Answer:
B. Sikalak and Sikabay
Explanation:
The Legend of Sikalak and Sikabay
(Note: This creation myth is popular among the different Visayan communities)
In the olden days, there lived in the heavens two gods, Kaptan and Maguayan. Kaptan fell in love with Maguayan, and they were married. One day, Kaptan and Maguayan had a bitter fight. In a fit of anger, Kaptan told his wife to go away. And so, with a heavy heart, Maguayan left Kaptan.
The goddess' departure left Kaptan with a void in his heart. He knew that he had done his wife wrong; he had made an unjustifiably hasty decision, and this greatly bothered him. However, it was too late for him to win her back. He scoured the heavens, but his efforts to find her were in vain. Maguayan was nowhere to be found.
So, to while away his sorrows, the repentant god created the earth and planted bamboo in a garden called Kahilwayan--Freedom. He also planted other plants like rice, corn, and sugarcane. Among these plants, the bamboo sprouted first. It grew into a beautiful tree with pliant branches and lush, green leaves that swayed with the passing breeze.
Kaptan was filled with joy as he gazed at the beautiful world he had created.
"Ah," he sighed, "if only Maguayan were here, she would have loved all of these, too."
One day, while Kaptan was watching the bamboo leaves play in the breeze, Kaptan thought, "I will make creatures to take care of these plants for me."
No sooner had he spoken these words than the bamboo split into two halves. From one stepped out the first man. To the man, Kaptan gave the name Sikalak, meaning "the sturdy one." And from that time on, men have been called si lalak or lalaki. From the other half stepped out a woman. The god called her Sikabay, meaning "partner of the sturdy one." Thenceforth, women have been called sibabaye or babaye.
Together, the two tended the garden and took care of the plants.
Meanwhile, Kaptan left to continue searching for Maguayan. One day, in the god's absence, Sikalak asked Sikabay to marry him. The woman, however, refused. "Don't you know that you are my brother?" she reproved the man sternly.
"I know. But there are no other people in this garden," Sikalak argued. "And we need children to help us take care of this wide place for our lord and master."
The woman was unmoved. "I know," she shrugged, "but you are my brother. We were born of the same bamboo stalk, with only one node binding us."
Seeing that there was no end to their argument, they sought the advice of the tuna fish of the sea and the doves of the air. The fish and doves approved of their marriage. Still unconvinced, Sikabay consulted the earthquake, who also approved of the marriage.
"It is necessary," the earthquake said, "so that the earth will be populated."
Eventually, Sikalak and Sikabay were married. Their first child was a boy whom they named Sibu. Then a daughter came, and they named her Samar.
