#{ bakunawa }

[lynnoepogi]

90% legs

[tuzi0usagi0bunbon0bunny]

did a little redesign to the Kaiju's Gijinka!!

(just hoping tumblr wont ruin the quality)

also yes this is height accurate

Bonus!!

[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.

[bakunawaart]

Divine

Shin Godzilla | シン・ゴジラ

[miawerz]

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

[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

[memoertz24]

"Lovestruck gods"

Bit of a story, so Dagon met Bakunawa in the pacific ocean and they soon became mates after, Bakunawa left Earth to travel moons after moons but she promised she will be back. And when she came back with Dagon nowhere to be seen, she found him dead in Philippines and created massive destruction all over the land because she blames herself for leaving him, she suffered depression after and hid herself and hibernates deep inside of the Philippine trench

Oh god my writing suck ass-

[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.

[teampura]

Some smaugust art pieces I've done in the past couple of days

[boog-how]

Moon Eaters

[lynnoepogi]

Ultrakill inspired Bakunawa oc (WIP)

[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-

[noxhawthorne]

Bakunawa

In Philippine mythology, the Bakunawa is a serpentine dragon with a curled tail and a horn on its nose. The creature is thought to be a sea serpent, but, in other versions of the telling, it inhabits the sky or the underworld. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses, rain, winds, and earthquakes. The movements of the Bakunawa were used by ancient Filipinos as a sort of geomantic calendar (geomancy is the term used for methods of divination that interpret geographic features, markings on the ground, or the patterns formed by soil, rocks, or sand).

The Bakunawa is sometimes also referred to as Naga. This is because of the influence of Indian culture on Southeast Asia, causing it to become syncretized with the Hindu-Buddhist serpent deity, Nāga. Because of this, Naga and Bakunawa share similar myths. The same is seen with the navagraha pair, Rahu and Ketu, both said to be the cause for solar and lunar eclipses, respectively.

One of the myths about the Bakunawa comes from Cebuano mythology. During ancient times, pre-colonial Cebuanos believed that their supreme god, Bathala, created 7 moons to light up the sky. Amazed by their beauty, the Bakunawa would rise from the ocean and swallow the moons whole. This angered Bathala, causing the two to be mortal enemies. So, to keep the moons from being completely swallowed, people would go outside, and band pots and pans together in order to scare off the creature, making it spit the moons back out. Although, there were others who played soothing sounds on their instruments, hoping that the Bakunawa would fall asleep, making it easier to slay.

Another Cebuano myth says that the creature had a sister in the form of a sea turtle, who would lay its eggs on a certain island in the Philippines. However, whenever she did this, the waters would rise, causing people to think the island might disappear. Out of fear, she was killed. The Bakunawa didn’t like that, and thus swallowed the moon as a sort of revenge. The people begged the supreme god to help, and he said to bang pots and pans around to scare it off. There are others who say the Bakunawa sought revenge because it fell in love with a woman from a native tribe. The tribe leader didn’t like that, and had their home burned to ashes, thus causing the creature to seek revenge.

[There is more to this creature, but it’s too much to list here.]

[bakunawaart]

Celestial Serpent

Bakunawa

[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! 🌞 🐉