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Overview

Cole’s origin tale presents Kadaklan as the great spirit living in the sky. Seeing people hungry and ill, he sends his servant Kaboniyan to teach cultivation and the treatment of sickness through Dayapan. In separate editorial notes Cole links the labeug omen bird with Kadaklan as messenger, and describes thunder as his dog whose barking communicates his wishes. These attributed roles concern a sacred figure in Tinguian tradition; the text does not give him the anatomy of either messenger or dog.

Sky-dwelling great spirit who sends Kaboniyan to teach peopleSpecific community attribution
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Origins & earliest records

Tinguian storytelling, Philippines; particular collected witness

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Records & interpretation

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

Selected bibliography

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    Philippine Folk Tales

    Mabel Cook Cole, compiler and annotator · 1916

    Tinguian; How the Tinguian Learned to Plant, pp.66–67, notes75–76; Gawigawen of Adasen, note37; Kanag, note62

Family & connections

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Primary records and illustrations

Direct primary record

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

Tinguian section. How the Tinguian Learned to Plant, pp.66–67, notes75–76; Gawigawen of Adasen, note37; Kanag, note62

Full story, relevant regional introduction and preface read; attached notes checked. Collection mediates oral accounts and earlier print sources without a named individual narrator here. No scientific taxonomy inferred.

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References

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  1. Historical collected narrative and editorial notesCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), How the Tinguian Learned to Plant, pp.66–67, notes75–76; Gawigawen of Adasen, note37; Kanag, note62Research access: 2026-10-05

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