Tabiacoud
Tagbanwa · deity · Tagbanwa traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
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
- Tabiacoud is the Tagbanwa deity who inhabits the deep interior, the bowels of the earth.: Robert B. Fox, The Religion and Society of the Tagbanuwa of Palawan Island, Philippines (Manila: National Museum, 1982). (primary); F. Landa Jocano, Outline of Philippine Mythology (Manila: Centro Escolar University, 1969). (secondary)