María
deity mountain single tradition · 2
María is a wise diwata who recognizes the symptoms of starvation brought about by extreme poverty. She gives villagers ginger that magically turns into gold. Distressed by the greed of some villagers, María distances herself from the people by moving higher up the mountain.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
Relationships
- manifests as
- Maria Makiling
- syncretized with
- Zara-Zaranitsa Krasnaya Devitsa
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“The wise Maria recognizes the symptoms as signs not of disease, but of starvation brought about by extreme poverty. She gives the villager in question some ginger, which is magically found to be gold back in the village In versions where the villager is a man returning to his ill wife, he unwisely discards some of the magical ginger because it had become too heavy to carry.”
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