Malaki t'Olu k'Waig

The Malaki t'Olu k'Waig, the 'Hero at the Sources of the Streams,' is the exemplary hero of Bagobo myth, a radiant and valiant being who dwells at the headwaters of the rivers. He embodies the ideal of the malaki, the class of brave and beautiful men, and recurs through the myth cycle as a paragon of heroism and beauty, the sources of the waters being his proper abode.

Domains

• heroism
• rivers

Powers

• embody the ideal of the malaki hero
• dwell at the sources of the streams

Epithets

• Malaki t'Olu k'Waig

Sources

• Laura Watson Benedict, 'Bagobo Myths,' Journal of American Folk-Lore 26, no. 99 (1913): 13-63.
• Laura Watson Benedict, A Study of Bagobo Ceremonial, Magic and Myth, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 25 (1916): 1-308.