Mayari

Mayari/Malayari
Lunar deity
SymbolMoon
GenderFemale (Kapampangan and Tagalog), Male (Sambal)
RegionPampanga, Southern Tagalog, Zambales
Genealogy
ParentsBathala
SiblingsApolaki (Kapampangan), Tala, and Hanan (Tagalog)

Mayari is one of the many moon deities in Philippine mythology.The Philippines has multiple moon deities because of its diverse ethnolinguistic groups and rich pre-colonial unified belief systems. In Kapampangan mythology, Mayari is the goddess of the moon and ruler of the world during nighttime.