Yabes, L. Y. (1970). Indiana University. Far Eastern University Faculty Journal, Volume 12. Aguilar, C. G. (1994). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Vol. Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, trabajado por varios sugetos doctos y graves, y ltimamente aadido, corregido y coordinado. The Remarkable Maranaws. The Culture of the Bontoc Igorot. National Commission for Culture and the Arts. C & E Publishing. Lacson, T.; Gamos, A. Philippine Center for Advanced Studies, University of the Philippines System., 1983. Press. Seki, K. (2001). The Journal of American Folklore. National Library of the Philippines. Press. Hes also invoked against the Uncreated One in its serpent form, reinforcing Sepas ability to protect mortals against everyday snakes. Philippines: Children's Communication Center: Aklat Adarna. All-Nations Publishing. CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art: Peoples of the Philippines, Kalinga to Yakan. Eugenio, D. L. (2007). 9 Magical Insects and Their Folklore. 1/2, Philippine Cultural Minorities II: Mangyan Folklore. Nanzan University. 28, No. They are often depicted with dragon-like features. Kikuchi, Y. The Ati of Negros and Panay. Design courtesy Andi Mancuso Studios. Priestly agents of the environmental gods: The following six spirits do not receive any other office. Chaosmology: Shamanism and personhood among the Bugkalot. WebThe mayura named Citramekhala is associated with Saraswati, a deity representing benevolence, patience, kindness, compassion and knowledge. Jenks, A. The centipede god Sepa is attested from the Old Kingdom right through to the Greco-Roman Period. Asian Studies, Volumes 21-30. Socio-cultural History of Mamanwa Adaptations of Community in Sitio Palayan, Barangay Caucab, Almeria Biliran. If youre going to do some weather divination and magic, consider bringing the woolly bear in. With contributions by E. Arsenio Manuel. deities associated with centipedes griffin park demolished Fundacin Santiago, 1995. Manila. India-related topics in Philippinesarticles, Ancient Tagalog deities documented by the Spaniards, Tagalog pantheon from "Notes on Philippine Divinities" by F. Landa Jocano. WebKnown as The Centipede of Horus , he does a similar job to Khepri the Scarab, but with more legs. Hurley, V. (1935). Quezon City: U.P. Benedict, L. W. (1913). San Buenaventura, Fr. Philippine Studies Journal. Lopez-Gonzaga, V. B. (1895). Gods Agurang: the good spirit who fought against Asuwang, Asuwang: the malevolent spirit who fought against Asuwang, Gamhanan: the supreme deity and giver of life, security, and livelihood; lives with many other gods in Mount Daeogdog, where he gives life and punishes errant mortals; used to have a loyal deer-like pet and messenger called Panigotlo, which bleated as a sign of abundance to mortals or foretells floods and despairs to alert the people, Bululakaw: lived in the island's sacred mountain called Madya-as, Bangutbanwa: deity who is prayed to for a good harvests and an orderly universe, Mangindalon: intercedes for sick persons and punishes enemies, Damhanan: the hunter who killed Panigotlo, the sacred deer-like pet of Gamhanan, Daeogdog: a man with violent temper whose name means thunder; married to Mabuot; wanted to force a marriage between his daughter Agahon and a man named Maeopig, Mabuot: a woman who was kind and gentle, married to Daeogdog; tried to prevent the marriage of Agahon with the hot-tempered Maeopig, Agahon: daughter of Daeogdog and Mabuot; said to be as lovely as the dawn; was to be married to Maeopig even though she rejected the proposal; killed herself before the marriage; from her burial, grew the mango tree, Maeopig: suitor of Agahon; had an uncontrollable anger and was chosen by Daeogdog to marry his daughter, Maka-ako: the supreme deity residing on the uppermost level of the cosmic universe's seven layers, Alunsina: the mother goddess of the Hinilawod epic heroes; aided in the battle against Saragnayon, Laonsina: a sky goddess and grandmother of Nagmalitung Yawa, Unnamed Sky God: a sky god who prevented Balanakon from traveling to Labaw Donggon's territory, Tagna-an: the creator god and a busalian shaman; the most powerful and versatile of all ma-aram