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Setyembre 04, 2019

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Nagmalitong Yawa SinagMaling Diwata

Nagmalitong Yawa SinagMaling Diwata is the Visayan goddess of liberation empowerment and demons. Her name translate into enchanting demon, bedazzling goddess Nagmalitong Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata, Beguiling demon, bedazzling goddess She represents the virtues of success in work and achievements and in combat, she did not wait for a man to rescue her instead she rescued one of Ancient Visaya's greatest warriror (Humadapnon) Believed to be the daughter of Naguined and a Dayang (wife of a Datu) she was " binukot" meaning hidden and secluded from birth resulting to her having extremely white skin. She is trained in the arts of combat by the demons Arapayan and Makbarubak. She is popularly known as the savior of Humadapnon and wife of Saragnayan (the lord of darkness) She is of fair skin, fairest in the land for she has not seen sunlight and her long dark hair like a cape of the night sky long and flowing that reaches down to her feet. She is a Binukot , a Babayla

Bicol gods, monsters and heroes

Albayano, Ibalon, Ibalong Bicol Creation Myth "Thousands and thousands of years ago, there was a time when the space occupied by the universe was vacant. The moon, the sun, the stars, and the earth were conspicuous by their absence. Only the vast expanse of water and the sky above it could be seen. The kingdom of the sky was under the rule of the great god Languit, while the water was under the sovereignty of the god Tubigan. Languit had a daughter called Dagat, the sea, who became the wife of Paros, the wind , who was the son of Tubigan. Four children were born to Dagat and Paros, three of whom were boys called Daga, Aldao, and Bulan, and one girl called Bitoon. Daga, a strong man, possessed a body of rock; Aldao, a jolly fellow, had a body of gold; Bulan, a copper-made man, was a weakling; while the beautiful Bitoon was made of pure silver. After the death of their father Paros, Daga, being the eldest son, succeeded in control of the winds. Soon after, Dagat, the mot

Bulan

Bulan is the primordial god of the moon in pre-Hispanic Bicolano mythology. He lives in "Kamurayan(heavens) and is depicted as an adolescent boy with extremely fair skin, with eyes and hair darker than midnight, lithe body and comely features. He was worshiped alongside Asuang by the baylan (priest and shamans in pre-Hispanic Bicol who dressed and acted as female). Also, some believe that the First class municipality in the south of Luzon island, Sorsogon Province was named after him. He had a younger sister who literally came from his body named Haliya. In the stories, Haliya was Bulan's daughter and defender (the gods could not age Bulan forever remained pubescent) enticed by the wind people or taong lipod to descend into the earth to bathe in its waters, she, in turn, convinced her brother Bulan do go down with her. Bulan and Haliya descended and all creatures were at awe with their luminous and white beauty. It is said that Bulan and Haliya they were so bea

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