HOW
THE WORLD WAS CREATED
(PANAYAN)
Many of our questions is about “HOW THE WORLD WAS CREATED”. This story
is one of the legends “HOW THE WORLD WAS CREATED” by Panayan.
God and Goddesses lived before. They said that they led the world.
Tungkung Langit was an industrious, loving and kind god while his wife Alunsina
was lazy jealous and selfish goddess. Tungkung Langit is very responsible god; he
is concerned about his constituents.
One day, Tungkung Langit told his wife that he would be away from home
for sometime to put an end to the chaotic disturbance in the flow of time and
in the position of things. But Alunsina got jealous, so she sent the sea breeze
to spy on Tungkung Langit. This made the latter very angry upon knowing it.
After his return, Tungkung Langit Approached Alunsina about her jealousy.
Tungkung Langit said to Alunsina that there are no creatures living on the
world except the two of them. As a result, they quarrel. Tungkung Langit lost
his temper. He divested his wife of powers and drove her away. But no one knew
about where she is; she merely disappeared.. After Alunsina left, Tungkung
Langit felt lonely after he realized what he had done. Somehow, it was too late
even to be sorry about the whole matter. The whole place once vibrant with
Alunsina’s sweet voice suddenly became cold and desolate.
For months, Tungkung Langit lived in utter desolate. He could not find
Alunsina, try hard as he would. In his desperation, he did something in
order to forget his sorrows. Months
have passed, his mind seems pointless, his heart, weary and sick. But he must
have to do something about his loneliness.
One day, while he was sailing across the region of the clouds, a thought
came to him that he would make a big basin of water below the sky so that he
can see the image of his wife, if she were just somewhere in the regions above.
And the sea appeared but Alunsina was never seen.
After a long time, the somber time sight of the lonely sea irritated
Tungkung Langit. So he came down to the Middle world and created the land, then
he planted this with grasses, trees and flowers. He took his wife treasured
jewels and scattered them in the sky, hoping that when Alunsina would see them
she might be induced to return the goddess necklace became the stars; her comb
became the moon and her crown as the sun. Despite all this, Alunsina did not come
back.
And up to this time, the folks in Panay say that Tungkung Langit is
alone in his palace in the skies. Sometimes, he would cry out of his pent-up
emotions and his tears would fall down upon the earth. The people say that rain
is Tungkung Langit’s tears and that is why in some localities in the island of
Panay, the first rain in May is received with much rejoicing and sacrifice.
Incidentally, when it thunders hard, the old folks also say that it is Tungkung
Langit sobbing, calling for his, beloved Alunsina to come back-entreating her
so hard that his voice thunders across the fields and countryside.
This story might be our basis “how the world was created”. Many of us
believe in this story. But there are also many stories “how the world was
created”.
