ph divinities(luzon)

Question 1

The highest ranking deity of the ancient Tagalogs was called

Answer 1

Bathala or Abba

Question 2

became the accepted
representative deity of the whole nation

Answer 2

Bathala

Question 3

___ was said to be the creator of all things - the sky, the earth
and all the vegetation around us. He dwelt in the highest realm of the
eternal space called ___

Answer 3

Bathala,
kawalhatian or sky.

Question 4

goddess of labor and good deeds

Answer 4

Idianali

Question 5

lord of the sea

Answer 5

Amanikabli

Question 6

Idianali married Dumangan and they had two children.

_____, a strong, agile hunter who became the guardian of created moun-
tains, and

_____, the fickle-minded goddess of the wind and rain.

Answer 6

Dumakulem,
Anitun Tabu

Question 7

Amanikabli, the husky, ill-tempered ruler of the sea, was said to have
never married after his love was spurned by a beautiful mortal maiden,
______

Answer 7

Maganda

Question 8

the goddess of the moon.

The most beautiful divinity in the court of Bathala was ______

Answer 8

Mayari

Question 9

Mayari had two charming sisters named

Answer 9

Hana, goddess of the morning,

Tala, goddess of the stars.

Question 10

goddess of cultivated land, was
the most understanding and
kind among the deities of Bathala.

Answer 10

Ikapati

Question 11

became the god of the sun and patron of fighters,

Answer 11

apolaki

Question 12

goddess of lovers

Answer 12

Dian Masalanta

Question 13

_____ became the interceding divinities between men and the gods. They were the ones to whom sacrifices were offered whenever the people de-
sired something.

Answer 13

Spirits

Question 14

The sacrifices for spirits were performed by the ____ or priest.

Answer 14

catalonan

Question 15

The souls of the good men were said to be brought to a village of rest called ____, which resembled the Christian paradise, where they enjoyed eternal peace and happiness.

Answer 15

Maca

Question 16

However, those who deserve punishment were brought to
_____, the village of grief and affliction where they were tortured
forever:’

Answer 16

Kasanaan

Question 17

souls were kept in the kasanaan by the chief deity named ___

Answer 17

Sitan

Question 18

Four agents of Sitan

Answer 18

Mangagauay
Manisilat
Mankukulam
Hukluban

Question 19

She was the one responsible for the occurrence of diseases. She wore a necklace of skulls, and her girdle was made manisilatup of several severed human harids and feet.*

Answer 19

Mangagauay

Question 20

She was sometimes known as the goddess of broken homes. She was said to be restless and mad whenever there was a happy home within sight.

Answer 20

Manisilat

Question 21

whose duty was to emit fire at night, especially when the night was dark and the weather was not good.

Answer 21

Mankukulam

Question 22

She had the power to change
herself into any form she desired. In fact, some people said that she had greater power than Mangagauay

Answer 22

Hukluban

Question 23

_____’s duty was to tempt people and to eat the liver of all those who wear
white clothes during mourning and take their souls down . to the depth
of Kasanaan.

Answer 23

Silagan

Question 24

Tagalogs usually wore
vari-colored ____

Answer 24

tapis or barrel skirt.

Question 25

Silagan had a sister named ______. This fiend could be seen walking along dark trails and lonely paths without her head, hands or feet, because her work was to frighten people to death.

Answer 25

Mananangal

Question 26

The third minor agent of the environmental gods was _____. The natives swore that they had seen _____ fly at night, murder men, eat their flesh, and drink their blood.8

Answer 26

Asuan

Question 27

Asuan's four brothers

Answer 27

Mangagayuma Sunat pangatahuyan Bayuguin

Question 28

______ specialized hi charms; He made charms out of herbs, stones, and wood which, when :used by lovers, had the power to infuse the heart with love. Thus he deceived people, although sometimes, through the intercession of good _____, his skill would not work

Answer 28

Mangagayuma anito

Question 29

was a well-known priest.

Answer 29

Sunat

Question 30

was a soothsayer

Answer 30

Pangatahuyan

Question 31

___'s work was to tempt women into a life of shame.

Answer 31

Bayuguin

Question 32

Among the early people of Zambales, it is recorded that _____ was considered the highest ranking deity.

Answer 32

Malayari

Question 33

In administering the affairs of the universe, M alayari was assisted by several minor deities. These deities were called ____

Answer 33

Anito

Question 34

Sometimes considered as having powers equal to that of Malayari, _____ was the celebrated god of health and sickness.

Answer 34

Akasi

Question 35

Another deity serving Malayari was _____, god of powerful living. His main duty was to pacify angry hearts. Hence, when anyone in the village had committed crimes, it was the priests of ______ who were sent to pacify the relatives of the offended party.

Answer 35

Manglubar

Question 36

Often called the guardian angel, ____ was the god of good grace. It was said that she used to accompany the priests wherever they went, especially when they went hunting.

