Tungkuyanin
Tagbanwa · deity · Tagbanwa traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Tungkuyanin is a deity of the outermost sky, seated upon the covering or roof of the skyworld above the region of Awan-awan. He keeps his face perpetually turned downward, for it is said that should he raise his head and look upon the earth, the world would be undone. He embodies a restrained cosmic danger held in permanent check at the edge of the ordered universe.
Domains
- cosmos
Powers
- withhold the world-ending downward gaze
Sources
- Tungkuyanin is a Tagbanwa deity seated upon the covering of the skyworld with his face turned downward, whose upward gaze would destroy the world.: 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)