VISAYAN DEITIES – Gods And Goddesses Of Visayas
VISAYAN DEITIES – In this topic, we will now know the following Visayan deities or the gods and goddesses of Visayas.
Visayas is the smallest and the centermost island group in the Philippines and is divided into three regions: Western, Central, and Eastern.
Like the Olympian gods and goddesses of Greece, Visayas has its own set of gods and goddesses as well.
According to The Aswang Project, the world is divided into three: Kahilwayan or the realm of the sky, Kamariitan or the earth realm, and Kasakitan or the underworld.
Here are the following deities of Visayas:
- Kahilwayan
- Kaptan – Ruler of the sky (Principal deity)
- Maklium-sa-twan – Lord of the Plains
- Maklium-sa-bagidan – Lord of Fire
- Maklium-sa-tubig – Lord of the sea
- Kasaray-sarayan-sa-silgan – Lord of the Streams
- Magdan-durunoon – Lord of Hidden Lakes
- Sarangan-sa-bagtiw – Lord of Storms
- Suklang-malayon – Guardian of Happy Homes, sister to Abyang
- Abyang – Sister of Suklang-malayon
- Alunsina – Goddess of the sky
- Kamaritaan
- Sidapa – Goddess of Death (Principal deity)
- Makaptan – God of Sickness (Principal deity)
- Danapolay – Supervisor of the Court of the two Earthworld Rulers
- Pandaque – spokesperson of Sidapa
- Tagusirangan
- Duwindihan
- Dalongdongan
- Tagabiritlakan-ka-adlaw
- Suta
- Agta
- Tabuknun
- Kasakitan
- Sumpoy – Ruler of the Underworld; brother of Makaptan
- Magyan – Ferryman leading the souls to the underworld; brother of Makaptan and Sumpoy
- Sisiburanen – Keeper of souls
- Simuran and Siguinarungan – Gatekeepers of the Kasakitan realm Kanitu-nituhan
- Saragnayan – Lord of Darkness
- Abyang Durunuun – Goddess of Charms
- Umagad Palinti – Messenger of the two brothers of the underworld
- Sumpay Pako-pako – Messenger of the two brothers of the underworld
- Pinganun-pinganun – guardians of enchanted places
