Labaw Donggon
Suludnon · demigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Half-divine eldest of the Hinilawod triplets; son of the goddess Alunsina by the mortal chieftain Datu Paubari. The three-quests-for-three-wives narrative is the central Labaw Donggon sub-cycle — Anggoy Ginbitinan, Abyang Durunuun, Malitong Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata. The Saragnayan-imprisonment-and-rescue-by-infant-sons episode sets up the multi-generational structure: the demigod-father defeated, the demigod-grandsons (further-fractional but still divine-descended) avenging him. Departed northward after the reunion-feast — the north-quadrant of the Hinilawod world-geography. Subject of the longest single sub-cycle of the epic (~2,325 lines).
Parentage
- maternal: Alunsina
- paternal: Datu Paubari
Children
Domains
- martial bridal quest hero
Powers
- conjured a giant house of ten roofs and a hundred doors with his charm
- made his boat sail through the clouds and the Land of Stones to the sky
- grew from infant to a sturdy young warrior almost immediately after birth
- held the Lord of Darkness Saragnayan underwater for seven years
Epithets
- Labaw Donggon The great hero of the Hinilawod, whose bride-quests and battles fill the epicThe Hinilawod epic (Sulod of Panay) (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: HumadapnonHinilawod (primary)
- sibling: DumalapdapHinilawod (primary)
- enemy: SaragnayanPrincipal antagonist: the Lord of Darkness of Gadlum who imprisons Labaw Donggon and is avenged by his sons Asu Mangga and Buyung Baranugon.F. Landa Jocano, Hinilawod — Saragnayan defeats and imprisons Labaw Donggon over Nagmalitong Yawa, and is slain by Labaw Donggon's sons (secondary)
- spouse: Abyang DurunuunReciprocal of suludnon_abyang_durunuun.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
- spouse: Anggoy GinbitinanReciprocal of suludnon_anggoy_ginbitinan.spouse (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)
- sibling: Labing AnyangReciprocal of suludnon_labing_anyang.sibling (alphabetical family sweep). (auto reciprocal)