The Religion of the Ifugaos, Volumes 6568. Filipino Heritage: The metal age in the Philippines (1977). Philippine Studies Vol. Hart D. V., Hart H. C. (1966). Pack, J., Behrens, D. (1973). Marsden, William (1784). Whats really interesting, though, is when you take a look to look at the smaller critters and creatures that are around, and their magical associations specifically, insects. The First Shark. Talavera, Manalo, Baybay, Saludario, Dizon, Mauro, Porquerino, Novela, Yakit, Banares, Francisco, Inocencio, Rongavilla, Cruz (2013). San Antonio, Juan Francisco de (1738). National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Halupi: Essays on Philippine Culture. She sometimes acted as a judge in human affairs. Fundacin Santiago, 1995. Page 82. The praying mantis is a beautiful insect and can also be deadly if youre another praying mantis. Aguilar, [edited by] Celedonio G. (1994). Cawed, C. (1972). Folk-Islam in Maranao Society. opyright 2012-2013 Emky (Ty Barbary). In dream symbolism, earthworms indicate a need to delve into ones subconscious. Philippine Folk Literature: The Folktales. de Castro, Lourdes. Ramirez y Giraudier, 1860. Colin SJ, Francisco (1663). I'm not an expert in this stuff, but after a quick Google search, several sites wrote that butterflies are a sign of major, personal transformation. Buyser, F. (1913). Asiaweek Limited, 1986. Cole, M. C. (1916). [5][6][7], The following figures continue to exist and prevail among the collective memory and culture of Filipinos today, especially among adherents to the native and sacred Filipino religions, despite centuries of persecution beginning with the introduction of non-native and colonial Abrahamic religions which sought to abolish all native faiths in the archipelago beginning in the late 14th century, and intensified during the middle of the 16th century to the late 20th century. Brighid is a protector of hearth and home, and Juno and Vesta are both patronesses of marriage. Page 358. Blair, Helen Emma & Robetson, James Alexander. Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala. [4] The term itself can be further divided into ninuno (ancestral spirits) and diwata (gods, goddesses, and deities), although in many cases, the meaning of the terms differ depending on their ethnic association. When spring rolls around, you'll see bees buzzing around your garden, partaking of the rich pollen in your flowers and herbs. 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. Postma, A. Origin Myth of the Manuvu. An Account of Personhood, Identity and Bodily Knowledge amongst the Batak of Palawan Island (the Philippines). Philippine Center for Advanced Studies, University of the Philippines System., 1983. Hurao, Father of Maka-andog: lived in Mt. Snpan Singsing: Center for Kapampngan Cultural Heritage. Clarendon, 1872. Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs. Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino. 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. Hes also invoked against the Uncreated One Fansler, D. S. (1921). New Day Publishers. Donoso, Isaac (2016). Folklore Studies Vol. Blumentritt, Ferdinand (1895). Far Eastern University (1967). India-related topics in Philippinesarticles, Ancient Tagalog deities documented by the Spaniards, Tagalog pantheon from "Notes on Philippine Divinities" by F. Landa Jocano. Genitality in Tagalog. Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, trabajado por varios sugetos doctos y graves, y ltimamente aadido, corregido y coordinado. University of San Carlos Publications. .University of Manila (1956). Philippine Sociological Society. Die Negrito Asiens. 1965 Filipino Popular Tales. Hart D. V., Hart H. C. (1966). As the wife of the Sun God, Ra, Hathor is known in Egyptian legend as the patroness of wives. A. 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. Chal-chal: the god of the sun whose son's head was cut off by Kabigat; Kabigat: the goddess of the moon who cut of the head of Chal-chal's son; her action is the origin of headhunting, Son of Chal-chal: his head was cut off by Kabigat; revived by Chal-chal, who bear no ill will against Kabigat, Ob-Obanan: a deity whose white hair is inhabited by insects, ants, centipedes, and all the vermins that bother mankind; punished a man for his rudeness by giving him a basket filled with all the insects and reptiles in the world, Ked-Yem: the god of blacksmiths who cut off the heads of the two sons of Chacha because they were destroying his work; was later challenged by Chacha, which