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The Bakunawa, also called the Philippine moon-eating dragon, the Philippine moon dragon, moon dragon, or the moon-eating dragon, is a serpent, ...
Limiting Factor, known as Bakunawa since its sale in 2022, is a crewed deep-submergence vehicle (DSV) manufactured by Triton Submarines and owned and operated since 2022 by Gabe Newell's Inkfish ocean-exploration research organization. [3] It currently holds the records for the deepest crewed dives in all five oceans.
The species was named Bakunawa, referring to a draconic creature in Visayan mythology that would have caused an eclipse by devouring the moon. The name was given in reference to the eclipse-like mark on the dorsal fin, which resembles a total solar eclipse.
Bakunawa: The Bakunawa, who was initially a beautiful goddess, appears as a gigantic serpent that lives in the sea. Ancient natives believed that the Bakunawa caused the moon or the sun to disappear during an eclipse. It is said that during certain times of the year, the Bakunawa arises from the ocean and proceeds to swallow the moon whole.
In one myth, Bakunawa swallowed most of the moons in anger because her sister, an ancient sea turtle, was killed by humans. [51] Another myth states that Bakunawa fell in love with a village girl and swallowed the moon in anger because the village chief burned the girl's house. [51] Batak crab (Batak) – a titanic crab.
Iniistius bakunawa (Sorgon, Tea, Meren & Nañola, 2023) [note 1] (Eclipse-spot razor wrasse) Iniistius baldwini (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Baldwin's razorfish) Iniistius bimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) (two-spot razorfish) Iniistius brevipinnis J. E. Randall, 2013; Iniistius celebicus (Bleeker, 1856) (Celebes razorfish) Iniistius cyanifrons ...
Minokawa is a giant, dragon-like bird in Philippine mythology.Early people believed this creature is so big that it can swallow (or cover) the Sun to explain the occurrence of eclipses.
Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions . Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong River; Naga, another name for Bakunawa, an unrelated sea serpent deity in Filipino mythology