University of San Carlos Publications. Halili, M. C. N. (2004). Fireflies can be seen lighting up the night in many areas of the world. Nothing in the Henadology article, nor in the quickncursory research I did, shows me how Sepa is a form of Heru; it seems like Sepa is more thoroughly linked to Wesir (Osiris) and funerary purifications, only encountering Heru when He brings Sepa (linked to the inundation) to Cairo. Bikols of the Philippines. Philippine Sociological Review Vol. Madrid, 1895. Hart D. V., Hart H. C. (1966). Lulu.com, 2016. Ibo, a champion wrestler; one of the Mactan chieftains loyally allied to Datu Mangal, Sagpang-Baha: also called Sampong-Baha; can slap back an onrushing flood; one of the Mactan chieftains loyally allied to Datu Mangal, Bugto-Pasan: can snap the sturdiest vines with his hands; one of the Mactan chieftains loyally allied to Datu Mangal, Silyo: a chief who borrowed an amulet from Datu Mangal; he never returned the amulet and was caught by Datu Mangal fleeing; was turned into a stone along with his crew by Datu Mangal through a curse; before turning a stone completely, he also uttered a curse to turn Datu Mangal into stone; another tale tells that Matang Mataunas and Malingin were also turned into stone, Horned Presidente: a presidente of a town who wanted to continue controlling the people so he wished for horns to frighten them; his wish backfired, with the people withdrawing their support, which later led to his death, Magwala: also called Magdili, the supreme spirit, Abog: chief herdsman of wild pigs and deer; the daga or diwata ritual is offered to invite the herdsmen spirits, headed by Abog, Spirits of the Forest: the first-fruits sacrifices of the hunt are offered to them through bits of meat, which would bring good luck to the people, Taglugar: also called Tagapuyo; spirits inhabiting certain places, Polpulan: father of Marikudo, and chief of Panay before the ascension of his son, Marikudo: the ruler of Panay who welcomed the ten Bornean datus, who settled on the island through discussions with Marikudo and his people; married to Maniuantiuan and recognized by the ten Bornean datus as their ruler, Maniuantiuan: the beautiful and graceful wife of Marikudo and an excellent negotiator; came from a commoner family. Philippine Ethnographic Series. Manila: Lahing Pilipino Pub. The Kalingas: Their Institutions and Customs Laws. de el Renacimiento, 1909. Philippine Folk Literature: The Myths Issue 2 of Philippine folk literature series. Bibliography:Budge, E Wallis (1904) The Gods of the EgyptiansFaulkner Raymond (2000) The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by DayMark, Joshua J. Ongsotto, Rebecca R., Ongsotto, Renna R., Ongsotto, R. M. (2005). The Journal of American Folklore. 1/2, Philippine Cultural Minorities II: Mangyan Folklore. Views on Philippine Revolution, Volume 1. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Watch a caterpillar, inching along. Origin Myths Among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines. Yabes, L. Y. Almendral, E. C. (1972). 18, No. Sino-Filipino Historico-cultural Relations. NewCAPP (2014). WebThe following is a list of gods, goddesses, deities, and many other divine, semi-divine, and important figures from classical Philippine mythology and indigenous Philippine folk religions collectively referred to as Anito, whose expansive stories span from a hundred years ago to presumably thousands of years from modern times.The list does not include creatures; The Katipunan of the Philippines. Banig: spirits of the hillsides and caves; Mun-apoh: deified ancestral spirits who are guardians and sources of blessings provided by the living; they are respected, however, their blessings could also be turned into a curse, Dadungut: divinities who dwell in graveyards and tombs, Makiubaya: divinities who watch over the gates of the village, Binudbud: spirits that are invoked during feasts to quell the passions of men, Kolkolibag: spirits who cause difficult labor, Hidit: divinities who give punishments to those that break taboos, Puok: a kind of Hidit who use winds to destroy the dwellings of miners that break taboos, Hipag: spirits of war that give soldiers courage on the field of war but are ferocious and cannibalistic, Llokesin: the god of rats who figures in the myth of the first orange tree, Bumabakal: the rejected corpse divinity of the skyworld; his dead body resides on top of Mount Dukutan, where his bodily fluids cause boils, Kabigat: the god who sent a deluge which flooded the earth; married to the goddess Bugan, Bugan: a goddess married to Kabigat; her children are a son named Wigan and a daughter also named Bugan, Bugan: daughter of Bugan and Kabigat; stranded on earth after the great deluge, and became one of the two ancestors of mankind, Wigan: son of Bugan and Kabigat; stranded on earth after the great deluge, and became one of the two ancestors of mankind, Dumagid: a god who lived among the people of Benguet; married a mortal woman named Dugai and had a son named Ovug, Ovug: son of Dumagid and Dugai; was cut in half by his father, where one of his halves was reanimated in the skyworld, and the other on earth; the voice of the skyworld's Ovug is the source of lightning and sharp thunder, while the voice of the earth's Ovug is the source of low thunder, Bangan: the god who accompanied Dumagid in claiming Ovug from the earth, Aninitud chalom: deity of the underworld, whose anger is manifested in a sudden shaking of the earth, Aninitud angachar: deity of the sky world; causes lightning and thunder when unsatisfied with offerings, Mapatar: the sun deity of the sky in charge of daylight, Bulan: the moon deity of the night in charge of nighttime, Milalabi: the star and constellation deities, Pinacheng: a group or class of deities usually living in caves, stones, creeks, rocks, and in every