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creator and
preserver of all things), Mulayri, Molaiari, Molayare, and
Dioata in the
Boxer Codex (1590),
Anatala and Ang Maygawâ in "Carta
sobre la idolatria...
- that in some places, they were
called "Molayri" (Molaiari) or "Diwata" (
Dioata)." However,
these early missionary-ethnographers also
noted that the Tagalogs...
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epithets such as: Anatala,
Molayare (Mulayari = source/origin of power/being),
Dioata (Diwata = divinity/remote/very distant),
Meylupa (Maylupa =
owner of the...
-
report that in some places, they were "Molayri" (Molaiari) or "Diwata" (
Dioata)." However,
these early missionary-ethnographers also
noted that the Tagalogs...
- that in some places, this
creator god was
called Molaiari (Malyari) or
Dioata (Diwata).
Scott (1989) notes:
Bathala was
described as "may
kapal sa lahat...
