A heroic song that has only recently been made available to students of Philippine literature is “Matabagka Searches for the Deity of the Wind,” collected
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Category: Mindanao Mythologies & Beliefs
There are several Lumad ethnolinguistic groups recognized by the Philippine government.
Select a group to read articles regarding their beliefs.
Bagobo | Banwaon | B’laan | Bukidnon | Dibabawon | Higaonon | Mamanua | Mandaya | Manguangan | Manobo | Mansaka | Subanen | Tagakaolo | Talaandig | T’boli | Tiruray
There are also 13 Muslim ethnolinguistic groups: Maranao | Maguindanao | Tausug | Kalagan | Sangil | Ilanun/Iranun | Palibugan | Yakan | Sama | Badjao | Jumamapun | Palawanon | Molbog
Agyu: Summary of the Ilianon Epic of Mindanao
Agyu is a Manobo folk hero, and the epic Agyu of northern and central Mindanao – particularly North Cotabato, Bukidnon – is about him. It
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The MANÓBOS of Agusan: Sacrifices & War Rites
The Manobo are several people groups who inhabit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. They speak one of the languages belonging to the Manobo
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MELU, the Creator in BLAAN Beliefs
The Blaan or B`laan (are an indigenous group that is concentrated in Davao del Sur and South Cotabato. They are neighbors of the Tboli, and
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The MANÓBOS of Agusan: The Bailan, Ceremony & Religious Rites
The Manobo are several people groups who inhabit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. They speak one of the languages belonging to the Manobo
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MANÓBO Body Modification
The Manobo are several people groups who inhabit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. They speak one of the languages belonging to the Manobo
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The Mindanao BUKIDNON Spirit World
According to oral history of the indigenous people of Bukidnon, there were four main groups in Central Mindanao: the Maranaos who dwell in Lanao del
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Religion of the MANDAYA: Myths, Spirits, & Idols
According to the writings of John Garvan in his early 1900’s memoir in the New York Academy of Sciences, the Mandaya is “probably the greatest
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INDARAPATRA AND SULAYMAN, Summary of the Maguindanao Story
The Maranao people, also spelled Meranao, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is the term used by the Philippine government to refer to the southern indigenous people who
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MAHARADIA LAWANA, the Maranao Epic
The Maranao people, also spelled Meranao, Maranaw, and Mëranaw, is the term used by the Philippine government to refer to the southern indigenous people who
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