Apolaki
Tagalog · demigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Tagalog sun- and war-god, son of Bathala and brother of the moon-goddess Mayari. Their contest for dominion over the world is the Tagalog explanation for why the moon shines more faintly than the sun.
Parentage
- father: BathalaSon of the supreme god Bathala; brother of the moon-goddess Mayari.Jocano (1969) (secondary)
Domains
- sun and war
- war
Powers
- drive the sun and lead warriors in battle
Epithets
- Apolaki sun-god and patron of warriors (Pangasinan: Agueo)Tagalog and Pangasinan oral tradition (secondary)
Relations
- father: BathalaSon of the supreme god Bathala; brother of the moon-goddess Mayari.Jocano (1969) (secondary)
- sibling: MayariFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- sibling: TalaFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- sibling: HananFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
Sources
- existence: Boxer Codex (c. 1590) (primary); Jocano, Outline of Philippine Mythology (1969) (secondary)