The Ifugao call themselves as i-pugao or “inhabitants of the known earth”; other variations of the name are Ifugaw, Ipugao, and Yfugao. They live primarily
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Category: Ifugao Beliefs
Ifugaos are the people inhabiting Ifugao Province. They come from the municipalities of Lagawe (Capital Town), Aguinaldo, Alfonso Lista, Asipulo, Banaue, Hingyon, Hungduan, Kiangan, Lamut, Mayoyao, and Tinoc.
The term “Ifugao” is derived from “ipugo” which means “earth people”, “mortals” or “humans”, as distinguished from spirits and deities. It also means “from the hill”, as pugo means hill. The term Igorot or Ygolote was the term used by Spanish conquerors for mountain people. The Ifugaos, however, prefer the name Ifugao.
Bu’lul: Divinity Inside the Wood
Wherever you are in the Philippines, you probably won’t find a house that doesn’t have a special place for holy figurines: wooden replicas of benevolent
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IFUGAO DIVINITIES: Philippine Mythology & Beliefs
“How many anitos and diwatas are there?” This is the question posed in The Soul Book. Their number is legion, considering that every dead relative,
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Bugan and Kinggauan: Ifugao Marriage of a Goddess with a Man
Kiangan is the oldest town in the province of Ifugao. American anthropologist H. Otley Beyer considered this Kiangan Ifugao myth “one of the best specimens
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IFUGAO Origin Myth: The First Man & Woman
The Ifugao call themselves as i-pugao or “inhabitants of the known earth”; other variations of the name are Ifugaw, Ipugao, and Yfugao. They live primarily
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