The Legends of Mt. Mayon
Like all Philippine legends, there’s more than one story that attempt to capture the essence of the majesty that is Mount Mayon. Mayon is derived from “Magayon”, which means beautiful in Bicolano.
There’s the story of two lovers not unlike Romeo and Juliet, as told by Laura Agpay, a native of Bicol:
Once there was a princess named Daragang Magayon (Daraga means lady, Magayon is beautiful) who lived in Bicol. She’s so beautiful. She came from the family that reigns over the entire Bicol.
Because of her beauty and influence, warriors, princes and datus from different parts of the country desired to have her as their wife. But Magayon fell in love with a warrior named Handiong, a prince who came from a tribe that was, unfortunately, the rival of Magayon’s tribe. The two suffered so much from their respective family’s attempts to separate them that they finally decided to flee. Unfortunately their families found out and fought a bloody tribal war. This caused the young couple so much pain they decided together to commit suicide.
The tribes buried the lovers separately. Months passed when Magayon’s tribe saw a volcano growing in the place where Magayon was buried. They named it for Daragang Magayon. “Bulkang Magayon” describing its perfect shape like their beautiful Daraga.
And then there’s the story of an uncle Magayon*, whose anger depicts how violent the mountain can become.
It seems that there once lived a very beautiful native princess who had an uncle named Magayon. He was so possessive of his niece that no man dared to challenge his wrath by courting the favors of the young maiden. One day, however, a brave and virile warrior was so smitten by the princess that he threw all cares to the wind, clambered up through the window of the royal chamber and enticed the girl to elope with him.
With Magayon at their heels, the couple prayed to the gods for assistance. Suddenly from out of nowhere, a landslide buried the raging uncle alive. Local folks now claim that it is Magayon’s anger bursting forth in the form of eruptions.
(* now I don’t know about you, but having a male name that means beautiful would definitely evoke such anger in me. *joke, joke, joke*) 
I heard still another story that tells of Daragang Magayon’s lover being killed by her family that she fled from them in anger. The next day, a beautiful but angry mountain grew where Magayon was last seen.
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We Filipinos are such incurable romantics, aren’t we? It just strikes me as kind of typical for a Filipino legend to have the love story element in it.
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beautiful story uh..:D
anu ngah ba ssbhin koh ay oo nga pala ang galing ng mt.mayon noh 40 beses na ito sumabog sa 400taon wow at ito’y may perpektong hugis ng apa wow amazing
the legends of oure are sooo fictitious..xaxa
nakakatulong naman sa research!
ganda ng story^_^ ibang klase tlga ang mayon noh?hehe magandang babae pla xa,sna maging tao ulit para mkta ko face nya hehe
for me its a story of the weakness of women…they are over powered by man.
[...] Mount Mayon in Albay. Nearly a perfect cone, even while the volcano erupts every few years, this mountain has held us [...]
Uhmm.. is there a tribe near mount mayon… and whats the name of the tribe??
i love it!!
WOW1! grabe talaga ung story ng mt. mayon no frend ilang year na sumabog yon eh perfect cone parin di kagaya ng mt fuji sa china pagkatapos sumabog di na sya nasa shape di ba.feel nyo
grabe talaga ang mt. mayon,talagang hanga ako sa tatag niya. Akalain niyo kahit paulit-ulit na pumutok maganda parin siya noh. Ang ganda pa rin niya.
I dont believe in such legends i believe in science…
And it is the oceanic and continental crust which formed Mt mayon…-_-”
Beautiful story thats helps me for my report next week XD
beautiful story thats help me for my report i repeat my project no report hehehe
I really like this story…this will be my assignment…it’s so beautiful…….
it is so very nice story
wow! its very beautiful!!! perfect cone! ilang beses ng sumabog yan! februry 1, 1914 ayun ang pinakamalakas na pag sabog nyan!!!!!!!!! pati yung simbahan nadamay!!!!!!!!!!!
i will see the mayon volcano
the mayon volayno is hard
this will help my project very well
!!!! very nice story
thanks!!! my project will be OK…..
thank you very very much for this Legend…
the story is excellent… =)
pero kahit ganun d pa rin ako maniniwala sa Legends
Science pa rin ang paniniwalaan ko hehe… =D
Infairness Cone Shape pa rin siya ha…
Ano nga ba yung pinaka-mataas na Bundok… =(
Mt.Everest pala hehehehehehehehehe… =D
It is nice that there are people who actually care about the Philippino history. i was born and raised in US, but i am still very interested in the Philippines since i’ve only been there once in my whole life
i think it’s different from the stories i read about
mt.mayon
it would be better to uor perfect cone is clean it i wish that theres no people living near in mt. mayon because its very dangerous when it will erupted…..
40 times erupted but is in perfect shape
thanks by the way it helped on my project
jeje may ass n aq…thnk u vry much magayon
hey help me nman !!
anu po ang economic and environmental dis mt.mayon??
and wat is the positive en negative..
please help me !!
