Laksamana

The monkey-hero of the Maranao Ramayana, called Laksamana, is a being of prodigious strength who leaps the sea, sets fire to Maharadia Lawana's city, and leads the war that frees the captive princess. He is the Maranao counterpart of Hanuman. Sources differ on his parentage: in Francisco's recorded text he is the marvellous son of Mangandiri and Tuwan Potre, born in monkey form, while other tellings make him an allied monkey-champion rather than their child.

Parentage

• parent: Radia MangandiriHis father in the versions that make him the royal couple's son.Francisco, 'Maharadia Lawana,' Asian Studies 7 (1969). (primary)
• parent: Tuwan Potre Malano TihayaHis mother in those same versions.Francisco, 'Maharadia Lawana,' Asian Studies 7 (1969). (primary)

Domains

• war

Powers

• leap across the sea

Relations

• parent: Radia MangandiriHis father in the versions that make him the royal couple's son.Francisco, 'Maharadia Lawana,' Asian Studies 7 (1969). (primary)
• parent: Tuwan Potre Malano TihayaHis mother in those same versions.Francisco, 'Maharadia Lawana,' Asian Studies 7 (1969). (primary)

Sources

• The monkey-hero Laksamana crosses the sea, fires the demon's stronghold, and leads the war that frees the heroine; the Maranao counterpart of Hanuman.: Francisco, 'Maharadia Lawana,' Asian Studies 7 (1969). (primary)