Bathala
Sign in to saveIn the indigenous religion of the ancient Tagalogs, Bathalà/Maykapál was the transcendent Supreme God, the originator and ruler of the universe. He is commonly known and referred to in the modern era as Bathalà, a term or title which, in earlier times, also applied to lesser beings such as personal tutelary spirits, omen birds, comets, and other heavenly bodies which the early Tagalog people believed predicted events. It was after the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the Philippines in the 16th century that Bathalà /Maykapál came to be identified with the Christian God, hence its synonym
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- Etymology
- Mentions during Spanish colonial era
- Other names, titles and epithets
- Tagalismo
- Ancient Tagalog idea of god
- Bathala and the Anitos
- Rituals and ceremonies
- Sacred animals and omens
- Creation myth
- Connection to Dian Masalanta
- Whether or not Bathala is a solar deity
- Christianity
- Bathalismo
- Anting-anting
- The theogony of the Infinito Dios
- The Infinito Dios and Bulaklak
- The Nuno and the Santisima Trinidad
- The twenty-four Ancianos
- The term "Bathala" in other cultures
- Ancient Visayan invocation to Bathala
- Bathala invocation
- Original Visayan invocation
- Filipino translation
- Tagalog translation
- Tagalog translation 2
- Bicolano translation
- References
In the indigenous religion of the ancient Tagalogs, Bathalà/Maykapál was the transcendent Supreme God, the originator and ruler of the universe. He is commonly known and referred to in the modern era as Bathalà, a term or title which, in earlier times, also applied to lesser beings such as personal tutelary spirits, omen birds, comets, and other heavenly bodies which the early Tagalog people believed predicted events. It was after the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the Philippines in the 16th century that Bathalà /Maykapál came to be identified with the Christian God, hence its synonymy with Diyós. Over the course of the 19th century, the term Bathala was totally replaced by Panginoón (Lord) and Diyós (God). It was no longer used until it was popularized again by Filipinos who learned from chronicles that the Tagalogs' indigenous God was called Bathalà.
==Etymology==