Bulon La Mogoaw
Tboli · deity · Tboli traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Bulon La Mogoaw is the moon goddess of the T'boli and the supreme female deity of their pantheon, consort of the sun god Kadaw La Sambad. The two occupy the seventh and highest heaven and together engender the seven sons and seven daughters of the creation cycle. As the lunar counterpart within the cosmic dyad she complements the solar Kadaw, the pair embodying the ordered alternation of day and night at the summit of the layered T'boli universe. Her children include the warrior Cumucul, Sfedat whose corpse becomes the earth, and the demiurge D'wata.
Children
Domains
- moon and night sky
- supreme sovereignty
Powers
- to reign as moon-goddess over the seventh and highest heaven
Epithets
- Bulon La MogoawWorldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life: 'T'boli' (Encyclopedia.com). (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: Kadaw La SambadThe moon goddess and the sun god are the supreme married pair of the seventh heaven and the parents of the deities who order the cosmos.Casal, Gabriel S. (1978). T'boli Art in its Socio-Cultural Context. Makati: Filipinas Foundation. (secondary)
Sources
- Bulon La Mogoaw is the T'boli moon goddess and supreme female deity who, with the sun god Kadaw La Sambad, rules the seventh heaven and mothers the world-ordering deities.: Casal, Gabriel S. (1978). T'boli Art in its Socio-Cultural Context. Makati: Filipinas Foundation. (secondary); Casinto, Caesar Dealwis (2022). 'Looking From a Window: A Critical Analysis of the T'boli's Worldview Through their Oral Traditions.' International Journal of Language and Literary Studies 4(1): 282-303. (secondary)