Kadaw La Sambad
Tboli · deity · Tboli traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Kadaw La Sambad is the sun god of the T'boli of the Lake Sebu region in South Cotabato, Mindanao, and the supreme male deity of their pantheon. He and the moon goddess Bulon La Mogoaw form the primordial married couple who inhabit the seventh and highest of the layered heavens. From their union come the seven sons and seven daughters whose intermarriages and exploits constitute the T'boli creation cycle, among them the fire-bearing warrior Cumucul, Sfedat whose body becomes the land, and the demiurge D'wata who shapes the earth and the first people. As the solar half of the cosmic dyad, Kadaw embodies the daylight sky and the apex of celestial authority.
Children
Domains
- sun and sky
- supreme sovereignty
Powers
- to preside as sun-lord over the seventh and highest heaven
Epithets
- Kadaw La SambadWorldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life: 'T'boli' (Encyclopedia.com). (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: Bulon La MogoawThe sun god and the moon goddess are the supreme married pair of the seventh heaven, 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
- Kadaw La Sambad is the T'boli sun god and supreme male deity who, with the moon goddess Bulon La Mogoaw, rules the seventh heaven and fathers 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)