Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Galura – In Higaonon myth a gigantic bird that holds the sky using its talons. Its huge wings cause strong winds that act as a buffer to the mortal world. [23] A different bird with the same name is present in Kapampangan mythology, where it is the winged assistant of the god Aring Sinukuan.
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 Diwatas whose expansive stories span from a hundred years ago to presumably thousands of years from modern times.
The Wakwak is a vampiric, bird-like creature like yaya in Philippine mythology. It is said to snatch humans at night as prey, similar to the manananggal and the Ekek in rural areas of the Philippines. The difference between the Manananggal and the Wakwak is that Wakwak cannot separate its torso from its body while the Manananggal can.
The Norse night goddess Nótt riding her horse, in a 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, or the night sky. They commonly feature in polytheistic religions. The following is a list of night deities in various mythologies.
Laon is usually mentioned in the various Visayan creation myths as the creator of the first creature (a bird, usually a manaul) who finds the first islands and indirectly causes the emergence of other creatures, including the first man and woman whom it finds inside either a bamboo or rattan stem.
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. Early people believed this creature is so big that it can swallow (or cover) the Sun to explain the occurrence of eclipses.
Prior to the Archaic epoch (c. 900–1565), the consorts of the Filipino monarchs were organized in three general tiers: Dayang (ᜇᜌᜅ᜔), Lakambini (ᜎᜃᜋ᜔ᜊᜒᜈᜒ), and Binibini (ᜊᜒᜈᜒ ᜊᜒᜈᜒ), or even the word Hara (ᜑᜇ) is a Malayo-Sanskrit terms in which referred to a Queen in western sense, also meant the ...
Philippine mythology and the mythical creatures, [151] are promoted globally in book bazaars, films, art galleries, online games, and educational courses. Both the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) support the promotion of Philippine mythology.