have fallen into the hole, you are killed with spears and you do not have offspring”. Then the spirit says: “If thats how it should be, dad, just use me from
now as: 1. Antidote to the rainy season, 2. Caller rain in dry season; 3. Adviser in the government in the country, 4. Companion in arms in war; 5. Sources causes
of decay damage in disease and death and in the meantime the power strength to prosecute thieves and robbers”. After this ceremony ends, all the villagers go
following the path of each.
3.4 Analysis of Tunggal Panaluan
Some prominent western scholars Civil service, Priest, Anthropologist and Traveler, have tried several times to capture and to explore the truth of
‘Tunggal Panaluan’ story in many ways and opinions responses based on their each goals. Just one among the anthropologist of our nation, coincidentally the
son of Dalihan Natolu who is serious and succeed to explore this issue in the first stage, namely Ph. O. L. Tobing who becomes an PhD in Anthropology then with
the brilliant results that we should be proud. In addition, incidentally at the time of Ph. O. L Tobing conducts his
research, he comes several times to contact with the author as Resident which conjunct in the office of Regent of Kdh, North Tapanuli and also accidentally the
companion from Tarutung to Jakarta in 1951, to continue his journey to Europe to complete his dissertation, so we talk much about this. The writer himself is born
and raised in natural communities of Dalihan Natolu and has ever seen and noticed Tunggal Panaluan narrated and acted by the famous Master Shaman
Guru Mallongit in Balige. There are two Tunggal Panaluan stories encountered
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by Ph. OL Tobing which learned in the following article with some opinions response pro and contra which we underlined as needed. But, in this study, the
writer only entered one history of Tunggal Panaluan encountered by Ph. OL Tobing.
According to the writer research in Sagala and Hutaginjang, each clan has own Tunggal Panaluan. It means that one clan has one Tunggal Panaluan. And in
each clan, Tunggal Panaluan is held by the older generation and forbid to publicated to the other. In addition, each clan has own history about their Tunggal
Panaluan. The function Tunggal Panaluan each clan is same to the other clan, that is:
• Keep the house from the thief,
• To protection from the dark magic,
• Companion in arms in war,
• Antidote to the rainy season,
• Caller rain in dry season,
• And to protection their clan.
3.5 The Relation Parmalim and Tunggal Panaluan
