

Philippines; Bukidnon accounts as grouped by Cole

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Records & interpretation

Complete relevant story, collection preface, regional introduction and attached notes directly read.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

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    Philippine Folk Tales

    Mabel Cook Cole, compiler and annotator · 1916

    Bukidnon, Bulanawan and Aguio, pp. 131–132 and notes9–11

Family, evolution & connections

Bulanawan and Aguio’s stated paternal family in Cole’s telling

Only the named Bukidnon telling in Cole’s 1916 collection, pp.131–132.

Explicit opening parentage and the concluding recognition of Langgona’s father as the twins’ grandfather. The mother is Langgona’s unnamed wife, stated in the opening. Other arriving “brothers” are not assigned to this family because their exact kinship is unclear. This is not a merged genealogy of other Agyu traditions.

Fay-Cooper Cole (1916), Philippine Folk Tales, Bukidnon: Bulanawan and Aguio, pp.131–132

Primary records and illustrations

Direct primary record

Mabel Cook Cole, Philippine Folk Tales (Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1916)

Bukidnon section. Bukidnon, Bulanawan and Aguio, pp. 131–132 and notes9–11

Complete relevant account(s), notes and section introduction read. Source-specific actions and variant sequences preserved; modern anatomy, identity equations and transmission histories not inferred. Original paraphrase.

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References

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  1. Historical collected narrative and editorial notesCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), Bukidnon, Bulanawan and Aguio, pp. 131–132 and notes9–11Research access: 2026-10-05

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