Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore — Page 8
In consequence of modern rationalism there is a tendency on the part of a considerable number of the Tinguian to consider these tales purely as stories and the characters as fictitious, but the mass of the people hold them to be true and speak of the actors as "the people who lived in the first times."
Infolge des modernen Rationalismus besteht bei einer beträchtlichen Anzahl der Tinguian die Tendenz, diese Erzählungen als reine Geschichten und die Charaktere als fiktiv zu betrachten, aber die Masse der Bevölkerung hält sie für wahr und spricht von den Akteuren als „die Menschen, die in den ersten Zeiten lebten."
For the present we shall take their point of view and shall try to reconstruct the life in "the first times" as it appears in the tales.
Für den Augenblick werden wir ihren Standpunkt einnehmen und versuchen, das Leben in „den ersten Zeiten" so zu rekonstruieren, wie es in den Erzählungen erscheint.
The principal actors live in Kadalayapan and Kaodanan, [6] towns which our chief story teller--when trying to explain the desire of Kanag to go down and get fruit--assures us were somewhere in the air, above the earth (p. 141).
Die Hauptakteure leben in Kadalayapan und Kaodanan, [6] Städten, von denen uns unser Hauptgeschichtenerzähler – beim Versuch, den Wunsch von Kanag zu erklären, hinabzusteigen und Früchte zu holen – versichert, dass sie sich irgendwo in der Luft, oberhalb der Erde befanden (S. 141).
[7] At other times these places are referred to as Sudipan--the term by which spirits are supposed to call the present earth--while the actors are referred to as Ipogau--the spirit name for Tinguian.
[7] Zu anderen Zeiten werden diese Orte als Sudipan bezeichnet – der Begriff, mit dem Geister die gegenwärtige Erde nennen sollen – während die Akteure als Ipogau bezeichnet werden – der Geistername für Tinguian.
Whatever its location it was a place much like the present home of this people.
Unabhängig von seiner Lage war es ein Ort, der dem heutigen Heimatort dieses Volkes sehr ähnelte.
The sky, the chief abode of spirits and celestial bodies, was above the land, and the heroes of the tales are pictured as ascending to visit the upper realms.
Der Himmel, der wichtigste Wohnsitz der Geister und Himmelskörper, befand sich über dem Land, und die Helden der Erzählungen werden als aufsteigend dargestellt, um die oberen Sphären zu besuchen.
The trees, plants, and animals were for the most part those known to-day.
Die Bäume, Pflanzen und Tiere waren größtenteils die heute bekannten.
The ocean appears to have been well known, while mention is made of some places in Luzon, such as Dagopan and San Fernando in Pangasinan with which the people of to-day are not at all familiar (p.
Der Ozean scheint gut bekannt gewesen zu sein, während einige Orte auf Luzon erwähnt werden, wie Dagopan und San Fernando in Pangasinan, mit denen die Menschen von heute überhaupt nicht vertraut sind (S.
Vocabulary
- Infolge
- As a result of; due to
- des
- Of the (genitive masculine/neuter article)
- modernen
- Of or relating to modern times
- Rationalismus
- Philosophical belief that reason is the primary source of knowledge
- besteht
- Exists; consists of; persists
- bei
- At; near; among; with
- einer
- A; one (indefinite article, dative/genitive feminine)
- beträchtlichen
- Considerable; significant in size or amount
- Anzahl
- A number or quantity of something
- Tendenz
- A tendency or inclination toward something
- diese
- These; this (demonstrative pronoun/adjective)
- Erzählungen
- Narratives; stories; tales
- als
- As; than; when (conjunction/preposition)
- reine
- Pure; mere; clean
- Geschichten
- Stories; histories; tales
- Charaktere
- Characters; personalities in a story
- fiktiv
- Fictional; imaginary; not real
- betrachten
- To regard; to consider; to view as
- aber
- But; however (conjunction)
- Masse
- The mass; majority; large bulk of people
- Bevölkerung
- The population; inhabitants of a place
- hält
- Holds; considers; keeps (third-person singular)
- wahr
- True; real; genuine
- spricht
- Speaks; talks (third-person singular)
