*Note this story is in Hiligaynon
Ang Kilat sang mga Anitan
- Ano ni sila:
Ang mga Anitan isa sa mga makusog ukon mataas nga klase sang mga Ispirito, nagatinir sila sa pinaka mataas nga parte sang kahawaan.
Mga tinuga sila sang kasanag kag kalayo, ang mga manugdala sang bagyo.
- Paano mabal-an nga yara na sila:
Kung mabatian mo ang garagamak sang kilat, Ambot silingon malapit lang sila
Kung makita amo ang kilat nga naga igpat padalom sa duta, malapit lang ang Anitan
Kung bug-at ang hangin kag nag watak-watak ang kalangitan. Kung ang mga tag-lugar sang kahawaan nag bisita sa duta, ang Anitan malapit lang
- Paano sila tratohon:
Tagaan sila sang sang alay kag maghatag sang respeto
Lipaya sila paagi sa mga manami nga tinaga.
Arogante sila sa sala.
Kantahi sila sang pagdayaw kung gusto mo hindi mabunal.
Hindi mag pa kuno-kuno nga mas importante ka sang sa ila.
Mag pangabay sang pagpakamaayo hindi gid sila pag sukta sina
- Ano ang mahatag nila sa imo:
Maalam sa pag control sang bagyo kag bundak sang ulan.
Abilidad nga mangin isa sa hangin kag makalupad.
Ang makusog nga gahom sang kilat.
- Nga-a kinahanglan mo tilawan:
Pagkadesperado.
Tungod sa utang.
Sa rason sang pag pangguba.
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English Version
The Lightning of the Anitan
- What they are:
The Anitan belong to the class of higher spirits, inhabiting the highest layer of Skyworld.
They are creatures of the light and flame, the harbingers of storm.
- How to know they are incarnate:
When you hear the ear shattering thunder, know that the Anitan is near.
When you see the sparks in the sky descending unto the earth, the Anitan is near.
When the atmosphere is heavy and the sky breaks. When the denizens of the Skyworld visits the Earthworld, the Anitan is near.
- How to deal with them:
Give them their due respect and offerings.
Placate them with silver words.
They are arrogant to a fault.
Sing their praises unless you want to be smote.
Do not pretend you are more important than they.
Request for a boon, never demand it.
- What they can give you:
Mastery over the tempest and the cloudburst.
The ability to be one with the wind and fly.
The seething power of the bolts.
- Why would you try:
Desperation.
Debt.
Destruction.
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The Hiligaynon language, also colloquially referred often by most of its speakers simply as Ilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, mainly in Western Visayas and SOCCSKSARGEN, most of whom belong to the Visayan ethnic group, mainly the Hiligaynons. It is the second-most widely spoken language and a member of the so-named Visayan language family and is more distantly related to other Philippine languages.
Written by Karl Gaverza
Hiligaynon translation by Luke Advincula
Copyright © Karl Gaverza
Translation Copyright © Luke Advincula
Inspired by the entry in THE MANÓBOS OF MINDANÁO, JOHN M. GARVAN, 1931
Anitan Illustration by Allan Damaso