place; mislead and hide people, Fulor: a wood carved into an image of a dead person seated on a death chair; an antique which a spirit in it, who bring sickness, death, and unsuccessful crops when sacrifices are not offered, Inamah: a wooden plate and a home of spirits; destroying or selling it will put the family in danger, Dugai: the mortal mother of the split god Ovug; wife of the god Dumagid, Humidhid: the headman of a village in the upstream region of Daya who carved the first bulul statues from the haunted or supernatural tree named Bongbong, Unnamed Shaman: prayed to the deities, Nabulul and Bugan, to possess or live in the bulul statues carved by Humidhid, Wife of Namtogan: a mortal woman who the god Namtogan married when he stayed at the village of Ahin, Kabunyan: the almighty creator; also referred to as Agmattebew, the spirit who could not be seen; the mabaki ritual is held in the deity's honor during planting, harvesting, birth and death of the people, and other activities for livelihood, Lumawig: the supreme deity; creator of the universe and preserver of life, Bangan: the goddess of romance; a daughter of Bugan and Lumawig, Obban: the goddess of reproduction; a daughter of Bugan and Lumawig, Kabigat: one of the deities who contact mankind through spirits called anito and their ancestral spirits, Balitok: one of the deities who contact mankind through spirits called anito and their ancestral spirits, Wigan: one of the deities who contact mankind through spirits called anito and their ancestral spirits, Timugan: two brothers who took their sankah (handspades) and kayabang (baskets) and dug a hole into the lower world, Aduongan; interrupted by the deity Masaken; one of the two agreed to marry one of Masaken's daughters, but they both went back to earth when the found that the people of Aduongan were cannibals, Masaken: ruler of the underworld who interrupted the Timugan brothers. Andico, F. L. The Lowland Cultural Community of Pangasinan. Martinez-Juan, M. C. (2003). Blumentritt, Fernando (1895). India-related topics in Philippinesarticles, Ancient Tagalog deities documented by the Spaniards, Tagalog pantheon from "Notes on Philippine Divinities" by F. Landa Jocano. As a carnivore, it eats other insects like arthropods and arachnids. National Teacher's College. Simply put, a super canid entity, possibly also associated with the jackal god Wepwawet (or Upuaut another deity of Upper Egypt with canine features but with grey fur), was conceived by the ancient Egyptians. Die Negrito Asiens. Noceda-Sanclucar (1754). [1] The diversity in these important figures is exhibited in many cases, of which a prime example is the Ifugao pantheon, where in a single pantheon, deities alone are calculated to number at least 1,500. Philippine Folk Literature: The Legends. Historical and Cultural Data of Provinces. Native races and their customs. Snpan Singsing: Center for Kapampngan Cultural Heritage. Williams, M. S. (1997). The Institutions of Maguindanao. Vocabulario de la lengua tagala. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. 5, No. Noval-Morales, D. Y. Vocabulariode lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero. (1895). A Collection of Igorot Legends. Gaddang Literature. National Commission on Culture and the Arts. Jose, V. R. (1974). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, XXV. Quezon City: GCF Books. New Day Publishers. Let's look at some of the ways people have incorporated insects into their magical practice throughout the ages, as well as specific insects and their folklore and legends. Folklore Studies Vol. Fansler, Filipino Popular Tales, pp. He was sometimes referred to as the centipede of Horus but was also closely associated with Osiris. UTP Journals. Brighid is a protector of hearth and home, and Juno and Vesta are both patronesses of marriage. Philippine Folk Tales . Ramos-Shahani, L., Mangahas, Fe., Romero-Llaguno, J. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. HAU Journal of Ethnographic Theory. The centipede god Sepa is attested from the Old Kingdom right through to the Greco-Roman Period. Kumar, D. (2011). Way of the Ancient Healer: Sacred Teachings from the Philippine Ancestral Traditions. Springer International Publishing. Barangay: Sixteenth-century Philippine Culture and Society. Gaioni, D. T. (1985). Philippine Sociological Society. Dancel, M. M. (1989). Diccionario mitologico de Filipinas. 1986. Madrid, 1895. University of the Philippines Press. Unabia, C. C. (1986). Isneg Tales. Hes also invoked against the Uncreated One in its serpent form, reinforcing Sepas ability to protect mortals against everyday snakes. University of Santo Tomas., 2002. Likewise, some sites suggest that part of Sepas protective role, especially in regards to protecting Wesir, is due to the fact that centipedes will eat the bugs that feast on a dead body. (1958). Marino (1981). Pandaque: messenger of Sidapa; sacrifice is offered to the deity so that a soul can be admitted to the skyworld, Kahilwayan, from the lower world, Kasakitan; lives in Kasakitan, despite being a messenger of Sidapa, who lives in the middleworld, Kamaritaan; Magyan: carries the souls of the dead to the lower world, Kasakitan, on his boat called balanday; co-ruler of the lower world Kasakitan, together with Sumpoy; he is a brother of Makaptan and Sumpoy, Sumpoy: takes the souls from Magyan's balanday and carries them to a place in Kasakitan called Kanitu-nituhan; co-ruler of the lower world Kasakitan, together with Magyan; he is a brother of Magyan and Makaptan, Sisiburanen: ruler of Kanitu-nituhan, a sub-realm of the lower world, Kasakitan; acts as slaver of the souls of those who cannot and have yet go into the skyworld; feeds the souls to Simuran and Siguinarugan after the souls stay in Kanitu-nituhan for years, Simuran: one of the two giant guards of the gates of Kanitu-nituhan.