Deity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Anitism==== {{multiple image | align = right | image1 = Visayan tenegre horn hilt closeup.JPG | width1 = 105 | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = Anitos of Northern tribes (c. 1900, Philippines).jpg | width2 = 101 | alt2 = | caption2 = | footer = Left: [[Bakunawa]] depicted in a Bisaya sword hilt; Right: Ifugao rice deity statues }} {{Further|Indigenous Philippine folk religions|Philippine mythology|List of Philippine mythological figures}} [[Indigenous Philippine folk religions|Anitism]], composed of a diverse array of indigenous religions from the Philippines, has multiple pantheon of deities, with each ethnic group having their own. The most notable deities are almost always the deity or deities considered by specific ethnic groups as their supreme deity or deities.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Anitism: a survey of religious beliefs native to the Philippines'', SK Hislop β Asian Studies, 1971 {{ISBN?}}</ref> [[Bathala]] is the Tagalog supreme deity,<ref>F. Landa Jocano: Outline of Philippine Mythology (1969)</ref> while Mangechay is the Kapampangan supreme deity.<ref>"Pampangan Folklore",Alfredo Nicdao, (1917)</ref> The Sambal supreme deity is [[Mayari|Malayari]],<ref>Jean Karl Gaverza ''The Myths of the Philippines'' (2014) {{ISBN?}}</ref> the Blaan supreme deity is Melu,<ref>Mabel Cook Cole, ''Philippine Folk Tales'' (Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1916), pp. 141β142.</ref> the Bisaya supreme deity is Kaptan,<ref>John Maurice Miller in his 1904 collection ''Philippine Folklore Stories''</ref> and so on. There are more than a hundred different [[ethnic groups in the Philippines]], each having their own supreme deity or deities. Each supreme deity or deities normally rules over a pantheon of deities, contributing to the sheer diversity of deities in Anitism.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page