- Akteuren
- Actors; participants; characters in a narrative
- Menschen
- People; human beings
- ersten
- First; earliest (ordinal adjective, inflected)
- Zeiten
- Times; eras; periods
- lebten
- Lived; dwelled (past tense plural)
- Augenblick
- A moment; an instant in time
- werden
- Will; to become (auxiliary/main verb)
- ihren
- Their; her (possessive pronoun, accusative)
- Standpunkt
- A viewpoint; standpoint; perspective
- einnehmen
- To adopt; to take in; to occupy a position
- versuchen
- To try; to attempt something
- Leben
- Life; existence; way of living
- rekonstruieren
- To reconstruct; to rebuild or reassemble
- erscheint
- Appears; seems; is presented
- Hauptakteure
- Main characters; principal actors in a story
- leben
- To live; to reside; to exist
- Städten
- Cities; towns (dative plural of Stadt)
- denen
- Which; to whom (relative/demonstrative pronoun, dative plural)
- unser
- Our (first-person plural possessive pronoun)
- Hauptgeschichtenerzähler
- The main storyteller; principal narrator
- beim
- At the; while doing (contraction of bei dem)
- Versuch
- An attempt; a try; an experiment
- Wunsch
- A wish; a desire; a request
- erklären
- To explain; to declare; to clarify
- hinabzusteigen
- To descend; to climb down from a height
- Früchte
- Fruits; results; produce
- holen
- To fetch; to get; to retrieve
- versichert
- Assures; confirms; insures
- dass
- That (subordinating conjunction)
- sich
- Themselves; oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- irgendwo
- Somewhere; anywhere; at some place
- Luft
- Air; atmosphere; breeze
- oberhalb
- Above; higher than (preposition)
- Erde
- Earth; ground; soil
- befanden
- Were located; were situated (past tense plural)
- anderen
- Other; different; additional
- Orte
- Places; locations; localities
- bezeichnet
- Designates; labels; refers to
- Begriff
- A concept; term; notion
- Geister
- Spirits; ghosts; supernatural beings
- gegenwärtige
- Present; current; contemporary
- nennen
- To name; to call; to refer to
- sollen
- Should; to be supposed to (modal verb)
- während
- While; during; whereas
- Akteure
- Actors; participants; characters
- Geistername
- A name given to a spirit or ghost
- Unabhängig
- Independent; regardless of; irrespective
- seiner
- His; its (possessive pronoun, genitive)
- Lage
- Location; situation; position
- war
- Was (past tense of sein, to be)
- Ort
- A place; location; spot
- heutigen
- Of today; current; present-day
- Heimatort
- Hometown; place of origin; native place
- dieses
- This; of this (demonstrative pronoun, genitive)
- Volkes
- Of the people; of the folk (genitive of Volk)
- sehr
- Very; extremely; greatly (adverb)
- ähnelte
- Resembled; was similar to (past tense)
- Himmel
- Sky; heaven; the heavens above
- wichtigste
- Most important; most significant
- Wohnsitz
- Residence; domicile; dwelling place
- Himmelskörper
- Celestial body; astronomical object in sky
- befand
- Was located; was situated (past tense singular)
- über
- Over; above; about (preposition)
- Land
- Land; country; countryside
- Helden
- Heroes; protagonists of a story
- aufsteigend
- Ascending; rising upward
- dargestellt
- Depicted; portrayed; represented
- oberen
- Upper; higher (adjective, inflected)
- Sphären
- Spheres; realms; celestial regions
- besuchen
- To visit; to attend; to call on
- Bäume
- Trees (plural of Baum)
- Pflanzen
- Plants; vegetation; flora
- Tiere
- Animals; creatures (plural of Tier)
- waren
- Were (past tense plural of sein)
- größtenteils
- Mostly; for the most part; largely
- heute
- Today; nowadays; at present
- bekannten
- Known; familiar; recognized (inflected adjective)
- Ozean
- Ocean; vast body of saltwater
- scheint
- Seems; appears; shines (third-person singular)
- gut
- Good; well; fine
- bekannt
- Known; familiar; well-known
- gewesen
- Been (past participle of sein)
- sein
- To be; his/its (infinitive/possessive)
- einige
- Some; a few; several
- erwähnt
- Mentioned; referred to; cited
- überhaupt
- At all; in general; altogether
- nicht
- Not; no (negation particle)
- vertraut
- Familiar; acquainted; intimate
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