Malaki t'Olu k'Waig
Bagobo · demigod · Bagobo traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
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 — The Hero at the Sources of the StreamsLaura Watson Benedict, 'Bagobo Myths,' Journal of American Folk-Lore 26 (1913): 13-63. (primary)
Sources
- The Malaki t'Olu k'Waig, the hero at the headwaters, is the exemplary hero-being of Bagobo myth and the paragon of the malaki class of brave and beautiful men.: Laura Watson Benedict, 'Bagobo Myths,' Journal of American Folk-Lore 26, no. 99 (1913): 13-63. (primary)
- He dwells at the sources of the streams and recurs through the myth cycle as an ideal figure.: Laura Watson Benedict, A Study of Bagobo Ceremonial, Magic and Myth, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 25 (1916): 1-308. (secondary)