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Mount Apo is a flat-topped, 2,954 m (9,692 ft) (above sea level) high stratovolcano with three peaks. It is the highest peak of the Philippines. The southwest peak has the highest elevation and is topped by a 200 m (656 ft) wide crater that contains a small lake.
The following is a list of gods, goddesses, deities, and many other divine, semi-divine, and important figures from classical Philippine mythology and indigenous Philippine folk religions collectively referred to as Diwatas whose expansive stories span from a hundred years ago to presumably thousands of years from modern times.
Mount Apo – the tallest and largest mountain in the Philippines and an expansive sacred mountain for the Manobos, Bagobo, Ubos, Atas, Kalagan and Tagacaolo peoples; the mountain is often referred as "grandfather" or "elder"; [36] some ethnic peoples there offer sacrifices to the deity, Mandarangan, for good health and victories in war; [37 ...
[2] Some compare the creature to other ape-like cryptids around the world, such as Bigfoot or Yeti, though the scientific community holds that it is just a legend mixed with mistaken identity. The native community holds that it is a wild animal, not an intelligent being like a witch or aswang .
Ayo, whose full name is Ayo, si babei nga Dulimaman, is referred to as Apo, is known for her fistfight combat skills and devotion to protect her family. [97] Kudaman – He is strong and has the power to revive the dead by spitting on them with chewed betel nut. He has a purple heron named Linggisan, who he uses for transportation. [98]
The Apo–Talomo Range (also known as Mount Talomo) or Talomo Mountain Range in the provinces of Davao del Sur and Cotabato on the island of Mindanao contains the Philippines' highest peak: Mount Apo, at (9,692 ft (2,954 m)). [4] Mount Talomo (8,773 ft (2,674 m)) is one of the top 15 highest mountains in the Philippines. In terms of climbing ...
Laon (meaning "the ancient one"), [note 1] [1] was a pre-colonial female supreme creator deity in the animist anito beliefs of the Visayan peoples in the Philippines.She is associated with creation, agriculture, the sky, and divine justice.
Apúng Sinukuan is the Kapampangan sun god of war and death who lived on Mount Arayat.During the colonial period, the Spanish rebranded him into Maria Sinukuan, the diwata or mountain goddess associated with Mount Arayat in Pampanga, Philippines, and later became a prominent example of the mountain goddess motif in Philippine mythology; other prominent examples being Maria Makiling of Los ...