9 Magical Insects and Their Folklore - Learn Religions Historical Conservation Society. San Agustin Museum. 3: The Horn Motif in Mythology and Folklore with Special Reference to the Philippines. Indiana University. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. It is yellow-ish gray and usually has no more than 15 pairs of legs. University of Manila Journal of East Asiatic Studies, Volume 5. p. 52. Ateneo University Press, 2005. University of San Carlos Publications. Mycosphere. WebThe centipede god Sepa is attested from the Old Kingdom right through to the Greco-Roman Period. Today is a Feast Day for Sepa, the centipede god of ancient Egypt. Religion of the Katipunan. Global ICCA Database: Igmalengen sacred forests of Portulin, Mindanao, Philippines. 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. By fall, they tend to be fairly active because theyre seeking warmth which is why you may find yourself suddenly face to face with an eight-legged visitor some night when you get up to use the bathroom. Siguinarugan: one of the two giant guards of the gates of Kanitu-nituhan; Saragnayan: the god of darkness who protected his wife, Nagmalitong Yawa Sinagmaling, from all adversaries in Panay mythologies; his source of immortality was inputted on a wild boar, and upon the killing of the boar, he became mortal and was killed by Buyung Baranugon, Pinganun-pinganun: the god of enchanted places. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. As centipedes are venomous, Sepa was considered to have power over other venomous animals and could be invoked for protection against snake bites and scorpion stings. Fireflies can be seen lighting up the night in many areas of the world. Jamias, N. F. (1947).A study on Biag ni Lam-ang, the Ilocano epic. University of the Philippines Press. Dig into the soil in your garden, and chances are that if the dirt is healthy, it will be chock full of earthworms. Fox, R. B. New Day Publishers. 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. Loyre, G. (1991). As a carnivore, it eats other insects like arthropods and arachnids. If youre going to do some weather divination and magic, consider bringing the woolly bear in. Filipino Children's Favorite Stories. Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co. Lambrecht, F. H. (1981). Page 192. The native peoples and their customs. WebA common centipede is the house centipede (S cutigera forceps), which is about 5 centimetres (2 inches) long and has 15 pairs of legs. Wigington, Patti. New York: American Museum of Natural History. Ethnography of the Bikol People, vii. Wigington, Patti. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Global Environment Facility, and UNDP. CreateSpace Independent Publishing. There are over a hundred distinct pantheons in the Philippines. Sagada Social Studies. Page 82. Tell me its the Day of Sepa or the Feast of Menhuy, which was yesterday, and I will go pawing through all my books to learn []. Vocabulariode lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero. The praying mantis is a beautiful insect and can also be deadly if youre another praying mantis. Nearly all cultures have some sort of spider mythology, and folktales about these crawly creatures abound! (2020). Saway, V. L. The Talaandig. Sevilla, Spain: Archivo de la Indias. Page 114. Relation of the Filipinas Islands. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. An Introduction to the Kapampngan Language; Interview on Lw. (1582) 1903. Hinilawod: Adventures of Humadapnon, chanted by Hugan-an and recorded by Dr. F. Landa Jocano, Metro Manila: 2000, Punlad Research House. Diccionario mitologico de Filipinas. Beljan: the spirits of all beljan (shamans); able to travel to the vertical universe, divided into fourteen different layers, in order to heal the world and to re-establish cosmic balance; Lenggam: demon-like beings of the forest who act as the caretakers of poisonous and biting animals such as scorpions and snakes; Linamin at Barat: the lady-goddess of the monsoon winds, Linamin at Bulag: the lady-goddess of the dry season, Upu Kuyaw: the grandfather god of thunder, Maguimba: the god in the remotests times, lived among the people, having been summoned by a powerful babaylan (shaman); provided all the necessities of life, as well as all cures for illnesses; has the power to bring the dead back to life, Diwata: a benevolent god who provides for the needs of women and men, and gives out