Page 476. 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. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Cagayan de Oro City: Xavier University. However, once you overlook the post-coital cannibalism of the praying mantis (which seems to happen mostly in a laboratory setting), they are also connected with finding ones way. Dig into the soil in your garden, and chances are that if the dirt is healthy, it will be chock full of earthworms. Manila. Madrid, 1895. The Ifugao Wooden Idol. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898. 9 Magical Insects and Their Folklore. Mojares, R. B. The mythological figures, including deities (anitos and diwatas), heroes, and other important figures, in Anitism vary among the many ethnic groups in the Philippines. Native races and their customs. Page 6. Liddum: the only deity who inhabits the realm called Kabunian; communicates directly with humans on earth; Lumadab: has the power to dry up the rice leaves, one of the eleven beings importuned to stamp out rice pests, Mamiyo: the stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving, Monlolot: the winder of thread on the spindle, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving, Yogyog: a causer of earthquakes; dwells in the underworld, Alyog: a causer of earthquakes; dwells in the underworld, Makalun: spirits that serve the function as messengers of the gods, Namtogan: the paraplegic god of good fortune whose presence made rice harvests and community livestock bountiful; when the humans he was staying with at Ahin began neglecting the. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society. 1965 Filipino Popular Tales. Philippine Sociological Review Vol. Blumentritt, Ferdinand (1895). Nabaloi Tales. Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog. US-China Education Review B, May 2016, Vol. Philippine Sociological Society. Ethnography of the Bikol People, vii. Today is a Feast Day for Sepa, the centipede god of ancient Egypt. Its discovery is attributed to the Aztecs so you might look in that direction. They are often depicted with dragon-like features. Blumentritt, Ferdinand (1895). Muyco, Maria Christine M. 2008. Madrid, 1895. Marino (1981). Budge, E Wallis (1904) The Gods of the Egyptians, Faulkner Raymond (2000) The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by DayPinch, Geraldine (2002) Handbook Egyptian Mythology, Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003) The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. 1/2: The Negritos as a Minority Group in the Philippines. University of San Carlos Publications. Far Eastern University (1967). 8, No. deities associated with centipedesjj auto sales. In addition to providing us with honey and wax, bees are known to have magical properties, and they feature extensively in folklore from many different cultures. University of the Philippines Press, 1993. Use the mantis in workings that involve finding new directions, re-orienting yourself, and gaining your bearings when youre lost, either physically or emotionally. Capital Publishing House, 1989. Philippine Folk Tales . 41, No. Apu Namalyari: a deity who lives in Mount Pinatubo; Tigbalog: gives life and directs activities, Amas: moves to pity, love, unity, and peace of heart, Binangewan: spirits who bring change, sickness, and death as punishment, Matusalem: the creator's representatives who act as mediators between the creator and humans since after the great flood, Bacobaco: an ancient turtle who burrowed on top of Mount Pinatubo after its battle with Algao; eruptions occur when it resurfaces, Mangetchay: also called Mangatia; the supreme deity who created life on earth in remembrance of his dead daughter; lives in the sun, Daughter of Mechetchay: a daughter of Mangetchay whose beauty sparked the great war between the gods, leading to the formation of the earth through stones thrown by the deities; lived on the planet Venus, Wife of Mangetchay: wife of Mangetchay who gave birth to their daughter whose beauty sparked the great war; lives in the moon, Suku: also called Sinukwan, a gigantic being who radiated positive traits, Malagu: goddess of beauty who married a mortal; daughter of Makiling and Suku, Mahinhin: goddess of modesty who married a mortal; daughter of Makiling and Suku, Matimtiman: goddess of charm who married a mortal; daughter of Makiling and Suku. POTET, Jean-Paul G. (2016). Diccionario mitologico de Filipinas. University of San Carlos Publications. The Fall of the Babaylan. Bowring, John (1858). (1984). These perceptions of existence towards gods, goddesses, deities, and spirits in the sacred native Filipino religions, is the same way how Christians perceive the existence of their god they refer as God and the same way Muslims perceive the existence of their god they refer as Allah. Loyre, G. (1991). Folklore Studies Vol. The University of the Philippines Press. 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. 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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; Tangan, L. (2011). Kaptan: the supreme god and sky god who fought against Magauayan for eons until Manaul intervened; ruler of the skyworld called Kahilwayan; controls the wind and lightning; Maguayan: the god who rules of the waters as his kingdom; father of Lidagat; brother of Kaptan, Dalagan: the swiftest winged giant, armed with long spears and sharp swords, Guidala: the bravest winged giant armed with long spears and sharp swords, Sinogo: the handsomest winged giant armed with long spears and sharp swords; best loved by Kaptan but betrayed his master and was imprisoned under the sea, Maguyaen: the goddess of the winds of the sea, Magauayan: fought against Kaptan for eons until Manaul intervened, Manaul: the great bird who dropped great rocks upon the battle of Kaptan and Magauayan, creating islands, Lidagat: the sea married to the wind; daughter of Maguayan, Lihangin: the wind married to the sea; son of Kaptan, Licalibutan: the rock-bodied son of Lidagat and Lihangin; inherited the control of the wind from his father; initiated the revolt against one of his grandfathers, Kaptan; killed