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Dayang Masalanta: Goddess of love, childbirth, and…destruction?

by Ligaya Caballes on May 23, 2020
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“They had another idol called Dian masalanta, who was the patron of lovers and of generation.”  – Juan de Plasencia’s Relation of the Worship of the Tagalogs, Their Gods, and Their Burials and Superstition (1589) So there was a question on the Anito: The Precolonial Beliefs, Polytheistic Beliefs, and Practices…

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Ligaya Caballes has educated the Filipino community and diaspora on the history, culture, and folklore of the Philippines for over 10 years via her blogs on Tumblr (Pinoy-Culture and Diwatahan) to her current blog and social media as The Pinay Writer. She is a Filipina based in NY who follows and practices the Animistic and Polytheistic beliefs of her Tagalog and Bisayan ancestors and is proud of her Tagalog Mindoreño and Akeanon roots. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣

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