Gagayoma
Tinguian · deity · mythic prehistoric · deity
Tinguian (Itneg) star-goddess; the divine wife of the mortal Aponitolau via the basket-lowering-from-heaven abduction. Mother of the demigod Takyayen by the unique parthenogenetic-finger-birth — Takyayen popped out from between her last two fingers after Aponitolau pricked them at her instruction. The Tinguian-tradition divine-female who reaches down to take a mortal husband, complementing the more common reverse-direction divine-male-and-mortal-female pairings across Philippine traditions.
Children
Domains
- star goddess
- commander of the stars
Powers
- commanded the stars to come down to earth at her bidding
- descended from the sky to earth, being daughter of the great star and the moon
- threatened to have her companion stars devour the man who refused her
Epithets
- Gagayoma
Relations
- mother of: Takyayen