"Bathala": the "almighty" or "creator" Indigenous religious beliefs of the Tagalog people

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according spanish missionaries, tagalog people believed in creator-god named bathala , whom referred both maylicha (creator; lit. actor of creation ) , maycapal (lord, or almighty; lit. actor of power ). loarca , chirino reported in places, creator god called molaiari (malyari) or dioata (diwata). scott (1989) notes:



bathala described may kapal sa lahat [maker of everything], kapal meaning mould between hands clay or wax.



francisco demetrio, gilda cordero fernando, , fernando nakpil zialcita summarize number of tagalog beliefs regarding bathala:



tagalogs called supreme god bathala maykapal or lumikha (the creator). enormous being, not straignten due lowness of sky. , sun burned brighly near him. 1 day, bathala got bolo , pierced 1 of sun s eyes generate enough heat sustain life. @ last, bathala able straighten , hands pushed cooler sky present level. bathala known grand conserver of universe, caretaker of things whom providence comes, hence beautiful word bahala or mabahala meaning care .



the missionaries observed tagalog peoples in 1500s noted, tagalogs did not include bathala in daily acts of worship (pag-a-anito). fray buenaventura noted in vocabulario de la lengua tagala tagalogs believed bathala mighty , distant bothered concerns of mortal man, , tagalogs focused acts of appeasement immediate spirits believed had control on day-to-day life.








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