shamans, Hugna-an: the first man; a ma-aram shaman and child of Tagna-an, Humihinahon: the first woman; a ma-aram shaman and child of Tagna-an, Kapapu-an: the pantheon of ancestral spirits from whom the supernatural powers of shamans originated from; their aid enables specific types of shamans to gush water from rocks, leap far distances, create oil shields, become invisible, or pass through solid matter, Papu Estrella Bangotbanwa: a deified shaman who controlled the forces of nature, Sidapa: god who establishes a person's lifespan through a very tall tree on, Pandaque: god who allows the souls of the dead to enter Mount Madya-as, the home of the dead, if a proper mag-anito ritual is held, Simuran: a god who takes the souls to the lower regions, Siginarugan: a god who takes the souls to the lower regions, Bangle: carries the non-liquefied soul across the water; the way he carries the soul differs depending on the soul's answers to his questions, Bagubu: deity of the stream which follows after the crossing with Bangle, Labaw Donggon: an epic hero who journeyed to many lands, Gimbitinan: a wife of Labaw Donggon; mother of the hero Asu Mangga, Anggoy Doronoon: a wife of Labaw Donggon; mother of the hero Buyung Baranugun, Yawa Sinagmaling: the wife of the lord, Saragnayon; Labaw Donggon fell in love with her, leading to the battle between Labaw Donggon and Saragnayon, Saragnayon: husband of Yawa Sinagmaling; became a mortal after the wild boar which safeguards his immortality was defeated, Asu Mangga: hero son of Gimbitinan and Labaw Donggon; fought Saragnayon for the release of his father, Buyung Baranugun: hero son of Anggoy Doronoon and Labaw Donggon; fought Saragnayon for the release of his father. de el Renacimiento, 1909. New Day Publishers. 5 Jun. Vocabulario de la lengua tagala. Maragtas. Anubis: Mythology Of The Enigmatic Egyptian Jackal God New Day Publishers. Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society Vol. Simply put, a super canid entity, possibly also associated with the jackal god Wepwawet (or Upuaut another deity of Upper Egypt with canine features but with grey fur), was conceived by the ancient Egyptians. In addition to providing us with honey and wax, bees are known to have magical properties, and they feature extensively in folklore from many different cultures. Someday, that caterpillar will wake up as a butterfly or moth and so, the caterpillar can be associated with any sort of transformative magic and ritual. National Commission on Culture and the Arts. Sepa, Centipede God. Clarendon, 1872. Monier-Williams, Monier (1872). Asuang Steals Fire from Gugurang. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Global Environment Facility, and UNDP. The First Shark. The Bontoc Igorot. 2, No. Page 378. Blust, Robert. Humadapnon: an epic hero; brother of Labaw Donggon and husband of Nagmalitung Yawa; Nagmalitung Yawa: a powerful binukot who rescued her husband by transforming herself into a man named Buyung Sunmasakay; Malubay Hanginon: a powerful binukot who captured and imprisoned by Humadapnon; defeated by Nagmalitung Yawa under her male form, Paglambuhan: a warrior who was keeping the Timpara Alimuon sacred boat in his fortress; defeated by Nagmalitung Yawa, Humadapnon, and Dumalapdap. Dont panic, though most spiders are harmless, and people have learned to co-exist with them for thousands of years. Scott, W. H. (1994). Segoyong: guardians of the classes of natural phenomena; punishes humans to do not show respect and steal their wards; many of them specialize in a class, which can be water, trees, grasses, caves behind waterfalls, land caves, snakes, fire, nunuk trees, deers, and pigs; Segoyong of Land Caves: take the form of a feared snake known a humanity's grandparent; cannot be killed for he is the twin of the first people who was banished for playfully roughly with his sibling, Segoyong of Pigs: takes its share of butterflies in the forest; feared during night hunts, Segoyong of Deers: can change humans into deers and man-eaters; feared during night hunts, Segoyong of Sickness: sends sickness to humans because in the early years, humans were not nice to him; talking about him is forbidden and if one should refer to him, a special sign of