Philippine Literature

According to the Maranaw legend, these short, plump, long-haired, and magical beings inhabitant the second layer of the earth.

• Karibangs

• Baltog

• Handiong

• Tiburon

This is huge, mythical bird guards the sky day and night.

• Hablom

• Tandayag

• Garoda

• Waalo

A monster with a thousand eyes and eight hairy heads that guards then tightly covered jars in heaven where the soul of every person is kept.

• Oriol

• Walo

• Kurita

• Pah

The two main deities in Panayan legend about the origin of the world.

• Tungkung Langit and Alunsina

• Oriol and Walo

• Kimantong and Garoda

• Hablom and Kurita

According to Bicol epic, this hero was the first to cultivate the fields in the rich of Ibalon.

• Garoda

• Baltog

• Handiong

• Walo

A monstrous wild boar that attacked and destroyed the crops in Ibalon.

• Baltog

• Oriol

• Walo

• Tandayag

A hero who fought thousands of battles together with his soldiers. He killed the one-eyed giants in the land of Ponon.

• Baltog

• Handiong

• Garoda

• Oriol

These are giant flying fishes which had slimy, scaly, and hardy flesh, saw-like teeth that could crush rocks.

• Tiburon

• Baltog

• Walo

• Rabot

The third layer of the earth which is found under the sea or lake.

• Sural

• Tarabusaw

• Nymphs

• Karibangs

A serpent with a beautiful voice that could change its image to deceive enemies.

• Oriol

• Walo

• Tandayag

• Garoda