Lakapati
Tagalog · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Tagalog hermaphrodite deity of fertility and cultivated land, one of the most-invoked gods of the rice-farming Tagalogs. Worshipped at planting with the prayer 'Lakapati, feed thy servant.' In Jocano's reconstruction the consort of Mapulon and mother of Anagolay.
Children
Domains
- fertility and agriculture
Powers
- Grant the rice-fields their increase
- Give the fish of river and sea
Relations
- spouse: MapulonPaired with Mapulon, god of seasons.Jocano (1969) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: San Buenaventura, Vocabulario de lengua Tagala (1613); Boxer Codex (c. 1590) (primary); Jocano (1969) (secondary)