#bakunawa

[lynnoepogi]

90% legs

[ybon-paramoux]

The Myth of Bakunawa. A moon-eating sea dragon that causes lunar eclipse. Artwork by Gabriella Buba.

[bakunawaart]

Divine

Shin Godzilla | シン・ゴジラ

[draconesmundi]

Happy Dracones Monday! Lunar Eclipse!

In Phillippino mythology, there were once seven moons in the sky. A great serpent from the sea, Bakunawa, ate six of them, but luckily the people of the Phillippines bashed pots and pans to disturb the dragon before she could eat the final moon. Every now and again, she will try to eat the final moon - as revenge for a lover being killed, as revenge for her sister a giant sea turtle being killed, or because she's angry at the gods or simply because she is an eater of moons.

This Dracones Monday coincides with a Lunar Eclipse on the 25th of March, when Bakunawa will try to eat the moon again, so have the pots and pans ready!!!

In my project, Dracones Mundi, the Pacific Sea Serpent eats dragons that fly over the sea. The dramatic leaps from the water used to catch airborn prey are awe-inspiring and, for all intents and purposes, look like a gigantic sea serpent flinging it's way upwards to eat the sky itself - for this reason the scientific name for the Pacific Sea Serpent is Mareserpens lunaphagous, the moon-eating sea serpent, in honour of Bakunawa.

[sangahnomiya]

fellow pipinos and neuvifuri/focallette enjoyers,, do u see the vision

I took this screenshot from the Wikipedia page, so initially I couldn't find any source for where this version of the legend came from. but after some digging, it seems that this particular version came from iloilo!! (source here.)

since I've got a fairytale AU in the works already, what if I,,, hm,,,,,,,,

[7clubs]

the sea serpent fell for the moon

and the moon loved her in return

[miawerz]

Year of the Dragon 🌕🐉 Happy Lunar New Year!!!

[boog-how]

Moon Eaters

[kathanglangit]

Moonhammer

No pretentious loretext this time. I designed this meteor-hammer belt thing a while back based on the Bakunawa, the moon-eater serpent. The look of the maw is based in part on Visayan tenegre hilts, and the moon and star are based on my uh- Idk what to call it, a brand logo I guess?

I was going to get it made for myself, then I remembered I'm not actually trained to use a meteor hammer, so-

[wodeworm]

Bakunawa the moon Eater

𝕬𝖓𝕶𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗 30

Bakunawa are said to be Massive oceanic dragons that reside near the Philipines, and were the blame of many meteorological phenomena in the area. so significant was its movements that the people used it to map and carve out a geomantic calendar, and were the center of many rituals preformed by babaylan priestess's. even purported and readily believed to have entire islands form their spines moving ecosystems and communities of people around the sea.

many differing myths and legends revolved around the tremendous creature, some say the the supreme deity created many moons in the sky, these celestial body's enraptured the great serpent with its tremendous strength it would erupt from the sea devouring them whole, in a desperate bid to save the night sky the ancient Filipinos would go out their homes and through any means, create a great cacophony of sound to ward of this vast creature. inversely they would play soothing sounds to try and lull it into a hypnotic state in which some would trying to find some kind of to this existential threat to their people, with varying success.

[murkbrew]

strength in solidarity

[lynnoepogi]

Ultrakill inspired Bakunawa oc (WIP)

[daftwitch]

Quick! Make some noise or play some music to scare of Bakunawa!

In honor of this year's solar eclipse I decided to read up on the roots of Filipino mythology~ So here is my depiction of the mighty dragon trying to consume the sun! 🌞 🐉

[bakunawaart]

Celestial Serpent

Bakunawa

[passerine-parable]

Bakunawa and the Last Moon

17ftx3 ft mural

I am a third generation Filipino American.

My grandmother, my Lola, was an immigrant. Once, my Aunty, her sister, held my pale hand in hers, and said, I’m disappearing.

Last fall, I visited the museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe, and afterwards, I cried, because I could not find a reflection of myself in there.

There was only one piece of Filipino art in the whole museum’s library, and it was a depiction of the crucifixion, in a very Spanish art style. Im sure they’d feature more if they could- if there was more to speak of. But there isn’t much.

Colonialism has swallowed it all. Many records were burned. Many were made of materials that don’t last long to begin with. Even the name of the islands comes from a conqueror. I too am a product of colonialism, as my grandparents met during the US occupation of the Philippines.

Many can look back to the stories of their ancestors. Many can look to an ancient piece of art and see the stories of their family.

I didn’t think I could, until my uncle started to research. He found that we are visayan, that we are potentially of an indigenous group who call themselves Waray. He introduced me to visayan tattoo art, and his research lead me to mythology.

Though rare, it turns out there are stories, and Bakunawa is one of them. Once, the earth had seven moons, and then Bakunawa swallowed six of them. The people beat drums to keep him from swallowing the last.

So too, I feel, my family is beating the drums, to keep what remnants of stories we have alive. My Uncle continues in his craft, and I grow into mine. I learned a lot in this mural, which I will take into my future art. Together, we will chase the dragon away from our last moon.

[prinxen]

✨ HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!!! ✨

*(pls pretend this isn't late)

*I decided to draw the Filipino dragon Bakunawa for the Year of the Dragon!! But gijinka, because why not?

*Let's hope this year is a good one 🙇