by Kaptan's rage; his body became the earth, Liadlao: the gold-bodied son of Lidagat and Lihangin; killed by Kaptan's rage during the great revolt; his body became the sun, Libulan: the copper-bodied son of Lidagat and Lihangin; killed by Kaptan's rage during the great revolt; his body became the moon, Lisuga: the silver-bodied son of Lidagat and Lihangin; accidentally killed by Kaptan's rage during her brothers' revolt; her body fragments became the stars, Adlaw: the sun deity worshiped by the good, Bulan: the moon deity who gives light to sinners and guides them in the night, Makilum-sa-twan: the god of plains and valleys, Kasaray-sarayan-sa-silgan: the god of streams, Suklang-malaon: the goddess of happy homes, Maka-ako: also called Laon; the creator of the universe, Makabosog: a deified chieftain who provides food for the hungry, Sidapa: the goddess of death; co-ruler of the middleworld called Kamaritaan, together with Makaptan, Makaptan: the god of sickness; co-ruler of the middleworld called Kamaritaan, together with Sidapa; he is a brother of Magyan and Sumpoy, Danapolay: the god who supervises the other deities who answer to Sidapa and Makaptan, Sappia: the goddess of mercy originating from the island of Bohol who empties the milk from her breasts onto weeds, giving the origin of white rice; when milk ran out, blood came out from her breast, giving the origin of red rice, Tan Mulong: guardian of a spirit cave where souls may be imprisoned; has a spirit dog with one mammary gland and two genitals. 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Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino. Umboh Tuhan: also called Umboh Dilaut, the god of the sea and one of the two supreme deities; married to Dayang Dayang Mangilai; Umboh: a term sometimes used to encompass Umboh, Saitan, and Jinn spirits, Umboh Payi: also called Umboh Gandum, the spirits of the first rice harvest, Sumang: spirit of sea vessels; the guardian who deflects attacks, Omboh Adam: later associated as the highest male spirit of dead ancestors due to Muslim influences; messenger of the supreme deity, Awa: later associated as the highest female spirit of dead ancestors dye to Muslim influences, Abak: the king of a people who inhabited Balabac; led his people's migration to Capul island, where their descendants now reside, This page was last edited on 24 January 2023, at 20:47. Miller, J. M. (1904). Jean-Paul G. (2016). The Origin of Earth and of Man. Bagobo Myths. Some centipedes glow in the dark (like the Geophilus electricus). Baugio City: Private. 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Agurang: the good spirit who fought against Asuwang, Asuwang: the malevolent spirit who fought against Asuwang, Gamhanan: the supreme deity and giver of life, security, and livelihood; lives with many other gods in Mount Daeogdog, where he gives life and punishes errant mortals; used to have a loyal deer-like pet and messenger called Panigotlo, which bleated as a sign of abundance to mortals or foretells floods and despairs to alert the people, Bululakaw: lived in the island's sacred mountain called Madya-as, Bangutbanwa: deity who is prayed to for a good harvests and an orderly universe, Mangindalon: intercedes for sick persons and punishes enemies, Damhanan: the hunter who killed Panigotlo, the sacred deer-like pet of Gamhanan, Daeogdog: a man with violent temper whose name means thunder; married to Mabuot; wanted to force a marriage between his daughter Agahon and a man named Maeopig, Mabuot: a woman who was kind and gentle, married to Daeogdog; tried to prevent the marriage of Agahon with the hot-tempered Maeopig, Agahon: daughter of Daeogdog and Mabuot; said to be as lovely as the dawn; was to be married to Maeopig even though she rejected the proposal; killed herself before the marriage; from her burial, grew the mango tree, Maeopig: suitor of Agahon; had an uncontrollable anger and was chosen by Daeogdog to marry his daughter, Maka-ako: the supreme deity residing on the uppermost level of the cosmic universe's seven layers, Alunsina: the mother goddess of the Hinilawod epic heroes; aided in the battle against Saragnayon, Laonsina: a sky goddess and grandmother of Nagmalitung Yawa, Unnamed Sky God: a sky god who prevented Balanakon from traveling to Labaw Donggon's territory, Tagna-an: the creator god and a busalian shaman; the most powerful and versatile of all ma-aram shamans, Hugna-an: the first man; a ma-aram shaman and child of Tagna-an, Humihinahon: the first woman; a ma-aram shaman and child of Tagna-an, Kapapu-an: the pantheon of ancestral spirits from whom the supernatural powers of shamans originated from; their aid enables specific types of shamans to gush water from rocks, leap far distances, create oil shields, become invisible, or pass through solid matter, Papu Estrella Bangotbanwa: a deified shaman who controlled the forces of nature, Sidapa: god who establishes a person's lifespan through a very tall tree on, Pandaque: god who allows the souls of the dead to enter Mount Madya-as, the home of the dead, if a proper mag-anito ritual is held, Simuran: a god who takes the souls to the lower regions, Siginarugan: a god who takes the souls to the lower regions, Bangle: carries the non-liquefied soul across the water; the way he carries the soul differs depending on the soul's answers to his questions, Bagubu: deity of the stream which follows after the crossing with Bangle, Labaw Donggon: an epic hero who journeyed to many lands, Gimbitinan: a wife of Labaw Donggon; mother of the hero Asu Mangga, Anggoy Doronoon: a wife of Labaw Donggon; mother of the hero Buyung Baranugun, Yawa Sinagmaling: the wife of the lord, Saragnayon; Labaw Donggon fell in love with her, leading to the battle between Labaw Donggon and Saragnayon, Saragnayon: husband of Yawa Sinagmaling; became a mortal after the wild boar which safeguards his immortality was defeated, Asu Mangga: hero son of Gimbitinan and Labaw Donggon; fought Saragnayon for the release of his father, Buyung Baranugun: hero son of Anggoy Doronoon and Labaw Donggon; fought Saragnayon for the release of his father.