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Description Bakunawa is a deity in Philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. He is the feared god of darkness, hopelessness and despair. He is believed to be the god of the underworld and is often considered to be the cause of eclipses.
According to the Hiligaynon peoples, he takes the form of a huge greenish-black dragon. Once in a while, he awakes from his slumber at the bottom of the sea, attempting to wrestle cosmic supremacy from Bathala by eating his gold and silver disks. Bakunawa can raise the fury of nature, creating tornadoes, tidal waves, earthquakes and lightning storms with just a mere thought. He, however, because of his unorganized motivation, always loses to some other god or goddess, but he always waits for his time.

The great dragon has a whole layer of eerie, calm, black waters in the Abyss, where he spends most of his time planning for his next attack on the other deities.
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Comments: 15

Deere [2008-03-16 02:14:56 +0000 UTC]

That is an incredibly imaginative abstract composition... Love it!

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phlezk [2008-02-22 23:17:48 +0000 UTC]

this angle is amazing

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LMPx3478 [2008-02-22 17:21:06 +0000 UTC]

In my country.. i call this fish "sepat".. it is so thin, right?? and the taste is so salt.. but it is delicious if we eat it with warm rice..

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StrixCZ [2008-01-15 13:15:02 +0000 UTC]

Another cool idea, another

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The-name1ess [2007-11-03 22:09:25 +0000 UTC]

hehe awesome work

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WanXpy [2007-11-02 21:16:48 +0000 UTC]

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catemate [2007-10-29 04:50:19 +0000 UTC]

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LucyJOrchard In reply to catemate [2007-10-29 06:40:24 +0000 UTC]

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Kory1 [2007-10-28 19:03:47 +0000 UTC]

amazing, good cerative for reflection

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Poohblah [2007-10-28 17:49:28 +0000 UTC]

creative use of reflections are incredible!

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aliengreen [2007-10-28 10:03:09 +0000 UTC]

when this photo was done loading, I couldn't help but admire it and laugh at the same time. great shot with abundant humor, irony and mystery..then i read the literature, and am astounded you know more about Philippine mythology than i do..shame on me because I am Filipino

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sojabean In reply to aliengreen [2007-10-28 14:48:48 +0000 UTC]

same here! i'm not familiar with bakunawa, but then again, i never really studied in the philippines so i'm excused.

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agie [2007-10-28 09:23:21 +0000 UTC]

hahahah dead fish...upside down or turn it over

nice idea!

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Waratahra [2007-10-28 09:22:13 +0000 UTC]

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Pecetta [2007-10-28 09:17:54 +0000 UTC]

...a flying fish is going to eat the moon!

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