1In the
beginning, there was no heaven or earth-only a bottomless deep and a world of
mist. Everything was shapeless and formless- the earth, the sky, the sea, and
the air were almost all mixed up.
2There
appeared two gods,-Tungkung Langit and Alunsina. Tungkung Langit fell in
love with Alunsina and were married after so many years of courtship. They
had their abode in the highest realm of the eternal space. Tungkung
Langit was an industrious, loving, and kind god while Aunsina was a lazy,
jealous, and selfish goddess.
3One
day, Tungkung Langit told his wife that he would be away for some time to end
the chaotic disturbances in the flow of time and in the position of things.
However, Alunsina sent the sea breeze to spy on Tungkung Langit. This
made him very angry upon knowing about it. A quarrel between them
followed. He lost his temper and divested his wife of powers and drove
her away. No one knew where Alunsina went;
she merely disappeared.
4Tungkung
Langit felt very lonely after Alunsina left for several days. He could
not find Alunsina. One day, when he
was sailing across the regions of the clouds, a thought came to him. He would make a big basin of water below the sky
so he can see the image of his wife. The
sea appeared but Alunsina was never seen.
5Tungkung Langit came down to the Middleworld and
created the land; then he planted this with grasses, trees, and flowers. He
took Alunsina’s treasured jewels and scattered them in the sky, hoping that
when his wife would see them she might be induced to return home. The
goddess’ necklace became the stars, her comb the moon, and her crown the sun.
However, despite all these Alunsina did not come back.
6And
up to this time, the folks in Panay say that Tungkung Langit is alone in his
palace in the skies. Sometimes, he would
cry and his tears would fall down upon the earth as rain. When it thunders
hard, they say that Tungkung Langit is sobbing, calling for Alunsina to come
back.