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The 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.
In Mandaya beliefs, a different human-speaking bird with the same name laid two eggs that hatched the first man and woman. The first egg was laid at the mouth of river Mayo, where the woman was hatched, while the other was laid near the source of the river. [63] Magpukatod: the horse that jumps over mountains.
Rachel Jingco Alejandro (born February 18, 1974) [1] is a Filipino singer and actress. Biography. Early life ... Larawan, Fire Water Woman, ...
Filipino shamans, commonly known as babaylan (also balian or katalonan, among many other names), were shamans of the various ethnic groups of the pre-colonial Philippine islands. These shamans specialized in communicating, appeasing, or harnessing the spirits of the dead and the spirits of nature . [ 2 ]
Kresnik, golden fire god who became a hero of Slovenia; Ognyena Maria, fire goddess who assists Perun; Peklenc, god of fire who rules the underworld and its wealth and who judges and punishes the wicked through earthquakes; Svarog, the bright god of fire, smithing, and the sun, and is sometimes considered as the creator
Bagobo – The world was created by Pamulak Manobo, who made the land and sea and the first humans. Rain comes when he throws water from the sky; showers are his spit. White clouds are smoke from the deities' fire. The sun created yellow clouds that make the colors of the rainbow. [42] Bicolano – the only things that existed were water and sky.
Karokung was a beautiful, river-dwelling woman with white skin, flowing black hair, and either black or blue feet. She would embrace men, throwing him into a fire before then plunging him into the river. This was used to explain the rapid temperature shift during a fever.
Manananggal (1927), directed by José Nepomuceno, was the first ever Filipino horror movie. [8] [9] It is a silent movie starring Mary Walter portraying the manananggal in its current form, having the upper torso detach. Not much is known of the film's plot.