Amanikable
Tagalog · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Tagalog god of the sea, a first-generation deity of Bathala's pantheon. Originally a god of hunters in the older accounts, he came to be the ill-tempered ruler of the waters who replaced the primordial sea-goddess Aman Sinaya.
Domains
- sea
- hunting
Powers
- raise tempests and angry seas
Relations
- contemporary: BathalaA first-generation deity contemporary with Bathala in the Tagalog pantheon.Jocano (1969) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Boxer Codex (c. 1590) (primary); F. L. Jocano, Outline of Philippine Mythology (1969) (secondary)