MT. MAGDIWATA MYTH

(AGUSAN del Sur)

                   Nature lovers, adventurers and Mountain enthusiast alike will certainly love Mt. Magdiwata. A lushfull virgin forest, with 14 series of water falls one can enjoy after another, the beautiful and endemic flora & fauna, the natural swimming holes and cold springs and also the biggest Bagrass tree can be found only here. . At almost sunset, Mt. Magdiwata has the semblance of a pregnant woman and during midnight looks like a crocodile eager to catch a prey. Mt. Magdiwata is sacred among the Manobo Tribes due to its legend and belief that the soul of Giant Magdiwata might punish those who cause destruction to its natural resources. The mountain is characterized by prominent ranges and the towering heights of an elevation approximately 592 meters above sea level reflect the pride of the Manobos.

Photo of MT. Magdiwata Agusan del Sur

                                Diwata was a woman living in a remote place. She was very pretty among all the girls in their place. but she is poor. 

DIWATA

The people living in their place is used to fought for their safety and because of the scarcity of resources, the other group of people tried to get their place. Diwata is the bravest among all woman who foghts for their place. One day,  the king saw Diwata and been captivated by her beauty and later on, loved and married her.

                         


    Diwata is very beautiful that the king doesn't want Diwata to fought against the enemies. He cannot let Diwata to put her life in danger. he wanted to keep her but she insisted to fight She was very braved that she helped fight the place against enemies. Years later, Diwata became pregnant. The king is very happy that he asked Diwata to stop fighting for their place and just let their warriors to fought for her. But she fought even she was pregnant; unfortunately, she was killed. 

                               The King was very devastated upon hearing the news that his wife and his chind inside her womb died in the middle of the war. Because the king loved her so much, he named the place ' Diwata'. 




Years later, the villagers noticed that the place became mountainous and it resembled a pregnant woman; so, from Diwata they changed it to Mount Diwata. Later become Mt. Magdiwata.

MT. MAGDIWATA Looks like a lying pregnant woman.

                               The mountainous feature of this place helps to produce waters and springs and falls that is abundant to give enough resources for the villagers on their place. 

                   This made the people think that Diwata still protecting their place and kept on giving resources for the people to live in abundance. 

The Myth about Mt. Magdiwata is somewhat similar to  the Shinto story of Creation in  Japan

In Japanese mythology, Izanagi and Izanami were a divine couple, brother and sister, who had a principle role in creating the islands of Japan and from whom many important and elemental kami (gods) had their birth.

Izanami and Izanagi tried to form Islands

Their story is told in the 8th century CE Japanese compendium of mythology, the Kojiki. It is the story where the Female Izanami and male Izanagi both loved each other and is living together. They tried to form an islands together. They also tried to make Kami(God) but unfornately they failed at first because of having a deformed children. on their last try Izanami Gave
birth to Kagutsuchi which burn them to death.

Grief-stricken, Izanagi wept and from his tears emanated further kami. Enraged, he cut off the head of Kagutsuchi, whose birth had killed his wife. Further offspring were born from his bloody sword.






After grieving for Izanami a long time, Izanagi became determined to bring her back and set off for Yomi, the Land of the Dead. Eventually, after a long and perilous journey, Izanagi came to a great mansion guarded at the front by fearsome demons. Creeping in through a back entrance, Izanagi found his wife and there was a joyful reunion. Izanagi begged Izanami to return to the world with him, but she sadly replied that this was not possible as she had taken food while in Yomi. At Izanagi’s entreaty, however, she agreed to go and ask the resident kami if she could possibly go back with him.

Before she went, Izanami asked her husband to promise not to go right inside the mansion. He agreed, but, after a whole day had passed and she did not return Izunami could wait no longer and went inside the mansion, looking for her, using a tooth of his comb as a torch.
Wandering within the mansion by the frail light of his torch, Izunagi was horrified to come across the body of his wife, now apparent as just a rotten decaying corpse to which a number of recently born thunder-kami were still attached. In revulsion and terror, Izanagi turned to flee pursued by the spurned corpse of his wife, the thunder kami along with many warriors, and the hag of the House of the Dead.

After fighting off his pursuers, Izanagi managed to imprison Izanami in the House of the Dead by rolling up a huge rock to block the way. The entrance to Yomi, covered by the rock, is said to be Ifuya Pass, at Izumo. Thenceforth, Izanami became known as Yomotsu-o-kami, Goddess of the Dead.




The Story is similar in a way that the King love his wife that he named the place by her name. Izanami on the other side loved Izanami that much that he follows her to Yomi.