The Philippine Archipelago: The Spanish Creation of the Philippines: The Birth of a Nation. National Library of the Philippines. Hart D. V., Hart H. C. (1966). de el Renacimiento, 1909. Novellino, D. (2003). Teresita Alcantara y Antonio. 3, No. Jumala, F. C. (2013). 1/2: The Negritos as a Minority Group in the Philippines. Indigenous Peoples and Community Conserved Areas and Territories Consortium. Maka-andog: A Reconstructed Myth from Eastern Samar, Philippines. Centipede colors vary from pale yellow through to deep brown. (2021, September 20). In Asian folklore, especially in that of the Vedda of Sri Lanka the peacock deserves a charm of praise since this bird kills centipedes and snakes.[3]. He was sometimes given the head of a donkey, possibly to reflect the fact that donkey manure was used to improve the fertility of soil. Philippine History. (2006). Halili, M. C. N. (2004). Far Eastern University (1967). Lapulapu in Folk Tradition. It is yellow-ish gray and usually has no more than 15 pairs of legs. Webdeities associated with centipedes. Sepa, the Centipede God, was a protective fertility deity whose worship began in the Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 BCE). Talavera, Manalo, Baybay, Saludario, Dizon, Mauro, Porquerino, Novela, Yakit, Banares, Francisco, Inocencio, Rongavilla, Cruz (2013). deities associated with centipedes JATI: Jurnal Jabatan Pengajian Asia Tenggara Fakulti Sastera Dan Sains Sosial, Nimfa L. Bracamonte, N. L. (2005). "The Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction". Lets look at some of the magical meanings behind butterflies. Hislop, S. K. (1971). Hes also invoked against the Uncreated One in its serpent form, reinforcing Sepas ability to protect mortals against everyday snakes. Smith, Elder & Company, 1859. Page 29. Datu na Gyadsal: the chief adversary, who was also later called as Satan by Muslim converts; Spirit of the Rainbow: a spirit who may cut the finger of those who use their index finger to point at the rainbow, Bantugen: an epic hero-god and the god of forefathers who the masses look up to and trust, Apo: anestral spirits who take the role of intermediaries who overcome evil spirits, Pagari: also called Inikadowa, the twin-spirit who is sometimes in the form of a crocodile; if a person is possessed by them, the person will attain the gift of healing, Tarabusao: a half-man, half-horse giant monster who rules Mindanao and feasted on male human flesh, which caused many to escape into the island of Mantapuli; beheaded by Skander, Skander: the ruler of Mantapuli and an epic hero who went on a quest to slay the monster Tarabusao, Bai Labi Mapanda: the fairest lady of Mantapuli who is married to Skander, Kalanganan Kapre: a good giant who provided the people of Kalanganan I with security, guarding them against bad elements; eventually left Kalanganan when his home near the Pulangi river was cut down due to a surge in human population, Rajah Indarapatra: brother of Rajah Solayman; gave his ring and sword called Jurul Pakal to his brother, who went on a quest to defeat the monsters in Maguindanao; also planted a tree which would only die if Rajah Solayman dies; searched for his brother, who he revived using heaven-sent waters at Mount Gurayn; he afterwards went into his own quest, where he slayed a seven-headed monster; he eventually returned to Mantapoli, Rajah Solayman: brother of Rajah Indarapatra; went on a quest to defeat various monsters; slayed Kurita, Tarabusar, and Pah, but died when Pah's weight crushed him; revived when Rajah Indarapatra poured heaven-sent waters onto his bones, where afterwards, Rajah Solayman returned to Mantapoli. Cayat, G. C. Manuscript on Kalanguya Cultural Communities. harpotho said: Maybe Arachne, the Greek woman who was turned into the first spider by Hera. US-China Education Review B, May 2016, Vol. Beyer, H.O. SPAFA Digest. Diccionario mitologico de Filipinas. Bran is the Lord who owns the Cauldron of Regeneration. This entity from Egyptian mythology was tasked with metaphorically protecting the dead from the other canines. Sepa was sometimes referred to as the centipede of Horus and the Book of the Dead also