Liddum
Ifugao · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Liddum inhabits the Kabunyan, the uppermost sky region of the six-layered Ifugao cosmos, and is the god who communicates directly with humankind. In rites for sickness or misfortune he is among the major gods invoked, with offerings of animals and rice wine, to intercede with Mah-nongan or whichever deity is thought to have caused the affliction.
Domains
- mediation
Powers
- to carry human petitions to the other gods and communicate the gods' will to people
Sources
- Liddum is the Skyworld deity regarded as the chief mediator and messenger between the Ifugao people and the rest of the pantheon, invoked in rites of intercession.: R. F. Barton, The Religion of the Ifugaos, American Anthropological Association Memoir 65, 1946 (secondary); F. Landa Jocano, Outline of Philippine Mythology, 1969 (secondary)