Kudaman is one of the 63 epics of Palawan. An epic is called tultul in Palawan culture. It was first recorded and translated into French
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Category: Palawan Beliefs
Articles about the mythologies and beliefs from the ethnolinguistic groups of the Palawan region of the Philippines.
SALAKEP, the spirits of epidemic sickness: Tagbanua (Tagbanuwa) Beliefs
For the northwest winds bring the feared salakap, the spirits of epidemic sickness, to earth. The name Tagbanua derives from tiga banua, meaning “people of the village.” There
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Tagbanua (Tagbanuwa) Cosmology: Multi-Layered Universe, Deities, Diwatas and Creation Myths
The name Tagbanua comes from tiga banua, meaning “people of the village.” There is evidence of early influence from Hinduized Brunei. In more recent times, Muslim traders
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BIANGONAN | Welcome To Your New Nightmare, Batak Folklore
THE BIANGONAN is definitely one of the most horrifying beings I’ve documented in Philippine Mythology & Folklore. I was lucky enough to visit the Batak
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