Hi there guys, I'm Dani and welcome to this episode of All Monsters Go To Space. Today I'm bringing you a video on the Filipino god of death and lifespans, Sidapa. He was worshipped in the traditional Visayan mythology and in the old Ibalong folklore he was purely the god of death and was mainly worshipped in the coastal regions.
He's also said to be a foreign god but in all of these his consort stays the same, Bulan was his husband. Siddharpa is said to live on Mount Majas and is described as being tall and muscular, with ten golden horns, or a crown of golden horns, and will appear swarmed by black butterflies. He does have a dual nature though.
At first he was cruel, but this apparently was because he had never known love or tasted good food. He came to Earth in the form of a beautiful yet fearsome woman. She came across a slave who offered her food. Siddharpa was so touched by this act of kindness.
that she planted a tree where she could measure the lifespan of a newborn human as they grew. She also took her true form of the Black Horned God. He also became a kind of protector. It was believed that if a person prayed to him specifically, especially if they were dying, he would extend their lifespans and would even claim souls that may have already been claimed by another deity and deliver them to the psychopomp Maguien so that the soul could then be guided to the afterlife safely.
After his transformation, He watched the seven lunar deities dance and play, and like so many others he became enamoured with them. These deities were said to be beautiful with luminous pale skin and long silky black hair, with clear black eyes. One day, Haliya convinced her twin brother Bulan to come down with her and bathe in the waters. As they came down, wild animals tamed before them, and Aswang, the god of chaos and evil befriended them. Siddharpa came across them and fell in love with the androgynous beauties.
He brought them gifts and showered them with words of endearment. Now even though many beings did adore the moon gods, their gentleness and beauty made others hate them. Siddharpa heard that the god of war was preparing to attack the skies, so the foreign god intervenes and defeats the other god. The goddess of tide then becomes Siddharpa's next rival, as she would sing beautiful, enticing melodies to the moons, and so the horned god asked the mermaids and birds to sing in order to drown out any others. It worked and the Goddess of the Tides was beaten.
And then, as things do tend to come in threes, he had to face the God of the Ocean, who he promptly defeated, demonstrating his strength to the Lunar Gods. And once he had done all of this, Sidapa made the flowers bloom releasing a sweet perfume and nectar for the Lunar Deities. He did all of this to encourage the moons to come down and one did, Bulan, along with his group of winged sylphs.
Sidapa created the fireflies to guide the other god and finally they could meet face to face, and they drank nectar in each other's company. But an evil sea monster wanted to devour the moons, and as he leaped out of the water, just before he managed to eat him, Siddharpa pulled Bulan out of the way, and to show his gratitude, Bulan offered to be his lover and husband. The legends say that the two gods sleep in each other's arms each night under the tree that Siddharpa grew. Well, that's it for this video. I hope you enjoyed it.
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