Angalo

In Ilocano belief, Angalo is a giant. He is the first man, and his father is the god of building. His head reaches the sky, and one step carries him from Ilocos to Manila. People say he shaped much of Luzon. He raised the hills, set the sky, sun, moon and stars in place, and dug the channels that became rivers. His wife is the giantess Aran. They have three daughters, and the Ilocano, Aeta and Igorot peoples are said to descend from them. Thunder is his voice, an earthquake is his movement, and a rainbow is his hanging loincloth.

Many places carry his mark. Small valleys in the Cordillera, such as at Sudipen in La Union and San Quintin in Abra, are called his footprints. Pools near Pinsal Falls in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, are where he knelt to drink. The Banaoang Gap in Santa, Ilocos Sur, is said to come from a kick that drained an old lake in Abra.

Other tales explain the sea. His daughters dropped blocks of salt and made the water salty, and he later made the shallow sea safer for them. The known written versions are modern collections.