- Lam-ang was born in Nalbuan, La Union with the power of speech and an unusual form. His father left to fight Igorots when Lam-ang's mother Namongan gave birth. - At 9 months old, Lam-ang used his powers to find that his father had been killed by Igorots. He killed all the Igorots except one. - Lam-ang later heard of a beautiful maiden named Ines Kannoyan and sought to court her, facing rivals along the way. He impressed Ines and her parents with displays of his powers.

1. BIAG NI LAM-ANG
(LIFE OF LAMANG)
In Nalbuan, somewhere in the Valley of Naguilian River in La Union lived Don Juan
Panganiban and his wife Namongan. At the time Namongan was getting ready to give birth to
her first born, Don Juan Panganiban had to go to the mountains to punish an Igorot band. While
the husband was away, Namongan gave birth to a baby boy with both the power of speech and
an unusual physical form. He told his mother that he should be named Lam-ang.
The boy asked his mother where his father was Lam-ang learned that his father has
gone to fight the Igorots. When Lam-ang was nine months old his father has not yet returned,
armed whtih charms and powers, Lam-ang left his mother to look after his father. From a
dream, he learned that hiss father was killed by the Igorots. Later, Lam-ang found the Igorots in
a sagang, a fest celebrating a successful head hunting expedition. He found the Igorots still
feasting around the severed head of his father. Lam-ang slew them all, except one whom he
tortured first before releasing.
Upon returning home, ninety-nine maidens gave him a bath in the Amburayan River. For
his shampoo, he burned so much straw that the communities near the river were alarmed by
the smoke. From the dirt of his hair and foul odor of his body, the water turned black and all
the fish in the river died.
Lam-ang heard the beautiful maiden named Ines Kannoyan, daughter of the richest man
of the town of Kalanutian. He told his mother of his desire to court the maiden. Although his
mother tried to discourage his nevertheless, he took a white rooster and a dog with him as he
went forth to court Ines.
On his way to Kalanutian, he met his rival named Sumarang. They quarreled violently
and hurled him nine hills away. Later, Sarindang tried to seduce him but Lam-ang rejected her
advances. Reaching Kalanutian, Lam-ang found a crowd of rivals for the hand of Ines Kannoyan.
He impressed everyone with his white rooster crow mightily and immediately the small house
in the neighborhood collapsed, the people shouted in surprise and fear.
Hearing the noise, Ines looked out of her window. To impress Ines Kannoyan, he made
his dog growl. And the house that collapsed erected again as if nothing had happened. Duly
impressed, Ines and her parents came down and invited Lam-ang. The rooster acted as the
spokesperson of Lam-ang. From the rooster, Ines and her parents learned the true intentions of
Lam-ang.

2. The parents of Ines Kannoyan asked for a bride price. They said that they will bestow the
hands of Ines to Lam-ang if he could equal their wealth consisting of lande and golds. Lam-ang
went home and prepared for his wedding. With the help of his mother Namongan and
transfolk, he was able to bring gold more than match the wealth of the Kannoyans. He married
Ines and there was great celebration.
After sometime, the headman of the town reminded Lam-ang of their tradition, where
Lam-ang had to catch raring. Lam-ang told Ines that he had a premonition that he would be
bitten by a giant fish called berkakan.
Inspite of this, Lam-ang was not discouraged to comply with what the tradition dictates
him to do. Just as he had dreamt so, Lam-ang was swallowed by the giant fish.
Ines became very sad and lonely but the white rooster told her that if the bones of Lam-
ang culd be recovered, he might be revived. With the help of the diver named Marcos, all the
bones of Lam-ang were collected. Ines was instructed to put her apron over the bones of Lam-
ang. The rooster crowed, and the he flapped her wings. The dog growled twice, running and
pawing at the bones, life began to stir in the assembled bones of Lam-ang. Because of this,
Lam-ang rewarded the diver, the couple lived happily ever after with their pet friends.