The rooster expressed the love of Lam-ang. The girl’s parents witnessed this and called for him. He had his dog bark and in an instant the fallen house rose up again. He had his rooster crow, which caused a nearby house to fall. Lam-ang found the house of Ines surrounded by many suitors all of whom were trying to catch her attention. On the way, Lam-ang met his enemy Sumarang, another suitor of Ines whom he fought and readily defeated. She lived in Calanutian and he brought along his white rooster and gray dog to visit her. There was a young woman named Ines Kannoyan whom Lam-ang wanted to woo. All the fish died because of the dirt and odor from Lam-ang’s body. Upon returning to Nalbuan in triumph, he was bathed by women in the Amburayan river. He rushed to their village and killed them all, except for one whom he let go so that he could tell other people about Lam-ang’s greatness. Lam-ang was furious when he learned what had happened to his father. He fell asleep and had a dream about his father’s head being stuck on a pole by the Igorot. He also chose his godparents and asked where his father was.Īfter nine months of waiting for his father to return, Lam-ang decided he would go look for him. Namongan thought Lam-ang was up to the challenge but she was sad to let him go.ĭuring his exhausting journey, he decided to rest for awhile. As soon as the baby boy popped out, he spoke and asked that he be given the name Lam-ang. It took four people to help Namongan give birth.

While he was away, his son Lam-ang was born. Before Lam-ang was born, Don Juan went to the mountains in order to punish a group of their Igorot enemies. The story was handed down orally for generations before it was written down around 1640 assumedly by a blind Ilokano bard named Pedro Bucaneg.ĭon Juan and his wife Namongan lived in Nalbuan, now part of La Union in the northern part of the Philippines.

BIAG NI LAM-ANG (Life of Lam-ang) is a pre-Hispanic epic poem of the Ilocano people of the Philippines.

Biuag at malana summary