TI BIAG NI LAM-ANG

TI BIAG NI LAM-ANG

The only recorded and authentic epic among the

Christianized texts of tribes

Versions
Versions

earliest
earliest version
version 1889,
1889, latest
latest 1947
1947
UP
..
UPProf.
Prof.Emeritus
Emeritusof
ofLiterature
LiteratureLeopoldo
LeopoldoYY
Yabes
Yabes(1935),
(1935),reports
reports1958
1958and
and1973
1973
versions
versionsbased
basedon
onIsabelo
IsabeloDelos
DelosReyes
Reyes
version
versionof
of1889
1889as
asgiven
givenby
byFr.
Fr.Gerardo
Gerardo
Blanco,
Blanco,parish
parishpriest
priestof
ofBangar,
Bangar,La
LaUnion
Union
translated
translatedinto
intoEnglish
Englishin
inmanila
manila1916
1916by
by
Anastacio
AnastacioB.
B.Gerard;
Gerard;
Mercedes
MercedesVega,
Vega,Andres
AndresS.
S.Dicholo
Dicholoand
and
Mariano
MarianoL.
L.Meneses
Menesestranslated
translatedversion
versionof
of
Story (Highlights)
1889
1889in
inSpanish;
Spanish;
Main
Characters
Canuto
Medina
Canuto
Medinaversion
version1906
1906in
inEnglish
Englishno
no
Lam-ang
longer
longeravailable;
available;Parayno
ParaynoHermenos
Hermenos(1927),
(1927),
Ines
La
(1926)
Cannoyan/Kannoyan
LaLucha
Lucha
(1926)
Namongan (Dona Miliang/Emilia)Lam-angs mother
Don Juan Lam-angs father

Exploits
Namongan had a child who by 9
months old started to talk and
named himself Lam-ang
Searched for his father in the
land of the tattooed Igorots
and killed them
Killed the biggest crocodile in
the river Amburayan and made
its teeth his necklace
Defeated Sumarang by throwing
him over nine hills with his
own spear with the help of a
wind
Coveted Ines Cannoyan
eaten by the rarang, died and
was resurrected with the crow
of his yellow-legged cock

Other details
Partners: white rooster with
yellow legs and a hairy spotted
dog
When boats refused to move,
Lam-ang slapped the boats and
they start
Cannoyan wanted to see how Lamang walks and if something is
wrong with him, she will return
him to his mother
Lam-ang as a conveyor of useful
knowledge--kind of food a
conceiving mother needs,
necessary preparations for
birth, description of Lam-ang's
regions, kinds of wood used in
houses, storage of rice and
other varieties, clothes for
courtship and marriage; for
industry: Cannoyan's loom for
weaving
Incorporated with Christian
beliefs of marriage and baptism
Vocabulary suffer from
acculturation: bolletan,
oracionan, lugar, agabrasar,
etc. names: Namongan Dona
Miliang / Emilia
-at sa ibang bersyon ay may mga
amerikano at kasamang jeep sa
panliligaw kay ines.
patuloy na inililimbag ng
"Parayno Publishing House" sa
Calasino, Pangasinan

TIHISTORY
BIAG NI
LAM-ANG
OF ILOCANO LITERATURE
TI BIAG NI LAM-ANG
The only recorded and authentic epic among the
Christianized texts of tribes

LITERATURE

Other details

Versions Tagalog
Balagtasan

1909 biag ti
a lakay,
earliest version 1889, latest maysa
1947
Bukanegan Ilocano
menna mekann UP Prof. Emeritus of Literature Leopoldo
Y.
ames
a
bales
Galak Cebuano
Yabes (1935), reports 1958 and (buhay
1973 ng isang
Teres teres Badjao
lalaki
versions based on Isabelo Delosmatandang
Reyes
o isang
Pemabayoka
Maguindanao
version
of 1889 as given by Fr. Gerardo
na
Blanco, parish priest of Bangar, nakakatakot
La Union
paghihiganti) ni
translated into English in manilamariano
1916 bygaerlan
Ilocano Poets
Anastacio B. Gerard;
uray nariga no
leon pichay + gedofredo reyes

and
paguimbayan
NovelistsMercedes Vega, Andres S. Dicholo
(kahit mahirap
Mariano L. Meneses translated version
of
Constante Casabar (Ilocano)
kung ikabubuti,
Story (Highlights)
1889 in Spanish;
KWENTO NG MGA KATHA
1911) - facundo
Main
Characters
Canuto
Medina version 1906 in English
no
madriaga
A. Sanchez Encarnacion
longer
Lam-angavailable; Parayno Hermenos
(1927),

