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."
In conseguenza del razionalismo moderno vi è una tendenza da parte di un numero considerevole di Tinguian a considerare questi racconti puramente come storie e i personaggi come fittizi, ma la massa del popolo li ritiene veri e parla degli attori come "le persone che vissero nei primi tempi".
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.
Per il momento adotteremo il loro punto di vista e cercheremo di ricostruire la vita nei "primi tempi" così come appare nei racconti.
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).
I principali personaggi vivono a Kadalayapan e Kaodanan, [6] città che il nostro principale narratore--nel tentativo di spiegare il desiderio di Kanag di scendere a raccogliere frutta--ci assicura si trovassero da qualche parte nell'aria, sopra la terra (p. 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] In altri casi questi luoghi vengono chiamati Sudipan--il termine con cui si suppone che gli spiriti chiamino la terra attuale--mentre i personaggi vengono chiamati Ipogau--il nome spirituale dei Tinguian.
Whatever its location it was a place much like the present home of this people.
Qualunque fosse la sua ubicazione, era un luogo molto simile all'attuale dimora di questo popolo.
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.
Il cielo, la principale dimora degli spiriti e dei corpi celesti, si trovava sopra la terra, e gli eroi dei racconti sono descritti mentre salgono a visitare i regni superiori.
The trees, plants, and animals were for the most part those known to-day.
Gli alberi, le piante e gli animali erano per la maggior parte quelli conosciuti oggi.
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.
L'oceano sembra essere stato ben conosciuto, mentre si fa menzione di alcuni luoghi di Luzon, come Dagopan e San Fernando a Pangasinan, con i quali le persone di oggi non hanno alcuna familiarità (p.
Vocabulary
- in
- in, inside, within (preposition)
- conseguenza
- consequence, result, effect of an action
- del
- of the (contraction of di + il)
- razionalismo
- rationalism, philosophical emphasis on reason
- moderno
- modern, contemporary, of recent times
- vi
- there, in that place (adverb)
- una
- a, an (feminine indefinite article)
- tendenza
- tendency, trend, inclination toward something
- da
- from, by, since (preposition)
- parte
- part, side, direction, portion
- di
- of, from (preposition)
- un
- a, an (masculine indefinite article)
- numero
- number, quantity, amount of things
- considerevole
- considerable, significant, substantial in size
- considerare
- to consider, to regard, to think about
- questi
- these, this (plural demonstrative pronoun)
- racconti
- stories, tales, narratives told
- puramente
- purely, solely, only without anything else
- come
- as, like, how (comparison/manner)
- storie
- stories, histories, narratives of events
- personaggi
- characters, persons in stories or plays
- fittizi
- fictional, made-up, not real or genuine
- ma
- but, yet, however (conjunction)
- la
- the (feminine singular definite article)
- massa
- mass, crowd, the majority of people
- popolo
- people, population, nation of inhabitants
- li
- them (direct object pronoun, masculine)
- ritiene
- considers, holds, believes to be true
- veri
- true, real, genuine, authentic
- parla
- speaks, talks, discusses, converses
- degli
- of the (contraction of di + gli)
- attori
- actors, performers, agents in action
- le
- the (feminine plural definite article)
- persone
- people, persons, individuals, human beings
- che
- that, which, who (relative pronoun)
- vissero
- lived, existed, dwelt in past
- nei
- in the (contraction of in + i)
- primi
- first, earliest, initial in sequence
- tempi
- times, periods, eras, moments
- Per
- for, in order to, during (preposition)
- il
- the (masculine singular definite article)
- momento
- moment, instant, particular point in time
- adotteremo
- we will adopt, we shall take up
- loro
- their, theirs, them (possessive/pronoun)
- punto
- point, dot, period, spot
- vista
- view, sight, perspective, opinion
- cercheremo
- we will seek, we shall search for
- ricostruire
- to reconstruct, to rebuild, to restore
- vita
- life, living, existence, way of living
- così
- thus, so, in this way, therefore
- appare
- appears, seems, looks like something
- principali
- main, principal, primary, chief
- vivono
- they live, inhabit, dwell, exist
- città
- city, town, urban settlement
- nostro
- our, ours (possessive adjective/pronoun)
- principale
- main, principal, primary, chief
- narratore
- narrator, storyteller, one who narrates
- nel
- in the (contraction of in + il)
- tentativo
- attempt, effort, try at something
- spiegare
- to explain, to clarify, to make clear
- desiderio
- desire, wish, longing for something
- scendere
- to descend, to go down, to come down
- raccogliere
- to gather, to collect, to pick up
- frutta
- fruit, produce, harvest from trees
- ci
- us, to us, there (pronoun/adverb)
- assicura
- assures, ensures, guarantees, secures
- si
- himself, herself, oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- trovassero
- would find, might be found
- qualche
- some, a few, any (indefinite)
- nell
- in the (contraction of in + il/la)
- aria
- air, atmosphere, breeze, tune
- sopra
- above, over, on top of
- terra
- earth, land, ground, soil
- altri
- others, other people, the rest
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