Lumawig
Kankanaey
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editLumáwig
- (folklore) the chief of the spirits
- 1972, Morice Vanoverbergh, “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[1], volume 67, number 1/2, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 81:
- ... sa et (kanó) kanán Lumáwig: "adú nan kóŋom, / ay énka ta sumáaka, / ta énka men-á si makán ya etág, / ta énka paŋanén daidá."
- ... then Lumawig says (they say): "Enough weeping, / let's go home, / and fetch rice and pork, / so that you shall feed them."
Further reading
edit- Morice Vanoverbergh (1972) “Kankanay Religion (Northern Luzon, Philippines)”, in Anthropos[2], volume 67, number 1/2 (in English and Kankanaey), Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, page 80