nasamit
ken nga
Manuel Diaz
La Lucha
(1926)
Ines
Cannoyan/Kannoyan
sabong daguiti
Juan S.P.
Hidalgo,
Jr. Miliang/Emilia)- dardarepdep ti
Namongan
(Dona
Lam-angs mother
agbuniaga
(matamis at
Don Juan Lam-angs father
sariwang
Exploits
bulaklak ang mga
Namongan had a child who by 9 pangarap ng
months old started to talk and manlalakbay)
named himself Lam-ang
1921- marcos e.
Searched for his father in the milbu
land of the tattooed Igorots paiyakanand killed them
sabsabong ken
Killed the biggest crocodile in lulma (mga
the river Amburayan and made
bulaklak at
its teeth his necklace
luha, 1930)- r.
respicio

Defeated
Sumarang
by
throwing
Padre Lopez
him over nine hills with his puso ti lua
Pedro bukaneg"ama ng
own spear with the help of a
(puso ng ina,
literaturang ilokano,
wind
1936) leon c.
Ilocanong Socrates-pangit
pichay

Coveted
Ines
Cannoyan
at nangaral nasamit ken
eaten
bydaguiti
the rarang, died and pandetektib nga
sabong
was resurrected
with the crow apaya pinatayda
dardarepdep
ti agbuniaga
ni naw simon?
of hisat
yellow-legged
cock
(matamis
sariwang
( bakit nila
bulaklak
ang
mga
pangarap
Other details
pinatay si don
ng manlalakbay) 1921Partners: white rooster with
simon?) 1935
marcos e. milbu
yellow legs and a hairy spotted
mining wenno
paiyakan-sabsabong
ken
dog
ayat ti cararua
lulma
(mga
bulaklak
at
When boats refused to move,
(si mining o
luha, 1930)- r. respicio
Lam-ang slapped the boats and pagibig ng
puso
ti lua
(puso ng ina,
they
start
kaluluwa) 1914
1936)
leon c. pichay
Cannoyan
wanted to see how Lam- marcelino
pandetektib
apaya
ang walks- and
if something is crisologo pena
pinatayda
ni naw
simon?
(
wrong with
him,
she will
return
bakit
pinatay
si don
himnila
to his
mother
simon?)
1935
Lam-ang
as a conveyor oflingguhang
useful
magasing
mining
wenno ayat ti
knowledge--kind
of food a
ilocano 1934-mula sa
cararua
(si
mining
o
conceiving mother needs,
tagalog "LIWAYWAY" ay
pagibig
ng kaluluwa)
1914 for
necessary
preparations
mga nobelang ipnablis
marcelino
birth, crisologo
description of Lam-ang's
penasa
lansangan.
perain
iniba ng editor
regions,
kinds of wood used
ilokanong
- blind
houses,milton
storage
of rice angplot,
and
malabong
poet.
Some
debate also
other
varieties,
clotheskarakterisasyon
for
at
pointed
him
as
the
author
courtship and marriage; for
temang hindi lumilitaw
of Lam-ang
but
this
is
industry: Cannoyan's loom for
highly
doubtful and has
weaving
"ramel at casabar"
no evidence.
Incorporated with Christian
PAIYAKAN
1900 beliefs of marriage and baptism
Leona
Vocabulary
suffer- from Ang Maingel Ti
Florentino
acculturation:
bolletan,Kabambantayan (ang
Dona
Leona"
oracionan, babaing
lugar, agabrasar,
mga bayani ng
Pambansang
etc. names: Namongan Dona
makata
kabundukan) ni
Miliang
/ Emilia
Sentimental,
nagiging arsenio t. ramel -atpaiyakan
sa ibang bersyon ay ilokanong
may mga
mangiibang
amerikano
kasamang
kapos saat
kaalaman
ng jeep sa
lugar, nandarayuhan
porma
panliligaw
kay ines.
upang bumuti ang
satirista
patuloy
na inililimbag ng
buhay
Ina ni Publishing
isabelo delos
"Parayno
House"
sa sa cagayan.
(sosyolohikal tema:
reyes
Calasino,
Pangasinan

Sa estilo at sa sa
porma ay
magkakahawig ang
Balagtasan (Tagalog),
Crissotan
(Kapampangan),
Bukanegan (Ilocano),
at Pembayoka
(Maguindanao).

BANNAWAG

9/26/16

kakontemporaryo niya
ay si P. Justo
Claudio Fojas sekular na paring
ilokano. Sikat sa

pandarayuhan.)

Puris Ti Barukong
(tinik sa dibdib)
Constante Casabar