PHILIPPINE MYTHS - BATHALA

Supreme god and creator deity, also known as Bathala Maykapal, Lumilikha, and Abba; an enormous being with control over thunder, lightning, flood, fire, thunder, and earthquakes; presides over lesser deities and uses spirits to intercede between divinities and mortals; referred by Muslims as Anatala;the tigmamanuquin (tigmamanukan) is attributed to Bathala.