makes a connection between Sepa and Anubis: I am Anubis on the Day of the Centipede, I am the Bull who presides over the field. [3] Each ethnic group has their own general term used to refer to all deities or a sub-set of deities, of which the most widespread term among the ethnic groups in the country is anito. Historical Dictionary of the Philippines. U.P. Sepa | Ancient Egypt Online 4: The Tinguians and Their Old Form of Worship. De Leon, A. M., Luangsa-ard, J. J., Karunarathna, S.C., Hyde, K.D., Reyes, R.G., dela Cruz, T.E.E. Ramirez y Giraudier, 1860. Philippine folklore stories. Wigington, Patti. Fieldiana Anthropology, XLVII. Sinakungan, David: a carpenter who gained the ability to design and make houses after he buried a shining stone from the body of a huge spider into his muscles, Dadagunan hu Suguy: deity who guards of the lawn of the house, Anilaw ha Sumagda: deity who guards the door, Sinyuda Kahibunan: deity who keeps the hall, Diwata ha Manilib: deity who records the activity of people inside the house, Diwata Pinatanlay: deity who guards the house at the ridge of the roof, Mangumanay: deity who safeguards wild chickens, Mangusal: deity who safeguards the honeybees; the palayag ritual is performed to honor the deity, Bulalakaw: deity who safeguards the creatures in the rivers; the lalayon ritual is offered to the deity, Tagbusan: the supreme deity who rules over the destinies of all other gods and mortals, Dagau: the goddess of creation living at the world's four pillars; established the world according to the version from Argawan and Hibung rivers; when human blood is spilled upon the face of the earth, she makes the great python wrap itself around the pillars, creating earthquakes, Makalindung: the god of creation who set up the world on iron posts; lives in the center with a python; created the world according to the version from around Talakogan in Agusan valley, Unnamed deities: in a third version of the creation myth, the world is a giant mushroom and unnamed deities are said to shake its core when angered by humans, Ibu: the goddess who rulers over the land of the dead, where under her governance, there are no worries or troubles and souls in the underworld continue to eat, work, and marry, Diwata: a group of divinities that shamans call to for signs of the future, Umli: divinities who assist mortals with help from the Diwata, Pamdiya: divinities who have purview over war; initiate war, Panaiyung: divinities who have purview over madness; force madness upon men, Agkui: divinities who have purview over sexual excess, Tagbayaw: the goddess that incites incest and adultery in mortals, Sugudun: also called Sugujun; the god of hunters and trappers, Taphagan: the goddess of the harvest who guards rice in the granary, Anit: also called Anitan; the guardian of the thunderbolt, Libtakan: the god of sunrise, sunset, and good weather, Manduyapit: the god who ferries departed souls across the red river before going to the afterworld, Datu Ali (Mampuroc): a hero who fought the Spanish and became a deity; his reincarnation, Mampuroc, is a shaman-hero who is said to one day return to the people to aid them in their struggle; based on a historical person, Unnamed Woman: the woman who pressed the earth, creating mountains, Primordial Eel: a great eel whose back holds the earth; its movements cause earthquakes if crabs and small animals annoy it, Taganlang: the creator god who has a helper bird named Oribig, Oribig: the celestial helper bird of Taganlang; flew to the far corner of the universe under the behest of Taganlang to get soil, which became the materials used by Taganlang to create earth, Kawlan: an epic hero and baylan (shaman) who defeated the monster Datu Waytiyap; husband of Bodi, Ibang: father of Kawlan; a gifted baylan (shaman), Datu Waytiyap: a giant monster who can shapeshift into a human leader; defeated by Kawlan, Father of Bodi: an old man who rescued Kawland from a monster monkey, Datu of the East: entered into a pact of equality with the Datu of the West; worked in the morning; allowed the other datu to gain more from harvest season due to the afternoon heat, Datu of the West: entered into a pact of equality with the Datu of the East; worked in the afternoon; requested to have more share from the harvest due to the afternoon heat. Baugio City: Private. (2019). 