Ibaloi Ethno-Linguistic Lore
Cosmic Realms
Creation Mythos (Cosmogony)
Oral accounts being indexed from academic archives.
Spiritual Pantheons & Deities (9)
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Kabunian
(Immortal)
The supreme deity and the origin of rice; also used as a general term for deities.
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Moon Deity
(Immortal)
The deity who teased Kabunian for not yet having a spouse.
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Child of Kabunian
(Immortal)
The child of Kabunian and a mortal woman; split in half, where one part became lightning and the other became thunder.
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Matono
(Immortal)
A brave woman who adventured into the underworld; people pray to her to cause crops to grow up rather than down.
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Masekën
(Immortal)
Ruler of the underworld with green eyebrows, red eyes, and a tail.
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Otot
(Immortal)
A large man in the west; a tree of gold rose from his burial, which Kabunian felled to scatter gold on earth.
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Sun God
(Immortal)
The deity who pushed up the sky and pushed down the underworld to create earth after being hit by an arrow.
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Tinmongao
(Immortal)
Guardian spirits of the mountains, including Mount Pulag.
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Labangan
(Mortal)
A man who received the first grain of rice used by mankind from Kabunian.
This information is compiled from verified offline paleographic script research, museum archives, and traditional oral literature catalogs in collaboration with indigenous script repositories.
Primary Reference Bibliography:
- Scott, William Henry. (1994). Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society. Ateneo de Manila University Press.
- de los Reyes, Isabelo. (1889). El Folk-Lore Filipino. Imprenta de Santa Cruz.
- Jocano, F. Landa. (1969). Philippine Mythology. Centro Escolar University Research and Development Center.
- Kabuay, Cristian. (2009). Baybayin: Historical Pre-Philippine Scripts & Paleography Archives. Baybayin LLC.
- Salazar, Zeus A. (1999). Bagong Kasaysayan: Ang Pantayong Pananaw sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas.