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(/4) Mount Subis, where the Great Niah Cave is located, has more than 1 story attached to it, but all have a theme in common: it was originally a longhouse, which turned into a stone after its inhabitants broke some traditional law/taboo. #FolkloreThursday #SarawakFolklore

In the indigenous fables of Sarawak (i.e. Iban, Kelabit, Malay, Melanau, Orang Ulu), the mouse deer was known as a trickster. He is always too smart for his own good, and thus, has the tendency to be cunning and deceitful most of the time. #SarawakFolklore #FolkloreThursday

"Indai Antok Genok' is said to be one of the slaves of Simpulang Gana, the God of Earth, who could transform herself into a porcupine and pay visits to people’s garden to attack the vegetables planted in the garden. #FolkloreThursday #DayakIbanFolklore

(1/2) In Katibas, Song, Sarawak, there’s a rock formation that resembles a gong. Once, there was a ‘remaung’ that terrorized people (a ‘remaung’ is a spiritual creature that feeds on humans). In desperation, the people asked the help of the Panggau Warriors.#FolkloreThursday

(1/2) Cockfighting is a favorite recreational and ritual activity among Dayak Iban males. Its origin are authenticated and validated in myth. Ibans participate in cockfighting because their deities and spirit heroes (i.e. the Panggau People) enjoy it. #FolkloreThursday

In the begining, by his will power, Raja Entala, the supreme deity, created 2 giants birds, which in turn, created the sky, the earth, and Lupar River.
#CreationMyth
#DayakIbanFolklore #FolkloreThursday

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(1/2) In Dayak Iban Folklore, the Pleiades is called ‘Bintang Tujuh’ (Seven Stars). It plays a major role in Iban agriculture because it signals the time to perform the ritual ‘manggol’ to commence preparation of their farm fields.

#MythologyMonday

One story of #DayakIbanMythology with a sad theme is the origin of the Pleiades. It's a story of how the children end up paying the consequence of their parents' wrongdoing.

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#FolkloreThursday

In #DayakIbanMythology, a woman who die in childbirth may assume the form of a vengeful ghost called 'antu koklir'. It threatens men, the agents responsible for female death, with castration or death by emasculation.

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#mythologymonday

Dayang Laing broke the rules of the gods, thus, her seven daughters were taken from her. They were cast to the sky so that she could not meet them anymore. They became the seven stars known as Pleiades.
#DayakIbanMythology

Image: Awang Garudeyamantra