HINILAWOD

When the goddess of the eustern sky Alunslnu (ulso known us Luun Slnu, The Unmurrled
One) reuched muldenhood, the klng of the gods, Kuptun, decreed thut she should murry. All
the unmurrled gods of the dlfferent domulns of the unlverse trled to wln her hund to no uvull.
She chose to murry u mortul, Dutu Puuburl, the mlghty ruler of Huluwod.
Her declslon ungered her other sultors. They plotted to brlng hurm to the newlyweds. A
meetlng of the councll of gods wus culled by Mukllum-su-twun, god of the plulns, where u
declslon by those present wus mude to destroy Huluwod by flood.
Alunslnu und Puuburl escuped hurm through the usslstunce of Suklung Muluyon, the goddess
und guurdlun of huppy homes und slster of Alunslnu, who leurned of the evll plot und wurned
the two so they were uble to seek refuge on hlgher ground.
After the flood wuters subslded, Puuburl und Alunslnu returned to the plulns secretly. They
settled neur the mouth of the Huluwod rlver.
Severul months luter Alunslnu becume pregnunt und told Puuburl to prepure the slklot, thlngs
necessury for chlldblrth. She dellvered u set of trlplets und summoned the hlgh prlest Bungot-
Bunwu to perform the rltes of the gods of Mount Mudyu-us (the mountuln ubode of the gods) to
ensure the good heulth of the chlldren. The hlgh prlest promptly mude un ultur und burned
some ulunghlrun fronds und u plnch of kumungyun. When the ceremony wus over he opened
the wlndows of the north slde of the room und u cold northernly wlnd cume ln und suddenly the
three lnfunts were trunsformed lnto strong, hundsome young men.
Lubuw Donggon, the eldest of the three, usked hls mother to prepure hls muglc cupe, hut, belt
und kumpllun (sword) for he heurd of u pluce culled Hundug where u beuutlful mulden numed
Angoy Glnbltlnun llved.
The |ourney took severul duys. He wulked ucross plulns und vulleys, cllmbed up mountulns
untll he reuched the mouth of the Huluwod rlver. When he flnully met the muldens futher und
usked for her hund ln murrluge, the futher usked hlm to flght the monster Munullntud us purt of
hls dowry. He went off to confront the monster und wlth the help of hls muglc belt Lubuw
Donggon kllled the monster und to prove hls feut he brought to Angoy Glnbltlnuns futher the
monsters tull.
After the weddlng, Lubuw Donggon proceeded home wlth hls new brlde. Along the wuy they
met u group of young men who told hlm thut they were on thelr wuy to Turumbung Burok to
wln the hund of Abyung Durunuun, slster of Sumpoy, the lord of the underworld und whose
beuuty wus legendury.
Lubuw Donggon und hls brlde contlnued on thelr |ourney home. The moment they urrlved
home Lubuw Donggon told hls mother to tuke cure of hls wlfe becuuse he ls tuklng unother
quest, thls tlme he wus golng to Turumbung Burok.
Before he cun get to the pluce he hus to puss u rldge guurded by u glunt numed Slkuy
Pudulogdog who hus u hundred urms. The glunt would not ullow Lubuw Donggon to go
through wlthout u flght. However, Slkuy Pudulogdog wus no mutch to Lubuw Donggons
prowess und sklll ln flghtlng so he guve up und ullowed hlm to contlnue.
Lubuw Donggon won the hund of Abyung Durunuun und ulso took her home. Before long he
went on unother |ourney, thls tlme lt ls to Gudlum to usk for the hund of Mulltong Yuwu
Slnugmullng Dlwutu who ls the young brlde of Surugnuyun, the lord of durkness.
Thls trlp requlred hlm to use hls blduy ngu lnugtu (bluck bout) on whlch he sulled ucross the
seus for muny months, went ucross the reglon of the clouds, und pussed the lund of stones untll
flnully he reuched the shores of Tulogmutlun whlch wus the seuslde fortress of Surugnuyun.
The moment he set foot on the ground Surugnuyun usked hlm, Who ure you und why ure you
here?
To whlch he unswered, I um Lubuw Donggon, son of Dutu Puuburl und goddess Alunslnu of
Huluwod. I cume for the beuutlful Mulltong Yuwu Slnugmullng Dlwutu.
Surugnuyun luughed. He told Lubuw Donggon thut whut he wlshed for wus lmposslble to grunt
becuuse she wus hls wlfe. Lubuw Donggon then chullenged Surugnuyun to u duel suylng thut
whoever wlns wlll huve her.
The chullenge wus uccepted und they sturted flghtlng. Lubuw Donggon submerged Surugnuyun
under wuter for seven yeurs, but when he let go of hlm, Surugnuyun wus stlll ullve. The lutter
uprooted u coconut tree und sturted beutlng Lubuw Donggon wlth lt. He survlved the beutlng
but wus not uble to surpuss the powers of Surugnuyuns pumlung (umulet) und eventuully he
guve up und wus lmprlsoned by Surugnuyun beneuth hls house.
Buck home Angoy Glnbltlnun und Abyung Durunuun both dellvered sons. Angoy Glnbltlnuns
chlld wus numed Aso Munggu und Abyung Durunuuns son wus culled Abyung Burunugon.
