Bathala - "all powerful" or "maker of all things"

“Priests of the Devils”

1. Catolonan - either a man or a woman

We know today that the Catalonan were the Tagalog equivalent of the Visayan Babaylan and
functioned as a healer, shaman, seer and a community leader.

2. Mangagauay - witches who deceive by pretending to heal the sick

3. Manyisalat - same as 2
Today we believe Manyisalat may have been considered another malevolent deity by early
Tagalogs.

4. Mancocolam - duty was to emit fire from himself at night

5. Hocloban - another kind of witch, greater efficiency than 2
6. Silagan - anyone clothed in white, to tear out his liver and eat it
7. Magtatangal - show himself at night to many persons without his head or entrails
8. Osuang - equivalent to sorcerer, seen him fly murdered men and ate their flesh
9. Mangagayoma - another class of witches, made charms for lovers out of herbs, stones, etc
10. Sonat - equivalent to preacher, to help one die, predicted the salvation or condemnation of the
soul
Today we know that a Sonat was essentially like “bishop” who worked under the Catalonans
and Babaylans.

11. Pangatahojan - soothsayer, predicted the future

12. Bayoguin - signified a Cotquean - man whose nature is inclined toward that of a woman

Ghosts - vibit

Phantoms - Tigbalaang