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Overview
On the road to Adasen, lightning asks Aponitolau his destination and tells him to stand on a high rock. He dodges its flash, and lightning warns that he will not return. When Kanag later comes to seek his father, lightning repeats the test; the boy remains still and receives encouragement. The narrative personifies lightning through conversation, a dwelling and judgment of omens, without assigning an additional personal name or a human or animal body.
Origins & earliest records
Tinguian storytelling, Philippines; particular collected witness
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
Tinguian; Gawigawen of Adasen, pp.29,33; complete tale pp.25–36, notes30–41
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
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.
References
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- 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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