Visayan women of myth

Among the Bisayan creation stories recorded from various Spanish accounts, each of the Philippine islands had their own local variants of the same myth. 

The myth it tells the story of the creation of the islands, the first man and woman, the beginning of the social classes, the creator of war, the reason for death, why people steal, why there is concubinage in the world, and the creation of the laws that were passed down through the generations by the demi-goddess, Lupluban. 

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From a reed pecked open by a hawk Si Kalak (the first male) and Si Kabay (the first female) emerged and they became the original ancestors of the Bisayas. 

Known as the “Eve of the Bisayans”, Si Kabay is the first woman in the Bisayan creation story. This reed was planted by the primordial sky god Kaptan as a sign of peace and of marriage with the primordial sea goddess Magwayen. ⁣

This is the basis of our very own wonder | wander | women tale of Lidagat - the first Bisaya Babaylan.