Sinag

Tinguian (Itneg) moon-deity named in Fay-Cooper Coles Gaygayoma cycle as the mother of the star-maiden Gagayoma by Bagbagak the great star. English The Moon leads; native Sinag in transliterations. Authored to give Gagayoma her named maternal parent. Distinct from the separate Toba Moon and from the Tinguian sun-god.

Domains

• moon

Relations

• mother of: GagayomaSinag, the moon, is the mother of the star-goddess Gagayoma; Gagayoma is named the daughter of the great star Bagbagak and the moon Sinag.Fay-Cooper Cole, Traditions of the Tinguian (1915), The Story of Gaygayoma (primary)
• spouse: BagbagakSinag the moon and Bagbagak the great star are named together as the parents of Gagayoma in the Cole text.Fay-Cooper Cole, Traditions of the Tinguian (1915), The Story of Gaygayoma (primary)

Sources

• existence: 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 (primary)