datu

Today, mention the word datu and it conjures a mental image of a person with a robust physique and regal bearing, an individual both wealthy and brave, a man comanding both fear and respect.

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Spanish sources from the 16th century depict societies made up of local communities (barangay) under the leadership of hereditary chieftains (datu) who sprang from a noble class.

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When the datu heard their cry, he went to the door and made a motion as if he would knock the petitioners off the ladder leading to the house.

Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler

When he reached the palace, the datu said to him, "If I am not cured, you shall be killed."

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The datu called for volunteers to find the lost ring, and he offered his daughter's hand as a prize to the one who should succeed.

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One day the datu and his son went to the mountain to hunt.

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The device by which Tomarind lures the wicked datu to his death is not unlike incident J in our No. 20

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In the latter part of a long Sinhalese story (Parker, No. 145) a king conceives a passion for the hero's wife, and resorts to the same ruse as the wicked datu in our story, -- underground tunnel, and letter to parents in the underworld.

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When they reached the house of the datu, for so they called their ruler, they asked for admittance, crying that they wanted rice for their wives and children.

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