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[@daltonodwens3009]

This is a Bicol pass through mouth(orally) story through bedtime or event celebration like Harvest or feast... where kids gather around to listen to a baylan(prietess, abtana or shaman)who tell stories about the heavenly beings... Most stories starts with adventure ones then followed by a story about kids or individual who been punished of being bad then end with a scary story about aswang or elemental beings.. Now back to Bulan.. Here in Mindanao we have a version story of BULAN.. Where He is Androgynously Beautiful and would charm anyone that look at Him.. accompanied with his Beautiful voice Yes HIM.. And the story goes that Bulan/Abulan/Libulan/Buwanun (He has that many name which means the Moon) Attracted the eyes of The abyss God Bakunawa.. Bakunawa stalk and would always ask the Moon God to speak to Him and sing for Him but Bulan Didn't do (cause He was affronted and scared of Bakunawa looks) eventually this angered Bakunawa and chase Bulan saying He will contained Him in inside His Body by swallowing Him.. Which He was able to do so.. Luckily, The God of Underworld named Sidapa/sidhap witness this happening so He fought Bakuna and defeated him then ordered Bakuna to release Bulan.. Or He will banished Him to ends of the deep abyss never to rise again.. So Bakunawa spat Bulan which Sidapa caught Him directly and flew Him to the celestial Heaven by embracing him and fully covering him with his majestic horns and shadow.. so Bakunawa wont be able to swallow Bulan again.. But this didn't stop Bakunawa from trying to contain Bulan from time to time.. Most often He would succeed to do so.. (so that is why we have eclipses) and Sidapa is always there to rescue Him and protect Him.. By shrouding Him with his darkness and powerful horns (that is why Bulan(Moon) is always seen at night and accompanied by the shadows of Darkness..) Maybe this where the Gay fan fiction stems from.. Of how Sidapa courageously protected and rescued Bulan.. I mean even me would say it's very Romantic to always be protected and Embraced.. Who wouldn't want that..? But I have to tell you.. Every tribe here in Mindanao has a different way of telling this story... But the flow of the story is the same.. With various changes like Most of the time Bulan is a young female of 16 or a moon child.. Often times Sidapa was a gigantic Horned Boar that stepped over Bakunawa which is also huge snake.. In truth.. The writers or authors who wrote the book you said only followed the single form tribe or region.. But that does not mean.. It's the origin of the story.. What is important is that the precolonial Philippines has a wide prospects of adherence towards gender neutrality and respect to all forms.. Hope you keep up the myth and story is very nice to listen to it.. Keep it up and more. Power to you...

[@RAIDONventures]

Thanks for this. I only heard about Bulan when SB19 Ken or Felip released his solo song, Bulan.

[@adiksaff]

Hello there po! Happy to have contributed to the discussion 😁 Wishing you all the best!

[@AsianEntertainmentandCulture]

Hello Akira 😊. Please come back often!

[@bungluna9211]

I love hearing about various origin stories from around the world. It's fascination how much they share and how they vary from region to region. Thanks!

[@AsianEntertainmentandCulture]

my pleasure. i love mythology and literature so just to have this platform where i get to share it and you get to give me feedback is a privilege i do not take for granted.

[@lourdesduke9977]

How Haliya came into the picture on Ken’s song Bulan? I find this so interesting since I missed all stories during my younger years and sometimes I can relate them now . As a young kid, I never question things and now connecting those missing dots that I heard from my mom and neighbors and make me realized that they are from our own mythology and we need to spread them especially our new generation.

[@aithne1457]

Please do hanan philippine mythology is soo underrated 😢

[@messiahaeronzausa8721]

I want to ask if this stories about bulan and sidapa real like legit because there are some sources saying it is not real especially about thier love story.

[@AsianEntertainmentandCulture]

it is not. it is fan fiction