eventually led into a pechen pact to stop the fighting, Two Sons of Chacha: beheaded by Ked-Yem, because they were destroying his work, Fucan: younger of the two girls met by Lumawig in Lanao; married to Lumawig; later adopted the name Cayapon; died after dancing in a taboo way, which led to death being the norm among mortals, Two Sons of Cayapon: the two children of Lumawig and Fucan; helped the people of Caneo, who afterwards killed by the two brothers, Batanga: father of the two girls met by Lumawig in Lanao. The scarab, in some tales, represents Ra, the sun god, rolling the sun across the sky. University of the Philippines Press. Sevilla, Spain: Archivo de la Indias. University,University of Manila (1958). Philippine Sociological Society. 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. Segoyong: guardians of the classes of natural phenomena; punishes humans to do not show respect and steal their wards; many of them specialize in a class, which can be water, trees, grasses, caves behind waterfalls, land caves, snakes, fire, nunuk trees, deers, and pigs; Segoyong of Land Caves: take the form of a feared snake known a humanity's grandparent; cannot be killed for he is the twin of the first people who was banished for playfully roughly with his sibling, Segoyong of Pigs: takes its share of butterflies in the forest; feared during night hunts, Segoyong of Deers: can change humans into deers and man-eaters; feared during night hunts, Segoyong of Sickness: sends sickness to humans because in the early years, humans were not nice to him; talking about him is forbidden and if one should refer to him, a special sign of surrender is conducted, Woman at Bonggo: the woman at Bonggo who gathers the spirits at the land of the dead in the sky; keeps the spirit of the body, Woman beyond Bonggo: the woman beyond Bonggo who keeps the spirit of the umbilical cord, Brother of Tulus: lives in the highest abode in the land of the dead, where those who died in battle reside, Maginalao: beings of the upper regions who can aid someone to go up in the upper worlds without dying, where usually a female aids a person first, followed by her brother; they sometimes come to earth to aid the poor and the suffering, Giant of Chasms: the first one to guard the chasms between the layers of the upper regions; a man-eating giant, Spirit of Lightning and Thunder: advises humans about good and bad, to not tease animals, and to respect elders and ancestors, Spirit Who Turns Earth into Water: advises humans about good and bad, to not tease animals, and to respect elders and ancestors, Settlers of the Mountains: each of the eight layers of the upper regions have eight spirits referred as Settlers of the Mountains; they are four men and four women who are appealed to for pity in order to get to the highest ranking spirit in a layer, Spirit of the Stars: a spirit higher in rank than the Settlers of the Mountains, Spirit of the Umbilical Cord: the woman beside the deity Meketefu (Tulus); hardest to get pity from as the people were once unkind to her, Malang Batunan: a giant who had a huge house; keep the souls of any false shamans from passing through the region of the Great Spirit, Major constellation deities: six constellations asked by the hero Lagey Lingkuwus to remain in the sky to aid in the people's farming, Fegeferafad: the leader of the constellations; actual name is Keluguy, the fatherly figure for the cousins Kufukufu, Baka, and Seretar; shaped like a human, the deity has a headcloth and chicken wings on his head, symbolizing courage, Kufukufu: one of the three cousins who view both Fegeferafad and Singkad as their fatherly figures, Baka: one of the three cousins who view both Fegeferafad and Singkad as their fatherly figures, Seretar: one of the three cousins who view both Fegeferafad and Singkad as their fatherly figures, Singkad: spouse of Kenogon; another fatherly figure for the cousins Kufukufu, Baka, and Seretar, Kenogon: spouse of Singkad; has a comb, which is always near Singkad, Flood Couple: after the great flood, a Teduray boy and Dulungan girl survived and married; their offspring who took after their father became the Teduray, while those who took after their mother became the Dulungan, who were later absorbed by the Manobo, Mamalu: an ancestor of the Teduray; the elder sibling who went into the mountains to remain with the native faith; brother of Tambunaoway, ancestor of the Maguindanao, Tambunaoway: an ancestor of the Maguindanao; the younger sibling who went remained in