Customs of

Tagalog
RELIGIONS
Religion
THE BELIEF IN AND WORSHIP OF A SUPERHUMAN CONTROLLING POWER, ESPECIALLY A
PERSONAL GOD OR GODS.

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Juan De
Plasencia
Fray Juan was born to the illustrious
family of the Portocarreros in Plasencia
in the region of Extremadura, Spain in
the early 16th century. His father, Don
Pedro Portocarrero, was a captain of a
Spanish schooner, who died in Naples,
Italy in 1574. Juan was one in a brood
of seven which included D. Alfonso
Pacheco Portocarrero, D. Pedro
Portocarrero, D. Rodrigo Pacheco, Doña
Beatriz, Doña Ana, and Doña Inés
Portocarrero.

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Idayanale
GODDESS OF LABOR & GOOD DEEDS

• The goddess of labor and good

deeds. Natives used to call for
her guidance in order to make
their works successful. She
married Dimangan and had two
offspring.
• The goddess of husbandry for
the ancient Tagalogs

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Dimangan
GOD OF GOOD HARVEST

• Sa kultura ng
Zambales, si
Dumangan ang dahilan
ng magandang ani ng
bigas.

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Sidapa
GOD OF DEATH
• Sidapa is the god of death, in old
Ibalong he is only worshipped in
coastal areas of Bikol and is
perceived as a foreign god and is
popularly known as the handsome
consort of the moon god Bulan. while
in the Visayas region, he is
worshipped as a very powerful deity
of life and death.
• He is said to reside on top of
Mt.Madia-as, in the province of
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Antique.
Agni
GOD OF FIRE
• Brother of Agwe
•  He is regarded as the friend and
protector of humanity, in
particular, he safeguards the
home. 
• Various forms of fire are
associated with Agni and include
the sun, lightning, comets,
sacrificial fire, domestic fires, the
fire of the funeral pyre, and the
digestive fire which is within all
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humans. 
Barangaw
GOD OF RAINBOW
• Barangaw is a beloved deity from
the Sulodnon pantheon of ancient
Visayans living in Western
Visayas.
• Islamic territories of Mindanao.
Barangaw is known as the god of
the rainbow, in the old days, the
rainbow is thought of as a
phenomenon that brings luck and
victory… but most importantly the
rainbow symbolizes hope against
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opposing forces in life. 
Madarangan
GOD OF WAR

•The goddess/spirit
of war in Bagobo
mythology. 

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Lalahon
GOD OF HARVEST

• The visayan goddess of

fire, volcanoes, and harvest
• In ancient times people
were feared her because
she sent locust to destroy
harvest when she's angry. 

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Siginarugan
GOD OF HELL

•He is identified
as the god of the
underworld.

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•They also belives
in sacred animals
and tress.

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Ronalyn Cuyco
SECONDARY SOURCE
Lic-ha
• They possessed many idols called
lic-ha
• Lic-ha which were images with
different shapes; and at times they
worshipped any little trifle, in which
they adored
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Dian Masalanta
PATRON FOR LOVERS AND
GENERATION
• The goddess of love, conception
and childbirth and the protector of
lovers.
• She was the daughter of Anagolay
and Dumakulem and youngest of
all the deities.
• After the conversion of the natives
to Christianity during the Spanish
Era, she was then referred as
Maria Makiling.
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Lacapati
PATRONS OF CULTIVATED LANDS
AND HUSBANDRY
• The goddess of fertility and the
most understanding and kind of
all deities.
• Also known as Ikapati
• She was the giver of food and
prosperity
• Her best gift to mankind was
agriculture (cultivated fields).
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Ideonale
• PATRON OF CULTIVATED LANDS AND
HUSBANDRY
• They paid reverence to water-lizards called by them
buaya or crocodiles, for fear of being harmed by them.
• They were even in the bait of offering these animals a
portion of what they carried in their boats, by throwing
it into the water, or placing it upon the bank.

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NO Temples
• In all the villages, or in
other parts of the Filipinas
Islands, there are no
temples consecrated to the
performing of sacrifices,
the adoration of their idols,
or the general practice of
idolatry.

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Simbahan

• Simbahan, which means a

temple or a place of
adoration; but it is because,
formerly, when they
wished to celebrate a
festival, which they called
pandot or “worship”
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Sibi
A temporary shed on each side of
the house, with the roof called
sibi, to protect people from the
wet when it rained.

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Sorihile
•Or small lamps, palm
leaves as decors,
small or big drum.
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Nag aanitos
• Anito is used to refer to spirits, deceased
ancestors, nature-spirits nymphs and
diwatas. Ancient Filipinos kept statues to
represent these spirits, ask guidance and
magical protection. Trees, rocks, ,bodies of
water, and animals were believed to be
animated by an anito.
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Bathala
KING OF THE GODS, RULER OF THE
HEAVENS, CRATOR OF HUMANITY

• Tagalogs; creator of man and earth

and addressed sometimes as
Bathalang Maykapal.
• He dwells in Kaluwalhatian
together with the lesser gods and
goddesses.
• Aside form the lesser gods and
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Tala
GODDESS OF STARS, DAUGTHER OF
BATHALA

• The goddess of stars;

• Sister of Mayari and Hanan
and one of the three daughters
of Bathala by a mortal woman.
• Used devine light, spehere or
orbs to ferry men to safety at
night.
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The Seven Little Goats
THE PLEIADES

They knew, too, the

“sevend little goats”
[the Pleiades] – as we
call them.

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Mapolon and Balatic
•Mapolon As change of
seasons
•Balatic as our Greater Bear.

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Tigmamanug
uin
• The ‘Tigmamanukan’, or what the
inhabitants of the Tagalog region
in the Philippine islands during
the pre-Spanish colonial times
called some small animals or
creatures endemic to the land
(reptiles, birds, small mammals),
were believed to possess magical
powers that brought a foreboding
omen to anyone that encounters it
during one’s travels.

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Buaya
• Water- lizards

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Catalonan
PRIEST

• Tagalog who has

spiritual powers to
contact the deities and
anitos were known as
catalonan.
• Maybe male/ female
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Belief on Bearing Child

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Offering and Sacrifices
• Offering – The word translated as “offering” in our English translations
of the Bible come from the Hebrew word “Korbawn” (H7133 – something
brought near the altar, that is, a sacrificial present: – oblation, that is offered,
offering).
• An offering was a gift brought before God, similar to a manner of
approaching a king, with humility and due honor.
• Sacrifice – The word translated as “sacrifice” in our English translations
of the Bible come from the Hebrew word “Zabach” (H2076 – to slaughter
an animal. usually in sacrifice: – kill, offer, sacrifice, slay).

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Juan De Plasencia Ronalyn Cuyco
 They worship many Gods
• Lic-ha
and Goddesses: • Bathala
• Dian Masalanta
• Idayanale ( Goddess of • Tala
• The seven little goats (Patron of lovers and
Labor and Good deeds)
• Sidarapa (God of Death) (the Pleiades) generations)
• Mapolon (change of • Lacapati and Ideonale
• Agni (God of Fire)
• Balangaw (God of
season) (Patrons of cultivated
• Balatic (greater bear) lands and husbandry)
Rainbow) • Tigmamanuguin • No temples
• Mandarangan (God of • Buaya
• Simbahan (temple or
War) • Catolonan (officiating
• Lalahon (God of Harvest) priest) place of adoration)
• Offering and sacrifices • Pandot or a festival
• Siginarugan (God of Hell)
 Also believes in sacred • Belief on bearing a celebrated
child • Sibi
animals and tress
• Sorihile
• Nag-aanitos

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