Baltog Pioneer in the epic Ibalon of the Bikolano BALTOG is considered the first man to settle in Bikol, who came from Botavara and of the race Lipod. He slays a great boar with his bare hands when it destroyed his taro field. SYNOPSIS OF IBALON Yling, a bird reputed to talk, asks…
Handiong Warrior-hero of the epic Ibalon of the Bikolano HANDIONG is one of the three main heroes of the Ibalon, widely considered to be an epic of the Bicol Region. Ibalon today exists in fragments. It is said to be transcribed by Franciscan missionary Bernardino de Melendreras, from which Fray Jose Castaño published a…
Luyong Baybay Diwata of the tides of the Panay Bukidnon LUYONG BAYBAY is the diwata or deity who controls the tides of the sea of the Panay Bukidnon people of Western Visayas. SULOD DIVINITIES The Sulod of Central Panay, in Western Bisayas, conceived of the universe as divided into three regions: lbabawnun (upperworld),…
Tuwaang Hero of theTuwaang epics of the Bagobo TUWAANG is the hero of several epics or songs of the Bagobo, indigenous group of southern Mindanao, which has several sub- groups. Anthropologist E. Arsenio Manuel was able to acquire and publish two songs in the late 1950s to 1970s, The Maiden of the Buhong Sky,…