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I'm sure you're confused of the sources saying Amanikable is the god of hunters, but others say he's the god of the sea. They're right and wrong at the same time. Some sources also say Haik is the god of Visayan sea, or just the whole Sea sea.

First, Amansinaya is the original God of the Sea, as in the whole representation of the ocean, since he's a first generation god. Amanikable is also a First generation god, but his major responsibility is being the God of Hunting. Haik is a sea god, as in not so major, but he represents one element of the ocean: Peace, tranquility, calmness. The ocean has a lot of elements. Do not get confused of who to call the 'God of Sea'.

So here is where the story starts. When the Earth gained some humans, Amansinaya took the mantle of being responsible for fisheries and aquatic resources. So he became the God of Fishermen as well. And then, for some reasons I cannot find, he began going deeper the ocean and left his responsibility to Amanikable, since he thinks being a fisherman is almost the same as being a hunter. The thing is, Amansinaya HAS BIGGER RESPONSIBILTY than fishing! It's not clear why he went down, maybe because of seclusion or to finally broaden his horizon (maybe he created those deep sea creatures. Remember, Marianas Trench is in Philippine continental plate.) He just left the surface waters, just like that.

Enter the Hunting God who don't know shit about the waters. Upon taking the mantle of ocean responsibility, he took only a few elements of it: Fishing (ofc), Sea storm, violence of oceans and the darkness of it. Some even say he's the Balaraw - the death god of the seafarers. Everything opposite to Haik.

Because of this, they formed a Cordial Relationship. It was unclear if Haik and Amanikable got married, but from my source it was called 'Cordial'. From then on, people keep mistaking either or both of them as God of Sea (like, you know, the sea is now their conjugal property). Nonetheless, Amansinaya was still more popular as God of Fishermen. Now the guy is in deep sea doing weird stuff. Idk what's with him nowadays.

Once a panahon

When the universe was still young,

When the worlds were just barren rocks and gases,

When human life was not yet in divine ideas,

There lived two gods happily spending their time together

Intimately,

And very much inlove.

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I don't think ancient gods have anthropomorphic bodies, and their love is beyond sex and gender, beyond space and time, beyond human logic.

Let's just say, Bathala is pansexual.

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Most of my sources came from our school library in DLSU Taft. I believe outsiders can now borrow thru online. And if DLSU have them, I'm pretty sure UP has too, and UP Los Baños is pretty much a public library. Idk with Diliman. Sorry I forgot all their Titles and authors. I was young and didn't know the importance of citations.

My knowledge of Bikolandia Myth came from my friend from Bikol who's pretty much living the precolonial life. I'm convinced she's a witch or a priestess.

My online knowledge came from Wikipedia. I know Wiki has a reputation, but remember that I've read legit sources before and I'm only looking online for refreshments, and I'm telling you, they're more legit than random pages I've seen. One marker of legit source is how they treat Amanikable and Lakanpati.

If they say Amanikabke is a 'Hunting god turned Sea god with a cordial relationship with a 'Tranquil Sea' god' then that's okay. Some sources would say he's a sea god, which is entitely wrong. If they say Lakanpati is either 'representation of two genders' or 'diety with no gender' then that's okay. Some sources would say they're just a woman because they married a man and had a child. That source is a bigot.

Another Marker: If they heavily edited the creation story about the fight of Bathala and Galang kaluluwa. If from this story, you won't come to a conclusion that Bathala is gay, then you're reading a wrong source.

In addition, I remember reading a FilMit book written by Jose Rizal. He was also a researcher and an enthusiast of Filmit. (but it was very short, not all dieties are covered). Andres Bonifacio addressed to Sidapa in some of his poems.