Maria Sinukuan

Apúng Sinukuan/Maria Sinukuan
GenderMale or Female

Maria Sinukuan is a fairy or goddess (called a diwata) in the oral stories of Pampanga. She is connected to Mount Arayat, a mountain in the Philippines. An iteration of Apúng Sinukuan, the Kapampangan sun god of war and death who lived on the mountain. But during the Spanish colonial period, the Spanish changed the story and turned him into Maria Sinukuan, a female mountain goddess. Over time, she became one of the most famous mountain goddesses in Philippine folklore, like Maria Makiling of Los Baños and Maria Cacao of Cebu.

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