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Lalahon, in Philippine mythology, Goddess of fire, volcanoes and harvest. [3] Kan-Laon, Visayan god of time associated with the volcano Kanlaon. Gugurang, Bicolano god of fire and volcanoes who lives inside Mayon Volcano which erupts whenever he's enraged.
Gugurang: the Bicolano supreme god; causes the pit of Mayon volcano to rumble when he is displeased; cut Mt. Malinao in hald with a thunderbolt; [5] the god of good [6] Unnamed God: a Bicolano sun god who fell in love with the mortal, Rosa; refused to light the world until his father consented to their marriage; he afterwards visited Rosa, but ...
The Bicolano people (Bikol: Mga Bikolnon) are the fourth-largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. [2] Their native region is commonly referred to as Bicolandia , which comprises the entirety of the Bicol Peninsula and neighboring minor islands, all in the southeast portion of Luzon .
Bulaiyao: live in big rocks, hot springs, and volcanoes; have a fiery appearance which they can turn on or turn off; capture or devour souls [26] Gulilingob ud Tangob: the strongest of all the bulaiyao [26] Dumabag: the god of the volcano at Balatok [26] Lumawig: the local god of the Mangali-Lubo-Tinglaiyan district [26]
Mayon is a sacred volcano among the Bicolano people. It is the home of their supreme deity, Gugurang. It is the home of their supreme deity, Gugurang. Indigenous Philippine shrines and sacred grounds are places regarded as holy within the indigenous Philippine folk religions .
If Bacobaco comes out of the volcano, horrible things will happen. [43] [44] Bakunawa – a dragon-like serpent present in various mythologies; a beautiful sea goddess who turned into a serpent deity after her love was spurned in Bicolano, and Panay myth, [45] while in Bisaya myth, she played and swallowed six of the seven moons, leaving only ...
Among the Bicolano people, Kalaon was instead regarded as the evil god of destruction, the main adversary of Batala. Their supreme deity was instead Gugurang (whose name also means "the old one") whose domain was the Mayon Volcano. [17] Among the Batak people of Sumatra, the oldest ancestor spirits are also known as silaon. [8]
After some time, the volcano was chosen as the abode of the supreme god of the Bicolano people, Gugurang, who also chose Mayon as the repository of the sacred fire of Ibalon. [5] Numerous festivals and rituals are associated with the volcano and its landscape. [112]