the lowlands and welcomed a foreign faith; brother of Mamalu, ancestor of the Teduray, First Humans: the first couple's child died and from the infant's body, sprouted various plants and lime, Pounding Woman: a woman who was pounding rice one day that she hit the sky with her pestle, which shamed the sky, causing it to go higher, Alagasi: giant humans from western lands who eat smaller humans, Tigangan: giants who take corpses, and transform these corpse into whatever they want to eat, Supreme Being: the supreme deity who is far way, and so lesser divinities and spirits hear people's prayers instead; was also later called as Allah by Muslim converts, Malaykat: each person is protected by these angelic beings from illness; they also guide people in work, making humans active, diligent, and good; they do not talk nor borrow a voice from humans, and they don't treat sick persons, Tunung: spirits who live in the sky, water, mountain, or trees; listens to prayers and can converse with humans by borrowing the voice of a medium; protects humans from sickness and crops from pests, Cotabato Healer Monkey: a monkey who lived near a pond outside Cotabato city; it heals those who touch it and those who give it enough offerings, Patakoda: a giant stallion whose presence at the Pulangi river is an omen for an unfortunate event. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. Asian Folklore Studies. Ethnography of the Bikol People, vii. Mayura is associated with a number of gods and deities of the Hindus including the following: In general, feathers of mayura are considered sacred and are used to dust the religious images and implements of Hindus. Balatik: Etnoastronomiya, Kalangitan sa Kabihasnang Pilipino. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press. Unfortunately, on short notice, the most reliable information I can find on Sepa is the aforementioned link to Henadology, and the primary reference for that article is in French (which is fine) but not among my personal collection (which is less fine), so I cant verify it first-hand. The woolly bear caterpillar is the larval stage of the tiger moth. Wisdom from a Rainforest: The Spiritual Journey of an Anthropologist. In ancient Egypt, the scarab beetle was well known as a symbol of the gods and eternal life. CABI. I invited Him in to partake of the food and drink and spent most of the time in shrine contemplating what little I had learned of Him and what other parts I was guessing at. Today is a Feast Day for Sepa, the centipede god of ancient Egypt. Noval-Morales, D. Y. North Atlantic Books, 2010. Jocano, F. L. (1958). Posted by ; alice collins trousers; The mythological figures, including deities (anitos and diwatas), heroes, and other important figures, in Anitism vary among the many ethnic groups in the Philippines. Washington: Catholic Anthropological Conference. "Sibod in Binanog: Understanding the Binanog Tradition of the Panay Bukidnon in Western Visayas." SPAFA Digest. Karlston, L. (2018). Most centipedes are primarily carnivorous and only eat vegetable matter when starving, but are otherwise opportunistic feeders. Centro Escolar University Research and Development Center, 1969. Gaioni, D. T. (1985). I reverted the food offerings, but left the water on the shrine to evaporate naturally (a slow process in a humid environment), my way of providing a longer-term offering symbolic of that which sustains all lifeincluding centipedes. 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. Aradia (Italian) University of the Philippines. 9 Magical Insects and Their Folklore. The butterfly is one of natures most perfect examples of change, transformation, and growth. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. (1974). University of the Philippines. 26 (99): 1363. Some (unverified) online sites suggest that Sepa is associated with fertility for one or both of these two reasons: centipedes follow along after earthworms, which fertilize the soil as they pass; and Sepa has been depicted with the head of a donkey, linking Him to donkey manure used in fertilization of the fields. Hornedo, F. H. (1980). Lulu Publishing. You Are Here: what happened to calista flockhart zta password zip deities associated with centipedes UTP Journals. H. Otley Beyer Ethnographic Collection. The Legend of the Miraculous Lady in White Lurking in Eastern Samar's Hamorawan Spring. Galang, Zoilo M. (1950). University of the Philippines, 2002. Bowring, John (1858). Lulu.com, 2016. 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