(VISAYAS)

Many years ago, at the beginning of time, there was no stars, sun, land or moon, and
the world was only water and the sky above it. Maguayan was the ruler of the water,
and the sky was Kaptan's.
Both Gods had children, Lidagat, the sea, was Maguayan's daughter, Kaptan's son was
the wind, Lihangin. Both Gods agreed for their children to get married.
From this marriage, four kids were born, three boys and one girl:
Likalibuta: He had body of rock, also was the strongest and most brave of all.
Liadlao: He was always happy, he was made of gold.
Libulan: His body was made of copper, his personality was timid and weak.
Lisuga: She was beautiful and her body was pure silver, also she was gentle and sweet.
Sadly, Lihangin died, leaving the control of the wings to Likalibutan, a few days later
died as well. However, the kids were not left alone, because their grandparents
Maguayan and Kaptan took care of them.
grew so proud of his powers, that he decided he needed more power, so he decided to
attack Kaptan in the sky realm to earn it, and so, he asked his brothers for help. At first
Liadlao did not want to help, but scared of the anger of his brother, he join him along
with Libulan.
As soon as they got to the sky, they found it closed by some gates made of steel. Using
the winds, Likalibutan blew them away and headed into the sky. But then, the brothers
faced something worst, the angry Kaptan, who sent three bolts of lightning to the
brothers while they were trying to run away.
When Libulan was struck with the bolt, he melted into a ball of copper, also the golden
Liadlao was melted when he was struck by the lightning. Likalibutan body was broke
into pieces for the hit, and many of these pieces felt into the sea creating land.
While this was happening on the sky, Lisuga was worried about her siblings, and went
to the sky to ask for help to find them, but as she was walking to the broken doors,
Kaptan, still blinded with anger, sent another bolt towards her, breaking her beautiful
silver body into pieces.
The Visayan creation myth continues saying that after this was done, Kaptan went down
and called Maguayan, accusing him of planning the attack. Maguayan told him he knew
nothing and calmed the angry Kaptan. Both Gods then cried the death of their

grandchildren and even with all of their power, they could not bring them back to life. But
they gave to each body a light, that will shine forever.
Thanks to this light, Liadlao became the sun, Libulan the moon, while the silver pieces
from the body of Lisuga turned into the stars. To Likalibutan's body was no light, but his
body was the support of a new race: humans. Maguayan then took a seed that was
given by Kaptan and planted it on one of the islands.
From that seed, the Visayan creation myth continues, a bamboo grew and from the
hollow of its branches the first man Sikalak and woman, Sikabay were born, and they
became the parents of human race. Their first child was a boy and they called him Libo,
after some time they also had a daughter named Saman.
Finally they had another soon called Pandaguan, who was very clever and was the first
one to know how to catch fish. The first thing he caught was a shark, it was so great and
fierce, that he thought was a God and told his people to worship it as one. When his
people started to do it, the Gods came down and ordered to Pandagua to throw back
the shark and worship them.
Pandagua, who was not afraid, thought that if he was able to take down a shark as big
as the Gods, he could take them down as well. When Kaptan knew of this, he sent a
weak bolt to Pandagua, to teach him a lesson. And as a punishment to his people, they
were scattered all over the earth.
Pandaguan did not die, after thirty days of lying on the ground, he regained his strength,
but his body was black from the hit of the bolt and his descendants became the tribe
known as Negritos (dark-skinned people).
And this is the Visayan Creation Myth.

(TAGALOG)
When the world first began there was no land, but only the sea and the sky, and
between them was a kite (a bird something like a hawk). One day the bird which had
nowhere to light grew tired of flying about, so she stirred up the sea until it threw its
waters against the sky. The sky, in order to restrain the sea, showered upon it many
islands until it could no longer rise, but ran back and forth. Then the sky ordered the kite
to light on one of the islands to build her nest, and to leave the sea and the sky in
peace.
Now at this time the land breeze and the sea breeze were married, and they had a child
which was a bamboo. One day when this bamboo was floating about on the water, it

struck the feet of the kite which was on the beach. The bird, angry that anything should
strike it, pecked at the bamboo, and out of one section came a man and from the other
a woman.
Then the earthquake called on all the birds and fish to see what should be done with
these two, and it was decided that they should marry. Many children were born to the
couple, and from them came all the different races of people.
After a while the parents grew very tired of having so many idle and useless children
around, and they wished to be rid of them, but they knew of no place to send them to.
Time went on and the children became so numerous that the parents enjoyed no peace.
One day, in desperation, the father seized a stick and began beating them on all sides.
This so frightened the children that they fled in different directions, seeking hidden
rooms in the house -- some concealed themselves in the walls, some ran outside, while
others hid in the fireplace, and several fled to the sea.
Now it happened that those who went into the hidden rooms of the house later became
the chiefs of the islands; and those who concealed themselves in the walls became
slaves. Those who ran outside were free men; and those who hid in the fireplace
became negroes; while those who fled to the sea were gone many years, and when
their children came back they were the white people.

(MINDANAO)
In the beginning there were four beings (Melu, Fiuweigh, Diwata, and Saweigh), and
they lived on an island no larger than a hat. On this island there were no trees or grass
or any other living thing besides these four people and one bird (Buswit). One day they
sent this bird out across the waters to see what he could find, and when he returned he
brought some earth, a piece of rattan, and some fruit.
Melu, the greatest of the four, took the soil and shaped it and beat it with a paddle in the
same manner in which a woman shapes pots of clay, and when he finished he had
made the earth. Then he planted the seeds from the fruit, and they grew until there was
much rattan and many trees bearing fruit.
The four beings watched the growth for a long time and were well pleased with the
work, but finally Melu said, "Of what use is this earth and all the rattan and fruit if there
are no people?"
And the others replied, "Let us make some people out of wax."
So they took some wax and worked long, fashioning it into forms, but when they brought
them to the fire the wax melted, and they saw that men could not be made in that way.

Next they decided to try to use dirt in making people, and Melu and one of his
companions began working on that. All went well till they were ready to make the noses.
The companion, who was working on that part, put them on upside down. Melu told him
that the people would drown if he left them that way, but he refused to change them.
When his back was turned, however, Melu seized the noses, one by one, and turned
them as they now are. But he was in such a hurry that he pressed his finger at the root,
and it left a mark in the soft clay which you can still see on the faces of people.