surrender is conducted, Woman at Bonggo: the woman at Bonggo who gathers the spirits at the land of the dead in the sky; keeps the spirit of the body, Woman beyond Bonggo: the woman beyond Bonggo who keeps the spirit of the umbilical cord, Brother of Tulus: lives in the highest abode in the land of the dead, where those who died in battle reside, Maginalao: beings of the upper regions who can aid someone to go up in the upper worlds without dying, where usually a female aids a person first, followed by her brother; they sometimes come to earth to aid the poor and the suffering, Giant of Chasms: the first one to guard the chasms between the layers of the upper regions; a man-eating giant, Spirit of Lightning and Thunder: advises humans about good and bad, to not tease animals, and to respect elders and ancestors, Spirit Who Turns Earth into Water: advises humans about good and bad, to not tease animals, and to respect elders and ancestors, Settlers of the Mountains: each of the eight layers of the upper regions have eight spirits referred as Settlers of the Mountains; they are four men and four women who are appealed to for pity in order to get to the highest ranking spirit in a layer, Spirit of the Stars: a spirit higher in rank than the Settlers of the Mountains, Spirit of the Umbilical Cord: the woman beside the deity Meketefu (Tulus); hardest to get pity from as the people were once unkind to her, Malang Batunan: a giant who had a huge house; keep the souls of any false shamans from passing through the region of the Great Spirit, Major constellation deities: six constellations asked by the hero Lagey Lingkuwus to remain in the sky to aid in the people's farming, Fegeferafad: the leader of the constellations; actual name is Keluguy, the fatherly figure for the cousins Kufukufu, Baka, and Seretar; shaped like a human, the deity has a headcloth and chicken wings on his head, symbolizing courage, Kufukufu: one of the three cousins who view both Fegeferafad and Singkad as their fatherly figures, Baka: one of the three cousins who view both Fegeferafad and Singkad as their fatherly figures, Seretar: one of the three cousins who view both Fegeferafad and Singkad as their fatherly figures, Singkad: spouse of Kenogon; another fatherly figure for the cousins Kufukufu, Baka, and Seretar, Kenogon: spouse of Singkad; has a comb, which is always near Singkad, Flood Couple: after the great flood, a Teduray boy and Dulungan girl survived and married; their offspring who took after their father became the Teduray, while those who took after their mother became the Dulungan, who were later absorbed by the Manobo, Mamalu: an ancestor of the Teduray; the elder sibling who went into the mountains to remain with the native faith; brother of Tambunaoway, ancestor of the Maguindanao, Tambunaoway: an ancestor of the Maguindanao; the younger sibling who went remained in the lowlands and welcomed a foreign faith; brother of Mamalu, ancestor of the Teduray, First Humans: the first couple's child died and from the infant's body, sprouted various plants and lime, Pounding Woman: a woman who was pounding rice one day that she hit the sky with her pestle, which shamed the sky, causing it to go higher, Alagasi: giant humans from western lands who eat smaller humans, Tigangan: giants who take corpses, and transform these corpse into whatever they want to eat, Supreme Being: the supreme deity who is far way, and so lesser divinities and spirits hear people's prayers instead; was also later called as Allah by Muslim converts, Malaykat: each person is protected by these angelic beings from illness; they also guide people in work, making humans active, diligent, and good; they do not talk nor borrow a voice from humans, and they don't treat sick persons, Tunung: spirits who live in the sky, water, mountain, or trees; listens to prayers and can converse with humans by borrowing the voice of a medium; protects humans from sickness and crops from pests, Cotabato Healer Monkey: a monkey who lived near a pond outside Cotabato city; it heals those who touch it and those who give it enough offerings, Patakoda: a giant stallion whose presence at the Pulangi river is an omen for an unfortunate event. (1997). UP . The Religion of the Ifugaos, Volumes 6568. Buyser, F. (1913). Likewise, some sites suggest that part of Sepas protective role, especially in regards to protecting Wesir, is due to the fact that centipedes will eat the bugs that feast on a dead body. This site uses functional cookies and external scripts to improve your experience. He was sometimes given the head of a donkey, possibly to reflect the fact that donkey manure was used to improve the fertility of soil. Burton, J. W. (1977). In Asian folklore, especially in that of the Vedda of Sri Lanka the peacock deserves a charm of praise since this bird kills centipedes and snakes.