2: The Customs of the Tiruray People. Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs. Anting-anting: o kung bakit nagtatago sa loob ng bato si bathala. Indiana University. Which cookies and scripts are used and how they impact your visit is specified on the left. Wood, G. L. (1957). Mansaka Forms of Oral Literature. Evolving a Development Framework for the Sama Dilaut in an Urban Center in the Southern Philippines. Ilongot Life and Legends. The number 1 is also associated with Allah, Aphrodite the Greek Goddess of Love, Apollo the Greek God of Communication, Diana the Roman Goddess of the Hunt, Vesta the Roman Hearth Goddess, Frey the Norse Hearth Goddess, Jehovah, the Egyptian God Neter and the Chinese God Pangu. Scientific American: Supplement, Volume 51. Saway, V. L. The Talaandig. Page 16. There are over a hundred distinct pantheons in the Philippines. Aguilar, [edited by] Celedonio G. (1994). 3: The Myth of the Sleeping Hero: Three Philippine Cases. Kurita: an amphibious animal with several limbs and lived on land and sea; haunts Mount Kabalalan, and slayed by Rajah Solayman; Tarabusar: a humongous human-like creature who lived in Mount Matutum; slayed by Rajah Solayman, Pah: a bird of prey as big as a house and whose wings caused darkness on the ground; lives in Mount Bita and slayed by Rajah Solayman at Mount Gurayn, Monster of Mount Gurayn: a seven-headed monster at Mount Gurayn, who was slayed by Rajah Indarapatra, Wife of Rajah Indarapatra: daughter of a local ruler who hid in a cave due to the number of monsters in Maguindanao; married to Rajah Indarapatra and gave birth to their children; they were entrusted to her father, the local ruler, after Rajah Indarapatra returned to Mantapoli, Tohan: the supreme deity who is perfect, having no defect; can cause and stop earthquakes and pestilence; later also called as Allah by Muslim converts, Sun Deity: divine being depicted in an anthropomorphic form as a flaming young man; angels serve as his charioteers, Moon Deity: divine being depicted in an anthropomorphic form as a beautiful young woman; angels serve as her charioteers, Jinn: beings who live in the atmosphere which serves as a buffer zone between the skyworld and the earth, called Oraonan a Lantoy, known for possessing a garden of flowers and vegetables, Walain sa Letingan: the princess-goddess living in a skyworld region called Magoyeda a Selegen, Papanok sa Aras: children who died prematurely and were transformed into birds of paradise living in the skyworld region called Sorga, Houris: heavenly maidens blessed with eternal beauty and perpetual virginity, Lumpong: a large animal who carries the earth; accompanied by a small shrimp that sometimes claws on the earth-holder from time to time, causing the phenomena of earthquakes, Sakar: a monster in the underworld where disrespectful children are trapped in its belly, Walain Katolosan: the goddess who owns the amulet Sikag a Makaombaw, Tonong: divine spirits who often aid heroes; often lives in nonok trees, seas, lakes, and the sky realm, Apo: benign tornado and waterspout spirits; a classification of tonong; they are the ancestral spirits tasked to kill or drive away evil spirits, Sakit: maligant harmful spirits responsible for diseases; a classification of tonong, Saitan: malignant possessing spirits; a classification of tonong, Inikadowa: the benign spirit double or guardian of a person, who is with the person when the baby is born; a classification of tonong; the placenta is their manifestation, Tolos: a class of tonong who inhabit the sky realms; prayed to, especially in times of battle and protection for quests; referred to as gods, Pinatola a Tonong: the ancestor of all unseen benevolent spirits; a tonong who takes the form of a gigantic crocodile at sea, a garuda in air, and a giant on land; a guardian spirit of Diwata Ndaw Gibon, Pinatoli i Kilid: a tonong who takes the form of a gigantic crocodile; the guardian spirit of the king of Bemberan, Diwata Ndaw