Tigbas, Patron of Good Government
Bukidnon · deity · Bukidnon traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Tigbas is the Bukidnon divinity associated with good government and just order. In Cole's ethnography he is named the most respected of the lesser deities, set in pointed contrast to the dreaded god of calamity who was the most feared and the last to receive sacrifice. As the patron of right rule, Tigbas reflects the value the Bukidnon placed on the just authority of their datus and on social order; he is counted among the individually named spirits serving under the supreme creator Magbabaya, won over, like the others, through customary offerings.
Domains
- good government and justice
Powers
- to uphold good government and just order among the people
Epithets
- TigbasFay-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 ThingsTigbas, divinity of good government, is one of the lesser spirits serving under the supreme god Magbabaya in the Bukidnon hierarchy.Fay-Cooper Cole, The Bukidnon of Mindanao, Fieldiana: Anthropology vol. 46 (Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum / Field Museum, 1956). (secondary)
Sources
- Tigbas is the Bukidnon divinity of good government, held the most respected of the lesser deities who serve under 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)