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Bakunawa and the Seven Moons
In your opinion, why were the collectors of myths and folk tales not sure whether Bakunawa was a male or a female god?

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Answer:

The Bakunawa, a huge serpent-like dragon that coiled around the earth and ruled the oceans, first fell in love with the heavenly magnificence of the "seven sisters" such that he envied the almighty for his creations. And to the people's collective dismay, the dragon swallowed the moons one-by-one, each night, as he yearned to possess them all. This growing yearning turned into envy and into greed, so as the Bakunawa arose again and again from the waters to swallow the moons until the towering dragon devoured all — but one.

The Bathala became conscious of the sudden disappearances of the moons from the heavens as the last remaining was sight of a dismay to the people of Earth. They, in turn, learned to arm themselves to protect it from being swallowed by the dragon. Hence, the dragon not only termed as a "Moon-eater" but as a "Man-eater," as well.

One night, deafening screams, moans, music, sounds, and banging of drums coming from the people of Earth awakened the almighty to witness the Bakunawa swallowing the last moon, slowly enveloping the whole world in abysmal darkness. The people shouted altogether, and they screamed "Return our Moon!" among many other unpleasant words. The dragon hastily retreated to his caverns in the oceans as the sounds grew louder and louder. And the last moon illuminated the dark skies once more and the people of earth rejoiced as the dragon hastily returned to the seas, hiding inside his caves, and waiting for another right moment to gobble the last remaining moon.

To prevent this from happening again, Bathala planted bamboos that looked like “stains” on the surface of the moon from afar. The bamboo trees can be seen as dark spots in the face of the moon.

The dragon never gave up, as he would attempt to swallow the last remaining moon in the sky from time-to-time. But the people remain on alert if such an incident is to happen again, ready to create thundering noises for the moon's return, guarding it with their lives. And as long as the bamboo trees are not killed on the moon, the dragon will never succeed in his malicious deed.

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