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    The myth of Sicalac and Sicavay explains the origins of the first man and woman in central Visayan culture. According to the myth, the land and sea breeze married and produced a reed from which the first two people, Sicalac and Sicavay, emerged. Though siblings, they married out of necessity to populate the world. They had several children who went on to populate the islands of Cebu and Samar. The myth explains cultural practices like concubinage and theft, which originated from the actions of characters in the story.

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    The myth of Sicalac and Sicavay explains the origins of the first man and woman in central Visayan culture. According to the myth, the land and sea breeze married and produced a reed from which the first two people, Sicalac and Sicavay, emerged. Though siblings, they married out of necessity to populate the world. They had several children who went on to populate the islands of Cebu and Samar. The myth explains cultural practices like concubinage and theft, which originated from the actions of characters in the story.

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    Sicalac and

    Sicavay
    Region VII Central Visayas
    Presented by: Iris Langub
    Origin of the story
    The story of Sicalac and Sicavay is a central Visayan myth explaining the origin of the first
    man.
    The following story is taken from the book, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1503, Vol. V.,
    1582-1583, edited by Emma Helen Blair. It is an account of various Spanish explorers on
    the geography of the Philippines and the various mythological stories they encountered.

    Author
    . Sicalac and Sicavay is a story among the Pintados, who are described as fair-skinned people
    whose males decorate their whole body with tattoos. These lived in the islands of central Visayas
    (Cebu, Bohol, Leyte).
     
    2
    Genre:
    MYTH/FOLKLORE
    a myth is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world
    and humankind came to being their present form.

    Theme:
    *The story is about how the first people appeared on earth*
    It tells a story of equal birthing of man and woman throughout the
    archipelago that assert a woman’s equal position with a man
    within the tribal systems. The story also explains the origin of the
    islands Cebu and Samar, the origin of concubinage, and the origin
    of stealing.

    3
    Characters
    :
    Captan & Maguayan –
    Sicalac & Sicavay –
    The two Gods
    The very first man and woman
    Sibu- Icalac & Sicavay’s son
    Pandaguan- Sicalac & Sicavay’s second son
    Samar- Sicalac & Sicavay’s daughter
    Luplupan- Sibu & Samar’s daughter
    Anoranor- Luplupan & Pandaguan son
    Maracoyrun – Luplupan’s another man

    4
    Expositio
    ● n
    The people of the coast, who are called the Yligueynes [Hiligaynons, or the Ilonggos], believe
    that heaven and earth had no beginning, and that there were two gods, one called Captan and
    the other Maguayen. They believe that the land breeze and the sea breeze were married; and
    that the land breeze brought forth a reed, which was planted by the god Captan. When the
    reed grew, it broke into two sections, which became a man and a woman. To the man they
    gave the name of Sicalac, and that is the reason why men from that time on have been called
    lalac [lalaki, man]; the woman they called Sicavay, and thenceforth women have been called
    babayes [babae, woman].

    5
    Rising Action
    ● .Sicalac asked Sicavay's hand for marriage
    because there were no other people on earth. She
    refused because they were brother and sister,
    having been conceived out of the same reed.
    Sicalac persistently pleaded with her and finally
    they decided to consult the tunas of the sea, the
    doves of the air and the earthquake, who agreed
    that they should marry so that the world will be
    populated.
    6
    Rising Action
    ● Finally, they decided to go ahead and got
    married and had a son named Sibo. Then they
    had a daughter named Samar. Sibo and Samar
    had a daughter named Luplupan who grew up
    and married Pandaguan, who was also a son of
    Sicalac and Sicavay. Lupluban and
    Pandaguanhad a son named Anoranor.

    7
    Climax
    ● Pandaguan invented the fishing net and he caught a
    shark when he used it but the shark did not survive for
    long out of the water. He cried loudly to the Gods. The
    god Captan, sent the flies to find out why Pandaguan
    was making such a loud lamentation but the flies
    refused to obey so they were condemned to scavenge
    among filthy and rotten things from then on. Then, the
    god sent the weevils and he discovered about
    Pandaguan’s grief and he struck him dead by a
    thunderbolt.
    8
    Falling Action
    ● Pandaguan stayed in the infernal regions but the gods
    took pity on him and brought him back to the world.
    ● While Pandaguan was dead, his wife Lubluban became
    the concubine of a man called Maracoyrun; and these
    people say that at that time concubinage began in the world.
    When Pandaguan returned, he did not find his wife at
    home, because she had been invited by her friend to
    feast upon a pig that he had stolen; and the natives say that
    this was the first theft committed in the world.

    9
    Epilogue
    ● . Pandaguan sent his son Anoranor for
    Luplupan, but she refused to go home,
    saying that the dead do not return to the
    world. At this answer Pandaguan became
    angry, and returned to the infernal regions.
    ● The people believe that, if his wife had obeyed his summons, and he had not
    gone back at that time, all the dead would return to life. 

    10
    Moral of the story
    *We should only do things or decisions as long
    as it is necessary and acceptable.*We
    should always accept that things happen
    for a reason and that all things on Earth
    come to an end*We should obey the
    authority for us to be safe but, we should
    also remember to obey only those that obey
    the moral policies or rules.*We should be
    careful not to love or marry somebody else
    other than the one we married and we have
    promised to love forever because it is one
    of God’s will.
     
    Site sources:
    http://instructionalminutes.blogspot.com/2013/10/sicalay-and-sicavay-central-visayas.html
    https://www.scribd.com/doc/68177525/Lite-Central-Visayas
    https://prezi.com/8twzcojx0am3/creation-myths-and-ochre-tones/
    Google Image for picture reference

    12
    Thank You!
    for listening
    End of discussion

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