Bikolano Mythology • THE ASWANG PROJECT

The Bicolano people or the Bikolanos (Bikol: Mga Bikolnon) are the fourth-largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. Their native region is commonly referred to as Bicolandia, which comprises the entirety of the Bicol Peninsula and neighbouring minor islands, all in the southeast portion of Luzon.

MAGNINDAN / MAGINDANG: Bicol Deity and Protector of Fisherfolk

April 25, 2022 Jordan Clark Bikolano Mythology, Philippine Mythology

MAGNINDAN / MAGINDANG was, in Bicolano Mythology, the protector of fisherfolk. The below myth involved this revered deity and is meant to explain the name

Bikol Legend of the Shooting Star and its Connection to a Mindanao Epic

July 14, 2021 Jordan Clark Bikolano Mythology

This Bikol tale features Prince Bantugan, a character who also appears in the Maranao Darangen. This legend also features a similar story to that faced

BULAN, the Bikol Moon Deity

July 10, 2021 Jordan Clark Bikolano Mythology

By now we all know that the story of the love affair between Bulan (Bicolano Moon Deity) and Sidapa (Visayan Deity of the Afterlife) was

Religion of the early Bikols | Bicolano Culture

February 6, 2021 Jordan Clark Bikolano Mythology, Precolonial Society

The early chroniclers reported that the ancient peoples of the Philippines were moved by the belief of a powerful being who was responsible for the

HALIYA: Bicolano Goddess of the Moon

February 24, 2020 Jordan Clark Bikolano Mythology

One topic comes up frequently here at The Aswang Project is Haliya, the Bicolano Deity of the moon. Unfortunately, the popular Haliya story in modern

TAMBALOSLOS: Does Size Really Matter?

February 6, 2019 Jordan Clark Bikolano Mythology, Creatures & Spirits

The TAMBALOSOS/ TAMBALUSLOS/ TAMBALUSLUS is one of those rare Philippine beings that everyone seems to know about, yet is conspicuously missing from most documentation on

HANDYONG & ORYOL: A Bicol Folk Tale of Love and Redemption

August 22, 2018 Jordan Clark Bikolano Mythology

The Ibálong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a folk epic from the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharta. The epic is said to