Tuglay
Bagobo · deity · Bagobo traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Tuglay is the primordial old man of Bagobo myth, husband of Tuglibung, with whom he inhabits the world of the 'first time.' The couple are the progenitors of humankind and of the beings who became diwata; from their children descend the peoples of the earth and the powers of sky and underworld, among them Lumabat, Mebuyan, and Wari. Sources differ on their standing: Cole presents Toglai and Toglibong as the first man and woman, while Benedict's myth cycle treats the Tuglay and the Tuglibung as autonomous primal beings who instituted custom, magic, and the arts of living.
Children
Domains
- ancestry
- origins
Powers
- institute custom, magic, and the arts of living
Relations
- spouse: TuglibungLaura Watson Benedict, 'Bagobo Myths,' Journal of American Folk-Lore 26 (1913): 13-63. (primary)
- child: LumabatLaura Watson Benedict, 'Bagobo Myths,' Journal of American Folk-Lore 26 (1913): 13-63. (primary)
- child: MebuyanLaura Watson Benedict, 'Bagobo Myths,' Journal of American Folk-Lore 26 (1913): 13-63. (primary)
- child: WariLaura Watson Benedict, 'Bagobo Myths,' Journal of American Folk-Lore 26 (1913): 13-63. (primary)
Sources
- Tuglay is the primordial old man of Bagobo myth, husband of Tuglibung and progenitor of humankind and of the beings who became diwata.: Laura Watson Benedict, 'Bagobo Myths,' Journal of American Folk-Lore 26, no. 99 (1913): 13-63. (primary)
- Cole records Toglai and Toglibong as the first man and woman, ancestors of the peoples of the earth.: Fay-Cooper Cole, The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao (1913): 106-108. (secondary)