Libulan
Visayan · deity · Visayan traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Libulan is the copper-bodied and timid child among the four offspring of the wind and the sea. Swept along in his brothers' revolt against the sky rather than leading it, he is destroyed by Kaptan's bolts, and his soft body becomes the moon. His name is the Bisaya word bulan, 'moon.'
Parentage
Domains
- moon
Powers
- becomes the moon
Relations
- child: LihanginCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), 'The Creation', pp. 99-101. (secondary)
- child: LidagatCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), 'The Creation', pp. 99-101. (secondary)
- sibling: LikalibutanCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), 'The Creation', pp. 99-101. (secondary)
- sibling: LiadlawCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), 'The Creation', pp. 99-101. (secondary)
Sources
- Libulan, a timid child of copper, is one of the four children of Lihangin and Lidagat and becomes the moon after being destroyed by Kaptan.: Cole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), 'The Creation', pp. 99-101. (secondary)