rewards for good deeds, Angoro: a deity who lives in Basad, a place beyond this world, where the souls find out whether they will enter the heavens called Lampanag, or be cast into the depths of Basad, Balungbunganin: spirit of the almaciga trees, Esa: an ancestor whose movements created the landscapes, which he named during a hunting journey with his dogs, who were after wild pigs, Baybay: the goddess and master of rice who originated from Gunay Gunay, the edge of the universe; married to Ungaw, Ungaw: the god and master of bees who originated from Gunay Gunay, the edge of the universe; married to Baybay, Panyaen: mystic entities who control certain wild trees and various animals. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press. Oceanic Linguistics30:73129. I Capul, siray pati inaanto / Capul, noon at ngayon: Ang kasaysayan ng palo ng Capul / Capul, before and now: a history of Capul Island. Page 168. (1994). Casal, G. (1986). Simply put, a super canid entity, possibly also associated with the jackal god Wepwawet (or Upuaut another deity of Upper Egypt with canine features but with grey fur), was conceived by the ancient Egyptians. Jocano, F. L. (1958). Rethinking Maria Cacao: Legend-making in the Visayan Context. Danyag 2 (Dec): 114. Santiago, Luciano P. R. (2005). Imprenta de la compaia de Jesus, 1754. Ongsotto, Rebecca R., Ongsotto, Renna R., Ongsotto, R. M. (2005). In Blair and Robertson, The Philippine Islands 5. Kumar, D. (2011). 6, No. Realubit, M. L. F. (1983). Deity, spirit, and hero figures continue to be viewed as important and existing among native faiths and the general Filipino culture. (1966). Seki, K. (2001). Peasants in the Hills: A Study of the Dynamics of Social Change Among the Buhid Swidden Cultivators in the Philippines. Aggirigira: Invisible beings that cause mischief, diseases and misfortunes, Biuag: a culture hero who possessed a golden lace amulet, Malana: a culture hero who possessed a golden axe amulet, Nanolay: creator of all things; a culture hero and a beneficent deity; never inflicts pain or punishment on the people; responsible for the origin and development of the world, Ofag: cousin of Nanolay; personification of evil, Talanganay: a male god-spirit; enters the body of a healer and gives instructions on how to heal the sick while in a trance, Menalam: a female goddess-spirit; enters the body of a healer and gives instructions on how to heal the sick while in a trance. Two bright and positive crow-related deities are Bran Vendigeit (Bran the Blessed) and his sister Branwen (White Crow). "Sibod in Binanog: Understanding the Binanog Tradition of the Panay Bukidnon in Western Visayas." 4: Death and After Death: Ivatan Beliefs and Practices. It could be inferred that Cent Native races and their customs. (2018). The T'boli: Songs, Stories and Society. The Institutions of Maguindanao. Tulus: referred as the Great Spirit, who was neither male nor female and created all things, including the forest, those that we see (such as humans), and those that we can't see (such as spirits) from mud; created and re-created humans four times, first due to the non-existence of humans, second due to birthing issues, the third due to Lageay Lengkuos's initiation of the ascending of mankind into the Great Spirit's realm which resulted into the absence of humans on earth, and the last due to another initiation of mankind's ascending to the sky world which made the same effect as the third; Minaden: creator of mankind, which was made from mud; creator of the earth put at the middle of daylight; provided mankind with their clothes and languages; her house welcomes living women who managed to arrive in the upper most level of the upper worlds, Meketefu: the unapproachable brother of Minaden; also called Tulus, he corrected the sexual organs and noses of mankind; gave one group of people the monkey clothing which can turn anyone into monkeys, while gave another group bows and arrows, Monkey Leader: also called Little Moneky, he is a culture hero who went to Tulus to intercede for his people, which resulted in his group to ascend the upper regions; two non-believer of his group were left on earth, but he returned to give them earth and a piece of iron which extended from earth to sky, which became the source of all iron, Biaku: the magic bird who furnished the clothes and beads initiated by Minaden; when a neighboring people attacked the Teduray to take wealth, Biaku fled.