Domalongdong, Deity of the North Wind
Bukidnon · deity · Bukidnon traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Domalongdong is the Bukidnon divinity of the north wind. In Fay-Cooper Cole's foundational ethnography he is one of four wind-deities, each governing a cardinal quarter, who assist the supreme god Magbabaya: Domalongdong of the north, Ognaling of the south, Tagolambong of the east, and a divinity of the west. The winds held particular importance in an agricultural highland society, and each was personified and placed under the charge of its own named spirit subordinate to Magbabaya. He stands among the lesser but individually named divinities of the Bukidnon pantheon, whose cooperation was sought, like that of the other ruling spirits, through offerings of food and drink.
Domains
- north wind
Powers
- to govern the north wind
Epithets
- DomalongdongFay-Cooper Cole, The Bukidnon of Mindanao, Fieldiana: Anthropology vol. 46 (Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum / Field Museum, 1956). (secondary)
Relations
- subordinate to: Magbabaya, the One Who Wills All ThingsAs one of the four wind-deities, Domalongdong assists and serves under the supreme god Magbabaya within the Bukidnon hierarchy of spirits.Fay-Cooper Cole, The Bukidnon of Mindanao, Fieldiana: Anthropology vol. 46 (Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum / Field Museum, 1956). (secondary)
Sources
- Domalongdong is the Bukidnon deity of the north wind, one of four cardinal wind-divinities assisting the supreme god Magbabaya.: Fay-Cooper Cole, The Bukidnon of Mindanao, Fieldiana: Anthropology vol. 46 (Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum / Field Museum, 1956). (secondary); Vincent G. Cullen, S.J., 'The Spirit World of the Bukidnon,' Asian Folklore Studies (Folklore Studies) 27, no. 2 (1968). (secondary)