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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Category: Philippine Mythology
Mythology and beliefs from the various cultures of the Philippines. Please use the menu or search function to search for a specific ethnolinguistic group or deity.
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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Tingguian Deities, Spirits and Shamans | Itneg Mythology and Beliefs
The Tingguians “the people of the mountains” originally referred to all mountain dwelling people. Nowadays, it particularly refers to a cultural minority group living in
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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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Deities, Myths, and ‘Sorcery’ of the Pangasinense
The Pangasinan people, also known as Pangasinense, are an ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. They are the tenth largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
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ADVENTURES OF HUMADAPNON Synopsis of Hinilawod II
The Suludnon, also known as the Panay Bukidnon or Pan-ayanon, are a culturally indigenous Visayan group of people who reside in the Capiz-Lambunao mountainous area
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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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THREE BROTHERS OF PANAY, Excerpt from the Suludnon Epic “Hinilawod”
The Suludnon, also known as the Panay Bukidnon or Pan-ayanon, are a culturally indigenous Visayan group of people who reside in the Capiz-Lambunao mountainous area
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Gawīgawen and Gīambōlan, the multi-headed giants of Tingguian Myth
Tingguian means “the people of the mountains.” It was originally used to refer to all mountain dwelling people. These days it is particularly associated to
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