Alunsina

Goddess of the Eastern Sky in Suludnon Hinilawod / Sugidanon epic tradition; daughter of Kaptan king of the gods; mother of the triplet demigods Labaw Donggon, Humadapnon, and Dumalapdap by the mortal Halawod chieftain Datu Paubari. The Hinilawod opening — divine-suitors' jealousy at her cross-class marriage, gods' flood, sister-Suklang-Malayon's warning, refuge on higher ground, secret settlement at the Halawod river-mouth — establishes the structural setup for the entire epic-cycle. Identified across regional variants with Laon and Lalahon (Hiligaynon and broader Visayan supreme creator-figures of Mt. Kanlaon).

Parentage

• Kaptan

Children

• Dumalapdap
• Humadapnon
• Labaw Donggon
• Labing Anyang

Domains

• goddess of the eastern sky
• divine mother of the hinilawod triplets
• stars

Powers

• give her jewels to become the heavenly bodies
• intervened as a goddess to halt the seven-year duel between her warring sons
• conceived and bore triplet demigod heroes through divine virgin birth

Epithets

• Alunsina

Relations

• lover: Datu Paubari
• mother of: Labaw Donggon
• mother of: Humadapnon
• mother of: Dumalapdap
• spouse: Tungkung Langit
• sibling: Suklang Malayon

Sources

• Hinilawod / Sugidanon epic (Suludnon oral epic of Panay Island, the longest-known Philippine epic at ~30,000+ lines across the full cycle); Suludnon babaylan oral-recitation tradition; F. Landa Jocano academic compilation