I really like the story!!!!! i feel in love, very romantic.
ako im sure that our country is so abondant of beautiful places like mayon it so amzing the perfect cone it.
thanks for the info that you share to others. i hore you have more ideas about legends………………
ganda taga bicol din me!
thanks naka2long sa re
search ko..
very gooddddd…….nkagawa ako ng project ko!!!yehey!!!!
sna marami pang legend na mapaprint ko…
tnx sa gumawa ng legend have more blessings!!!!
wow,ang ganda
ang ganda talaga sos sana maka punta na ako
wow,ang ganda naman
oh my gosh ang ganda”
ang ganda talaga sana mak PUNTA AKO DOON
wow………………….cool story.I love to read another one
nice;
wow,ang ganda talaga ng story ng mt .mayon sana ma picturan ko yon
is that Mt. Mayon?
i think not.
Why there’s a City?
The place of the Mt. Mayon is a province.
thank yu po d2 sobrang nka2long 2 sa assignment qoh hehehe…,,,
ty poh tlga d2 may bgo po aqng na22nan hahaha
saka po bukod sa nak2long skin maganda rin po ing story un ganda po tlga I LOVE IT!!!
great story. . . . . .ipingma2laki q tlaga ang pilipinas 4 its beautiful wonders………..nka2long rn 2 4 our proj in skul………….
<<<<>>>>luv it!!!!!!
… diE kOu mAintindihan …!!!!!!!
graveh!!1 ang ganda talaga ng Mt. Mayon
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tla nmn!!!!!it can help my requirements tlaga!!!
thnx for this………
well!! the Mayon is really beautiful, we need to take care of it!!! Come and lets visit the pride of oragons!!! the Mayon Volcano
ang ganda ng legend of mt. makiling
The story is so amazing, dahil sa love kaya nilang ibuwis ang kanilang mga life and maybe the author is good also……………………….
at first i was so mt. mayon in bicol the volcano is really perfect and amazing shape
I personally like the story…but there is one thing that i’m kind a confuse…How come there’s some site that has diff. stories, i don’t know which one is right…
I just gunna pick this…
-BTW thnx for sharing…
-GUd story
wow!!!!!!!!!!!! the story was nice……… it just help my project also…… the story was just my,……….well i think its my dream….. thanks very much for everything
duman sa may samo may gadan na kino.saro duwa tulo pulburon pulburon…
albay raper..yeh
ou nga pla..may tipak na ang mayon kaya hindi na siya perpect shape..sori..hahaha
hay..Ü
ganda’ nkatulong sa prOject..
very rOmantic stOree.. :]
nkaka’tOuch..Ü
it gOes beyOnd a saying that..
” ummm? ”
bwahaha..Ü
la aqOh maiCp ih..Ü
aayOn..
thEnks sa naq’pOst nian ha..Ü
iTs a nIcE StUri But It
OL of Da StUri EnDs
wiD DyIng…
I’m TOucHed..
Pa cHeeSe BuRgER KA Na MaN!!
BuRgER!!
BuRgER!!!
BuRgeR!!
^_^ d natin alam pla na ang mayon ay isang
babae na ubod na kaganda sana mabuhay sya ulit para makit ko face to face sya hahahahahaha
proud to be pinoy^^
hehehehe kala ko susu nang babae yung mayon hahahahaha joke joke
ugh the lgnd of mt. mayon was awsome
[...] Mt. Mayon in Albay Bicol. Image: Flickr Tags: albay, bicol, daraga, mt mayon, perfect cone [...]
ammm. diba ang mt. fuji nasa japan hindi china? hehe. anyways, ganda ng mga filipino legends.
nababagot n daw ksi sila sa plate tectonics theory kaya umisip cla ng creative way para idescribe ang pagkabuo ng mayon. 
astig nga ee. hindi puro magma at lithospheric plates ang usapan. 
wow” there are such a beautiful stories in mt. Mayon, cool huh” because they have a love story in mt. Mayon, thank god for the leaving place you made it…
this is just like the filipino version of romeo and juliet..
they die together because of the war between both families…
and..
since i like the story of romeo and juliet..
i like this, too!! ^_^
grabe ang ganda ng story……….the best…….hehehe…..
magayon means maganda!!!!nice ha!!!mga uragon talaga ang bikolano!!!!gwapo at magagayon pa!!!!
wetwew..cram sana ang history!!…hhahahaha
muchisimas mt.mayon!!!!bienvinido sa lahat ng gsto makapunta!!!hehehe see you there in albay!!!!=D
WoW,,,,,,, i can use it in my assignment 4 a summary of a atory… its short and its perfect… i liked it so much….
wow…I LOVE MT. MAYON…. IT’S like a good PLACE TO HUMBLE…