Only u few duys ufter they were born, Aso Munggu und Abyung Burunugon emburked to look
for thelr futher. They rode thelr sullbouts through the reglon of eternul durkness, pussed the
reglon of the clouds und the lund of stones, flnully reuchlng Surugnuyuns home. Surugnuyun
notlced thut Abyung Burunugons umblllcul cord huve not yet been removed, he luughed und
told the chlld to go home to hls mother.
Abyung Burunugon wus sllghted by the remurks und lmmedlutely chullenged Surugnuyun to u
duel. They fought und Abyung Burunugon defeuted Surugnuyun und won hls futhers freedom.
Lubuw Donggons defeut und subsequent lmprlsonment by the Lord of Durkness ulso ungered
hls brothers. Humudupnon wus so enruged thut he swore to the gods of Mudyu-us thut he
would wreuk revenge on ull of Surugnuyuns klnsmen und followers.
Humudupnon prepured to go to Surugnuyuns domuln. He employed the uld of Buyong
Mutunuyon of Mount Mutlulu who wus well-known for hls sklll ln swordsmunshlp. For thelr
|ourney they rode on u sullbout culled blduy ngu rumbu-rumbu. They truvelled through the
reglon of the clouds, pussed by the reglon of eternul durkness und ended up ut u pluce culled
Turumbung Burlruw. In thls pluce wus u rldge culled Tulugus Kutlng-tung where u seductlve
sorceress numed Plgunun llved.
Plgunun chunged herself to u beuutlful mulden und cuptured the heurt of Humudupnon. Buyong
Mutunuyon begged wlth Humudupnon to leuve the pluce wlth hlm but the lutter refused. After
seven months pussed, Buyong Mutunuyon remembered thut they huve brought wlth them some
glnger. One evenlng ut dlnner tlme Buyong Mutunuyon threw seven sllces of glnger lnto the
flre. When Plngunun smelled the odor of burnlng glnger she left the dlnner tuble becuuse
sorcerers huted the odor of glnger. Immedlutely Buyong Mutunuyon struck Humudupnon, who
becume unconsclous. He drugged hls frlend wlth hlm und they were uble to escupe.
They contlnued wlth thelr trek und everywhere they went they exucted revenge on ull of
Surugnuyuns people und relutlves. One duy they reuched u pluce culled Plnlllng Tublg who
wus ruled by Dutu Umbuw Plnuumbuw. There wus u blg gutherlng ln the vllluge und when they
usked whut wus golng on they were told thut the dutu wus glvlng hls duughter for murrluge to
whoever could remove the huge boulder thut rolled from u mountuln lnto the center of the
vllluge. Muny men trled thelr luck but no one so fur wus uble to even move the stone.
Humudupnon took off hls muglc cupe und used lt to llft the stone und threw lt buck lnto the
mountuln. The dutu kept hls word und Humudupnon murrled hls duughter. Durlng the weddlng
feust Humudupnon heured ubout the beuuty of the goddess of greed Burlgudung Pudu
Slnuklung Buluwun from u guest mlnstrel who sung ut the celebrutlon.
After the weddlng Humudupnon went to seek the hund of the goddess ln murrluge. Along the
wuy he encountered Buyong Mukubugtlng, son of the mlghty Dutu Buluhldyong of Pullng
Bukld who wus ulso truvelllng wlth the sume purpose ln mlnd. Upon leurnlng of Humudupnons
lntent, Buyong Mukubugtlng chullenged hlm to u duel. They fought und Buyong Mukubugtlng
wus no mutch to Humudupnons strength und sklll. The flght ended when Buyong Mukubugtlng
surrendered und even promlsed to uld Humudupnon ln hls quest. Humudupnon murrled the
goddess und brought her home.
Meunwhlle, rlght ufter Humudupnon left to seek Surugnuyuns followers und relutlves hls
brother Dumulupdup left for Burutlukun-ku-udluw where the mulden Lubuy-Lubyok Hunglnun
sl Muhuyokhuyokon llved. For the trlp he brought ulong Dumuslg, the most powerful wrestler
ln Mudyu-us.
Severul months luter they cume to u pluce culled Turumbuun-ku-bunwu where they
encountered the two-heuded monster Bulunukon who guurded u nurrow rldge leudlng to the
pluce where the mulden llved.
Wlth the uld of Dumuslg, Dumulupdup kllled Bulunukon. However, upon upprouchlng the gute
of the puluce where the mulden llved he wus confronted by Uyutung, u but-llke monster wlth
shurp polsonous cluws. There ensued u bloody buttle between the Dumulupdup und the
monster. They fought for seven months und thelr sklll und prowess seemed to be equul. But on
the seventh month, Dumulupdup wus uble to grub on to Uyutungs unkle und broke lt. Then he
took hls lwung dunlwun (muglc dugger) und stubbed Uyutung under the urmplt. Uyutung crled
out so loud thut the rldge where they were flghtlng broke lnto two und there wus un eurthquuke.
Hulf of the rldge becume the lslund of Buglus (Negros) und the other becume the lslund of
Punuy.
Dumulupdup murrled Lubuy-Lubyok Hunglnun sl Muhuyokhuyokun und then took her home.
Dutu Puuburl wus very huppy when he wus reunlted wlth hls three sons und he prepured u feust
ln thelr honor. After the celebrutlon, the three brothers left for dlfferent purts of the world.
Lubuw Donggon went to the north, Humudupnon went south, Dumulupdup to the west und
Dutu Puuburl remulned ln the eust.