[3]. Centipedes were seen following earthworms which improved the fertility of soil, leading to Sepas association with fertility. Assessing environmental conservation on Palawan Island (the Philippines), in D. Anderson and E. Berglund (eds.) Wilkinson, Richard H. 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Metiatil: married to the hero Lageay Lengkuos; Lageay Lengkuos: the greatest of heroes and a shaman (beliyan) who made the earth and forests; the only one who could pass the magnet stone in the straight between the big and little oceans; inverted the directions where east became west, inverted the path of the sun, and made the water into land and land into water; Matelegu Ferendam: son of Lageay Lengkuos and Metiatil, although in some tales, he was instead birthed by Metiatil's necklace, Tafay Lalawan, instead, Lageay Seboten: a poor breechcloth-wearing culture hero who carried a basket of camote and followed by his pregnant wife; made a sacred pilgrimage to Tulus, and awaits the arrival of a Teduray who would lead his people, Mo-Sugala: father of Legeay Seboten who did not follow his son; loved to hunt with his dogs, and became a man-eater living in a cave, Saitan: evil spirits brought by foreign priests, Guru: leader of the Bolbol, a group of humans who can change into birds or whose spirits can fly at night to hunt humans, Damangias: a spirit who would test righteous people by playing tricks on them. The native peoples and their customs. Dua Sepa! Mikkelsen, H. H. (2016). 2014. Madrid, 1895. The origins of invented vocabulary in a utopian Philippine language. Page 251. University of San Carlos Publications. Species listing, distribution, and molecular identification of macrofungi in six Aeta tribal communities in Central Luzon, Philippines. KRT: Learning and Celebrating Kemetic Holidays, Quasi-Guest Post: My Partners Wep Ronpet. Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado. Lulu.com, 2018. Page 21255. The Soul Book. Blumentritt, Ferdinand (1895). Balatik: Etnoastronomiya, Kalangitan sa Kabihasnang Pilipino. Philippine Gay Culture: Binabae to Bakla, Silahis to MSM. Filipino Heritage The Making of a Nation Volume 5: Myths Shared With Mexico. (1984). Sepa, the Centipede God, was a protective fertility deity whose worship began in the Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 BCE). pagan101 posted this. Madrid, 1895. As centipedes are venomous, Sepa was also considered to have power over other venomous animals and could be invoked for protection against snake bites and scorpion stings. On January 14th we honor Sepa, the Centipede God. Which cookies and scripts are used and how they impact your visit is specified on the left. Miller, J. M. (1904). Pedro de(1613). Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog. E.P. The ties that bind: The Buhid Mangyan People of Mindoro, their Sacred Lands and Medicine Mountain. Peoples of the Philippines: Ibaloi. I did have the pleasure (eh-heh) of receiving a few impressions of a rather large centipede, enjoying the offerings Id laid out on my altar; I havent the faintest whether it was my imagination, one of Sepas netjeri, or Sepa Himself. deities associated with centipedes - isgho-sup.com Its discovery is attributed to the Aztecs so you might look in that direction. University of San Carlos. He was sometimes referred to as the centipede of Horus but was also closely associated with Osiris. Ramos-Shahani, L., Mangahas, Fe., Romero-Llaguno, J. Ortiz, Tomas (1731). Brighid is a protector of hearth and home, and Juno and Vesta are both patronesses of marriage. ien- ing: St.-Gabriel-Verlag.