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Story of Creation

The story describes the creation of the first man, Uvigan, and first woman, Bugan, by the god Mak-no-ngan. Mak-no-ngan warned them not to eat from a forbidden tree, but Bugan's curiosity led her to eat the fruit, which she shared with Uvigan, disobeying their creator. Though they expected punishment, none came immediately. Their children later grew up with evil ways, angering Mak-no-ngan. To save her children from starvation, Bugan sacrificed herself by offering her breast milk and blood. Moved by this, Mak-no-ngan revoked the punishment.

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Story of Creation

The story describes the creation of the first man, Uvigan, and first woman, Bugan, by the god Mak-no-ngan. Mak-no-ngan warned them not to eat from a forbidden tree, but Bugan's curiosity led her to eat the fruit, which she shared with Uvigan, disobeying their creator. Though they expected punishment, none came immediately. Their children later grew up with evil ways, angering Mak-no-ngan. To save her children from starvation, Bugan sacrificed herself by offering her breast milk and blood. Moved by this, Mak-no-ngan revoked the punishment.

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I.

Overview/ Summary of the story:


“The Story of Creation”
In the myth “The Story of Creation” tells the
story of the greatest god Mak-no-ngan, who made man in his
own image. It begins with Mak-no-ngan creating the first man,
Uvigan. When Uvigan felt unhappy, it followed the creation of
the first woman, Bugan.

The god Mak-no-ngan showed them a tree and they were


warned against it that they could not eat the fruit of that tree. But Bugan was so curious
that her curiousity and the temptation that surrounds her was the reason why she ate the
fruit on the tree. Bugan offered the fruit to Uvigan and they both disobeyed their creator.

They both thought that they would experience the punishment after they eat the fruit, but
nothing happened to them right away. They grew discontented and unhappy. As evil
enter their lives they began to have children.

As time goes by Uvigan died and Bugan was left to look after their children. Their
children grew up with evil characteristics or ways. It made Mak-no-ngan so angry and
punished them.

“The Story of the Creation”


(VENEZUELA)

Bugan, knowing that the punishment would cause them to starve to death. She made a
great sacrifice, by pressing her breasts to let milk flow and the flow of blood followed.

Seeing Bugan’s sacrifice, Mak-no-ngan took pity on her and on her children and so he
revoked the punishment that was given to them. And it was implied that the white grains,
are Bugan’s milk and the red grains are simply Bugan’s blood.
II. Author
The story was an Ifugao origin myth, so I believe that the story was written by Ifugaos.

The Ifugao call themselves as i-pugao or “inhabitants of the known earth”; other
variations of the name are Ifugaw, Ipugao, and Ifugao. They live primarily in the
province of Ifugao in Central Cordillera, in Northern Luzon. The name is supposed to
have come from ipugo which means “from the hill”.

They are former headhunters who are famous for their spectacular mountain hugging
terraces.

Many of the later Ifugao continue to live as their ancestors did. In the late 1980s, stories
about a bus driver that hit and killed an Ifugao woman, whose relatives formed a head
hunting party to seek revenge but were stopped before they could do anything.

Ifugao, group of wet-rice agriculturalitsts occupuying the mountainous area of northern


Luzon, Philippines. They are Malay stock and their language is Austronesian (Malayo-
Polynesian), as is that of neighbors, but they have developed a number of cultural
characteristics that set them apart. They numbered nearly 70,000 in 1939, but World War
II reduced their population to a figure (1948) of 50,000. By the late 20 th century, their
population had increased about 190,000.

About half of all Ifugaos have embraced Christianity but their animists beliefs have been
absorbed into their Christian beliefs.

Ifugao communities are arranged into districts, defined by a ritual rice field, whose
owners make decisions about agricultural matters.

DID YOU KNOW?


Rice is of utmost importance to the Ifugao. It’s thought their names comes from ipugo,
meaning “rice eaters”.

III. Setting

In the story “The Story of Creation”, it is impossible not to see the similarities to that of
Adam and Eve. It is possible of course, that this is a biblical story which was brought in
by some wandering Christians several generations past; but the story evolved into
something uniquely native. Background about the setting:

Those different sizes of trees, with open fields

that are blessed with plenty crops

more than enough for them to share, was all for them.

By all means, there was only one tree

that was so mesmerizing and its fruit was even more.

When the place began to be filled

with desires, the open fields with rice grains;

with vegetables; with plants began to wither.

As they touched a heart,

the open fields that became empty

gradually grew once more.


IV. Characters
 Mak-no-ngan : the greatest god believed by the Ifugao
 Uvigan : the first man created by Mak-no-ngan; partner of Bugan
 Bugan : the first woman created by Mak-no-ngan;; partner of Uvigan

V. Theme/moral

The moral of “The Story of the Creation” is implied. The reader can infer the message
and reflect it into his/her own life that if you disobeyed you must come into realization
that you should ask forgiveness to the one who you disobeyed.

The theme of the story is Love. Love shouldn’t come as a surprise because love is a
universal, multi-faceted theme that’s been explored in a number of ways throughout the
history of literature. I know the theme is Love because the story implied that a mother
will always love her children and would do anything for them even if she needs to do a
great sacrifice.

VI. Recommendation
I don’t read a lot of stories, but when a story is somewhat related to the stories in the
Bible it boosts up my energy to read.

As a student, some people that I deal with are the ones that love books and the books that
they actually read are fictional, fantasy and Novels. But I’ve never seen them read a
legend or a myth just because they want to.

I was lucky enough to read the selection because I realized something and I have rarely
been so impressed because I never thought that I could actually have a realization.

I feel so fortunate to recommend this story to you because it is simple, very easy to
understand and could bring you straight forward learning that can help you with your life.

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