Lakapati • Philippine Mythology: Luzon Divinities

In Tagalog Mythology, Lakapati is identified as the most important fertility deity in the Tagalog pantheon represented by a hermaphrodite image with both male and female parts.

Before planting in a new field, the ancient Tagalogs usually offered sacrifices to Lakapati. In a 17th century report by Franciscan missionary Father Pedro de San Buenaventura, it was said that a farmer paying homage to this fertility goddess would hold up a child before saying “Lakapati pakanin mo yaring alipin mo; huwag mong gutumin” (Lakapati, feed this thy slave; let him not hunger).⠀

Being the kindest among the lesser deities of Bathala, Lakapati was loved and respected by the people.

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