Tabiacoud

Tabiacoud is the god of the underground in Tagbanwa cosmology, dwelling in the deep bowels of the earth beneath the world of the living. He completes the vertical scheme of the pantheon, whose powers are distributed through the stacked heavens above, the surface earth and sea, and the depths below.

Domains

• underworld

Powers

• abide in and hold the deep underground

Sources

• Robert B. Fox, The Religion and Society of the Tagbanuwa of Palawan Island, Philippines (Manila: National Museum, 1982).
• F. Landa Jocano, Outline of Philippine Mythology (Manila: Centro Escolar University, 1969).