Ilocano deities

 In ancient times, the Ilocano people, one of the ethnic groups in the Philippines, revered a diverse pantheon of deities. Here is a detailed and simplified overview of the gods in the Ilocano pantheon:

1. Ama (Supreme God): Ama is the supreme god who assigned primordial giants to initiate the creation of various things. Buni is possibly another name for the supreme god, while Parsua is acknowledged as the creator deity.

2. Primordial Giants:

   • (Angalo): Dug the earth, formed the mountains, urinated into the holes creating rivers and lakes, and arranged the sky, the sun, the moon, and the stars at the behest of the supreme god.
   • Aran: One of the two primordial giants assigned with the creation of many things.

3. Deities of the Elements:

   • Apo Langit: Deity of heaven.
   • Apo Angin: Deity of wind.
   • Apo Init: Deity of the sun.
   • Apo Tudo: Deity of rain.
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4. Abra: An old god who controls the weather, married to Makiling, the elder.

5. Apolaki: deity of the Sun

6. Makiling (the Elder): A goddess who gave birth to Cabuyaran, the goddess of healing.

7. Cabuyaran: Daughter of Abra and Makiling, the elder, she eloped with Anianihan, the god of harvest.

8. Anianihan: God of harvest who eloped with Cabuyaran, chosen by her as a spouse against the preferences of her father, Abra.

9. Preferred Spouses for Cabuyaran:

   • Saguday: God of the wind.
   • Revenador: God of thunder and lightning.

10. Bulan: God of peace who comforted the grieving Abra.

11. Amman: God of the sun, where the sun is considered his eye.

12. Makiling (the Younger): Granddaughter of Makiling, the elder, guarded by the dog god Lobo in the underworld.

13. Lobo: A god punished to become a large dog guarding the entrance to the underworld.

14. Unnamed God: The underworld god who punished Lobo.

15. Dal'lang: Goddess of beauty.

16. Sipnget: Goddess of darkness who requested Ang-ngalo to build her a mansion.

17. Asin: Ruler of the kingdom of salt, who aided Ang-ngalo in building a white mansion.

18. Ocean Deity: Goddess of the ocean whose waters slammed the edifice of salt being built by Ang-ngalo and Asin, causing the sea's water to become salty.

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