Answer 36

Mangalabar

Question 37

As god of wind and rain, ____was said to be superior to any of her associates. However, because of her conceit, Malayari punished her by reducing her rank.

Answer 37

Aniton Tauo

Question 38

The Zambales offered Aniton Tauo _____ of the best kind during harvest season. The sacrifices using these ingredients are called ____

Answer 38

Pinipig Mamiarag

Question 39

As god of good harvest, _____ caused the rice to yield better grains. had several brothers helping him. All these were equally powerful as he was.

Answer 39

Dumagan

Question 40

was responsible for the early ripening of the ricestalks,

Answer 40

Kalasakas

Question 41

responsible for turning the grains yellow and dry,

Answer 41

Kalasokus,

Question 42

responsible for keeping the flowers of the rice plants from being blown away by hurricanes.

Answer 42

Damulag

Question 43

Among the Bontok and Kankanai groups of the Mountain Province, ____ was described to be the creator of all things and the preserver of life.

Answer 43

Lumawig

Question 44

Lumawig had a wife called ___ with whom he had two children - Bugan and Obban.

Answer 44

bugan

Question 45

grew to be a lovely goddess of romance

Answer 45

Bugan

Question 46

became the goddess of reproduction.

Answer 46

Obban

Question 47

The Ifugaos, like the rest of the ethnic groups in the Mountain Province, called their chief deity, _____. This deity dwelt in the fifth region of the universe.

Answer 47

Kabunian

Question 48

______, gods of household who were held to be the souls of ancestors long departed, resembling the Roman lares. They were represented by little statues, carved out of hardwood in the form of human beings.

Answer 48

Bulol

Question 49

___, divinities of practical jokes. These deities correspond to the "harpies" of the Greeks. Unless given sumptuous offerings, they were said to feast on the souls of the villagers, especially those of the unborn.

Answer 49

Gatui

Question 50

____, god of death. Like the Gatui, these gods feasted on men's souls. They revealed themselves to the world in the form of tiny, flying monsters covered with shiny scales, so that they look like fireflies during nighttime.

Answer 50

Tayaban

Question 51

___, two-headed monster serving as bodyguards of T ayaban and Gatui.

Answer 51

Kikilan

Question 52

____, evil spirits of mountain. These divinities were called mountain ghosts because they haunted hunters in the forests, causing the latter to get lost in the jungle.

Answer 52

Munduntug

Question 53

____, messenger of the gods. They had wings. Their duty con- sisted in running errands for the superior deities of the skyworld and summoning other divinities to attend the various ceremonies performed by the priests of the village.

Answer 53

Makalun

Question 54

___, good spirits of the mountains. Unlike the Munduntug, they were friendly and helpful to the hunters.

Answer 54

Bakayawan

Question 55

_____, great spirits of sacred places. They dwelt in the down- stream regions and were sometimes referred to as spirits of deified heroes.

Answer 55

Mahipnat

Question 56

___, spirits of ordinary places. They were found in the cliffs, in the house-roofs, in the boulders and in the streams.

Answer 56

Bibao

Question 57

____, spirits of remembrance. These spirits were responsible for reminding villagers about what their priests wanted them to remember.

Answer 57

Halupi

Question 58

____, guardians of property. These deities kept watch over the pro- perty and belongings of their favorites to prevent their being stolen or destroyed by thieves and trespassers.

Answer 58

Fili

Question 59

spirits of sickness. Sometimes known as "liverspearers," the ____ were responsible for causing abdominal pains.

Answer 59

Libligayu

Question 60

spirits of sickness which caused ulcers of the intestines,

Answer 60

Hibalot

Question 61

spirits of the tombs, which bit those who entered the graveyard of the dead ancestors without proper permission.

Answer 61

Dadungut

Question 62

spirits of the gates. These divinities kept watch over the gates which the villagers built at the various approaches of the viillages.

Answer 62

Makiubaya

Question 63

spirits of the feasts. They were invoked to check on men's appetite during festivals.

Answer 63

Binudbud

Question 64

messengers of death and guides of souls.

Answer 64

Imbagyan or Lingayan

Question 65

ghosts that permanently haunt the hillsides, caverns and un- inhabited houses.

Answer 65

Banig

Question 66

the spirits ofbirth, which caused, unless propitiated with proper sacrifices, difficult labor to delivering mothers by blocking the birth canal with their magic wand,

Answer 66

kolkolibag

Question 67

omen spirits, who concoted omen and auguries, espe- cially from birds, snakes, insects and trees.

Answer 67

inidu

Question 68

gods of rituals. They are the ones who saw to it that pro- per punishments for those who broke taboos were meted out.

Answer 68

Hidit

Question 69

god of wind. The ____ were the ones responsible for wrecking the dwelling of the sinners and destroying the crops of those who refused to pay them homage.

Answer 69

Puok

Question 70

spirits of war. Ferocious and cannibalistic by nature, these deities were the ones invoked by the fighters before starting any expe- dition.

Answer 70

Hipag

Question 71

God of season

Answer 71

Mapulon