Gibon; clashed with Ladalad a Madali, grandson of Gibon; later gave valuable information to Madali; during the battle of Madali and Pirimbingan, Madali was aided by Pinatoli i Kilid against Pirimbingan's spirit guardian, Magolaing sa Ragat, Magolaing sa Ragat: a tonong of the enchantress Walain Pirimbangan; took the form of a gigantic crocodile, Sikag a Makaombaw: the intelligent and independent tonong (spirit) living within the Sikag a Makaombaw amulet, regarded as the most powerful amulet of all due to its ability to grant its wielder authority over all tonong, Salindagaw Masingir: a tonong of the hero Awilawil o Ndaw; acts as the guardian-spirit of the kingdom of Kaibat a Kadaan, Walain sa Lekepen: a goddess courted by the hero Bantogen, Diwata ko sa Magaw: spirit of destruction; a tolos or deity, Minoaw a Minepen: powerful spirit of the sky; a tolos or deity, Naga: dragons who repel evil spirits; a specific huge Naga is said to encircle the world, Arimaonga: a giant lion who causes lunar eclipses, Gabriel: an angel who reported to the supreme deity the overpopulation of the kingdom of Mantapoli, which resulted in its transfer and the creation of Lake Lanao, Malakal Maut: the angel of death; takes the souls of someone after three to seven days from the falling of the person's leaf from the sacred Sadiarathul Montaha tree in the realm called Sorga; appears either a handsome prince or a grotesque monsters, depending if the soul he is getting comed from a sinner or a virtuous person; punishes the souls of sinners until final judgment, while lifting up the souls of the good onto heaven, Tonong of Lake Lanao: there are many tonong of Lake Lanao, who are invoked during certain rituals such as the kashawing rice ritual, Aya Diwata Mokom sa Kaadiong a Lopa: father of the three rulers of the three kingdoms from the Darangen; a half-tonong and a half-human, Daromoyod an Olan: mother of the three rulers of the three kingdoms from the Darangen; a half-jinn and a half-human, Rulers of the Three Main Kingdoms from the Darangen: all three are siblings, Diwata Ndaw Gibon: a semi-divine hero who ruled the kingdom of Iliyan a Bembaran, which was a favord abode of the tonong; had two sons with his head-wife Aya Panganay Bai, and a total of five daughters from five other wives, Awilawil o Ndaw: a semi-divine hero who ruled the kingdom of Kaibat a Kadaan, Dalondong a Mimbantas: a semi-divine hero ruled the kingdom of Gindolongan Marogong, which possessed the enchanted river Pagayawan that refuses to flow without the presence of thunder, Aya Panganay Bai: married to Diwata Ndaw Gibon, who she has two sons; came from a place known as Minangoaw a Ronong, Tominaman sa Rogong: firstborn son of Diwata Ndaw Gibon and Aya Panganay Bai; succeeded his father as ruler of Iliyan a Bembaran, Magondaya Boisan: secondborn son Diwata Ndaw Gibon and Aya Panganay Bai; expanded the kingdom of Bembaran together with his brother-king, Tominaman sa Rogong, Pasandalan a Rogong: son of Tominaman sa Rogong, Bantogen: son of Tominaman sa Rogong; he courted the goddess Walain sa Lekepen, and was assumed missing by his people, leading to a search journey; returned with Madali to their kingdom, Ladalad a Madali: son of Magondaya Boisan; went into a journey to rescue his cousin Bantugen, and all those who first came to find Bantugen; can become invisible with the aided of his guardian spirits; aided by his grandfather's guardian spirit Pinatoli i Kilid who clashed with the Walain Pirimbangan's guardian spirit; shapeshifted into a woman to take the amulet of the goddess Walain Katolosan, foiling the plan of Pirimbangan, Walain Pirimbangan: an enchantress from Danalima a Rogong who imprisoned Bantugen and all the leaders of Bembaran who rescued him; aided by her guardian spirit, Magolaing sa Ragat, Maharadia Lawana: a man with eight heads who was banished for his bad mouth; tried to kill himself, but failed upon the intervention of the angel Gabriel, Kapmadali: a hero who battled Pinatola a Tonong, Pilandok: a cunning man who tricked various people from a blind man to a kingdom's ruler.
deities associated with centipedes
deities associated with centipedes
