Batala
Batala is an idol offered food during the manganito ritual. People pray to him for the health of the sick man for whom the feast is held. The natives of these islands have no altars nor temples whatsoever.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in a 1572 account.
Relationships
- enemy of
- Kalaon
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In the midst of the feast (called manganito or baylán in their tongue), they put the idol called Batala and certain aged women who are considered as priestesses, and some aged Indians—neither more nor less. They offer the idol some of the food which they are eating, and call upon him in their tongue, praying to him for the health of the sick man for whom the feast is held.”
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“Kalaon was instead regarded as the evil god of destruction, the main adversary of Batala, a minor deity of protection and luck (not to be confused with the Tagalog supreme deity Bathala).”
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