Mangyan Deities

• Mahal na Makaako – The Supreme Being who gave life to all human beings merely by gazing at them.

• Binayi – Owner of a garden where all spirits rest.

• Binayo - Is a sacred female spirit, caretaker of the rice spirits or the kalag paray. She is married to the spirit Bulungabon. The kalag paray must be appeased, to ensure a bountiful harvest. It is for this reason that specific rituals are conducted in every phase of rice cultivation. Some of these rituals include the panudlak, the rite of the first planting; the rite of rice planting itself; and the rites of harvesting which consist of the magbugkos or binding rice stalks, and the pamag-uhan, which follows the harvest.

• Bulungabon – The spirit aided by 12 fierce dogs. Erring souls are chased by these dogs are eventually drowned in a caldron of boiling water. He is Binayo’s husband.