BIAG NI LAMANG

Base on my judgment or critique to this kind of Philippine mythodology. I think there are so many supernatural things happened in the story and also there are so many unbelievable or impossible things that can’t be happen in reality. I will elaborate some of the things that are unbelievable. First, when Lam-Ang born he has the power of speech and unusual physical form. We all know that an ordinary baby usually can’t speak and they even haven’t enough strength to walk or do anything. But in case of Lam-Ang he can do anything he wants he has a power to do things that are unbelievable. And also he told to her mother that he should called Lam-Ang. Can a normal baby, can do that? Definitely a normal baby can’t do that.

Second, in his very young age he was able to fight those Igorots, who killed his father. And he slew those Igorots. After the revenge for his father he takes a bath, and all the fish died. He has a poisonous something to his body after his revenge. It is also impossible to slew those Igorot by an ordinary boy.

Third, when he court to Ines Kannoyan, daughter of the rich man in their town. He took a white rooster and a dog with him as he forth to court Ines. And he uses those pets to impress everyone with his magic. That pet has an extraordinary power, the dog of Lam-Ang can destroy a house by growling, and his rooster becomes his spoke person for courting Ines Kannoyan. And also in this story Lam-Ang died and those pets help Ines to revive Lam-Ang reborn again. And they live happily ever after. See, in reality those pets can’t do those things.

Even this story has many things that are impossible to believe. I learned something. Being powerful or being strong has a good help for building ourselves. And this story teaches us to believe something that is impossible, to reach our goal. Like, Lam-Ang being strong, powerful, and brave he can do anything he wants. He wants to get the love of Ines and he already got it by his strong dedication. That’s all I can say to this story of Lam-Ang.