Wigan

Wigan is among the most frequently invoked names in Ifugao myth and ritual. As a god he grants good harvests; in the deluge myth recorded by Beyer, he and his sister Bugan alone survive the great flood on the mountains Amuyao and Kalawitan, marry with the gods' blessing, and become the first ancestors of the Ifugao, settling the village of Kiyyangan near present-day Kiangan.

Domains

• harvest

Powers

• to grant abundant rice harvests

Relations

• spouse: BuganIn the flood myth the sibling survivors Wigan and Bugan marry, with divine sanction, to repeople the earth.H. Otley Beyer, 'Origin Myths among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines', Philippine Journal of Science, vol. 8, 1913 (secondary)
• sibling: BuganWigan and Bugan are brother and sister, the sole survivors of the great flood.Damiana L. Eugenio, Philippine Folk Literature: The Myths, University of the Philippines Press, 1993 (secondary)

Sources

• Wigan is the Ifugao god of good harvest and, in the deluge myth, the male survivor of the great flood who with his sister-wife Bugan became the ancestor of the Ifugao people at Kiyyangan.: H. Otley Beyer, 'Origin Myths among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines', Philippine Journal of Science, vol. 8, 1913 (secondary); R. F. Barton, The Mythology of the Ifugaos, Memoirs of the American Folklore Society 46, 1955 (secondary)