Filipino shamans, commonly known as babaylan (also balian or katalonan, among many other names), were shamans of the various ethnic groups of the pre-colonial...

the babaylan was mostly associated to females, but male babaylans also existed. Early historical accounts record the existence of male babaylans who wore...

datu, the babaylan could take charge of the whole community. The role of the babaylan was mostly associated with females, but male babaylans also existed...

Crocodile's Belly: Philippine Babaylan Studies and the Struggle for Indigenous Memory. Santa Rosa, California: Center for Babaylan Studies. pp. 136–140. ISBN 978-1492775317...

held in high regard and performed the role of spiritual leaders known as babaylan, katalonan, and other shamans in the indigenous Philippine folk religions...

accompanied by other rituals or celebrations, in which a shaman (Visayan: babaylan, Tagalog: katalonan) acts as a medium to communicate directly with the...

Tamblot (fl. 1621–1622) was the name given to a babaylan (a Visayan term for mediums and religious leaders in the Philippines' pre-colonial and early colonial...

elder babaylan. Their functions include the role of community leaders, warriors, community defenders, priestesses, healers, sages and seers. Babaylans could...

calendar system for ancient Filipinos and were part of the rituals of the babaylan priestess. It is usually depicted with a characteristic looped tail and...

were also various subtypes of babaylan specializing in the arts of healing and herbalism, divination, and sorcery. Babaylan were highly respected members...

era. The other one was the Tamblot uprising in 1621 led by Tamblot, a babaylan or native priest from Bohol which was basically a religious conflict. The...

Retrieved 2014-05-15. "Tinig ng Babaylan featuring Grace Nono and Baylan Undin (a Babaylan Elder from Mindanao)". Buhay-Babaylan Lecture-Ritual Series. 2013-01-19...

known as the Tamblot revolution or Tamblot revolt, was led by Tamblot, a babaylan or native priest from the island of Bohol in the Philippines. "Abatan River...

and allegiance to the Spanish after around fifty years. Together with a babaylan named Pagali and his children, he built a temple for a diwata, and he incited...

Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants Neo-Paganism Ritual Angakkuq Babaylan Bobohizan Bomoh Bora Dukun Miko Jhākri Pawang Slametan Wu Revitalization...

of his agenda, and directed the celebration of the ancient rites of the babaylan (ancient Visayan shaman), a revival of the religious leader of the pre-Spanish...

E-Library RA 7355". Pag-iwayan, Jessica (November 2, 2020). "Albularyo, babaylan, and manghihilot are now considered national living treasures". Manila...

back to the history of pre-colonial communities in the Philippines. The babaylans are typically female spiritual leaders, priests, or shamans in native...

Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants Neo-Paganism Ritual Angakkuq Babaylan Bobohizan Bomoh Bora Dukun Miko Jhākri Pawang Slametan Wu Revitalization...

handed down through generations guided by spiritual leaders or shamans, (babaylan, katalonan, mumbaki, baglan, machanitu, walian, mangubat, bahasa,...),...

of the datu (head of the community), the Babaylan takes in the role of interim head of the community. Babaylans were powerful ritual specialists who were...

crystals were also burned and allowed to drip into a basin of water by babaylan for divination. It is also used in other rituals in the animistic anito...

held for three days, and was officiated by a babaylan, a tribal priest or priestess. The house of the babaylan was the ritual venue for the nuptials. On...

Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants Neo-Paganism Ritual Angakkuq Babaylan Bobohizan Bomoh Bora Dukun Miko Jhākri Pawang Slametan Wu Revitalization...

for ancient Filipinos and were part of the shamanistic rituals of the babaylan. It is usually depicted with a characteristically looped tail and was variously...

Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants Neo-Paganism Ritual Angakkuq Babaylan Bobohizan Bomoh Bora Dukun Miko Jhākri Pawang Slametan Wu Revitalization...

Apparitions of Spirits and on Vampires or Revenants Neo-Paganism Ritual Angakkuq Babaylan Bobohizan Bomoh Bora Dukun Miko Jhākri Pawang Slametan Wu Revitalization...

bakla and sometimes considered a third gender. Historically, cross-gender babaylan shamans were respected and termed bayog or bayoc in Luzon and asog in the...

family of court architects, 18th–19th century Balian, another term for the babaylan shamans of the Philippines Balian, Balinese language term for a traditional...

accompanied by other rituals or celebrations, in which a shaman (Visayan: babaylan, Tagalog: katalonan) acts as a medium to communicate directly with the...