Bagbagak

Tinguian (Itneg) star-deity, the great or giant star of the sky-world named in Fay-Cooper Coles Gaygayoma cycle as the father of the star-maiden Gagayoma by Sinag the moon. English The Great Star leads; native Bagbagak in transliterations. Authored to give Gagayoma her named paternal parent.

Domains

• star deity

Relations

• father of: Gagayoma
• spouse: Sinag

Sources

• Fay-Cooper Cole, Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore (Field Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Series, Vol. XIV, No. 1, 1915), The Story of Gaygayoma