Aguingay

People in Bulusan, Sorsogon, in the Bicol region, tell of Aguingay and the warrior Bulusan. The town takes its name from him. Two lakes on the slopes of Mount Bulusan carry the names Bulusan and Agingay. People say the lakes and mountains remember the couple.

In the folk telling, a huge bird called Mampak attacks the people. A rival leader, Casiguran, helps kill it, then claims Aguingay as his prize. Bulusan refuses, and the two men fight at Punta Tawog. Casiguran loses. Princess Dayang Buhang then wants Bulusan for herself. The couple run away, but her men catch them. In this version the princess buries them in high tombs, and the tombs become mountains.

Writer Reynaldo Jamoralin gave a darker version. In it, Casiguran lies to blame Bulusan for a death, and the plot ends at the volcano crater. The town holds a yearly festival the day before its fiesta on 25 July, with a parade and a dance contest that retells the story. Nobody knows how old the tale is, and the written sources are thin.