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Overview

Silit, glossed as loud thunder, questions Aponitolau on the way to Adasen and asks him to stand on a high stone. When the thunder sounds, the traveler jumps, and Silit warns that his journey has a bad sign. Aponitolau ignores the warning and dies in Adasen. His son Kanag later takes the same test without moving and receives a favorable prediction before successfully restoring his father. Cole’s note separately reports thunder as Kadaklan’s dog in beliefs she describes as contemporary; the tale itself presents a speaking tester and does not describe a dog-shaped body.

Speaking thunder who tests travelers by their response to its soundSpecific 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; Gawigawen of Adasen, pp.29,33; complete tale pp.25–36, notes30–41

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Direct primary record

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

Tinguian section. Gawigawen of Adasen, pp.29,33; complete tale pp.25–36, notes30–41

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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  1. Historical collected narrative and editorial notesCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), Gawigawen of Adasen, pp.29,33; complete tale pp.25–36, notes30–41Research access: 2026-10-05

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