Ilokano Deities

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Philipines Mythology

Ilokano Deities

Buni - God

Parsua - Creator

Apo Langit - Lord Heaven (Apo means "Lord")

Apo Angin - Lord Wind

Apo Init - Lord Sun

Apo Tudo - Lord Rain

The Ilokanos also believed in the following anito (spirits).

Mangmankit - spirits who dwell in woodlands and trees
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Mangmankit - spirits who dwell in woodlands and trees-

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Kaibaan - dwarfs who dwell in anthills

Bagbagutot - spirits who swell in shrubs

Namagayak - the soul of the rice (pagay)

Other mythological creatures are:

Katataoan - giants
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Ansisit - dwarfs the size of a finger

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Ansisit - dwarfs the size of a finger

Kaibaan - dwarfs two to three feet tall

Pugot - spirits of ancestral aborigines (Aetas) who guard treasures

Kumao - spirits that sell and kidnap children

Aswang - half-bird half-animal
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Kapre - A uranggutan like human, living in an ancestral trees smoking with a large pure Tobacco leaves (PINADIS)

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Kapre - A uranggutan like human, living in an ancestral trees smoking with a large pure Tobacco leaves (PINADIS)

 

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