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Simon Ban on Instagram: "Bakunawa, the moon-eating sea serpent from the Philippines 🌊🌑 Thank you Elenita for your trust and dedication to this piece. It’s always an honor to be trusted with the myths and legends from someone else’s heritage. It was a pleasure making this with you 👏🏼 Drawn on and tattooed over four sessions at @thorns.tattoo #bakunawa #philippines #lunar #eclipse #lunareclipse #tattoo #blackwork #seaserpent #mythicalcreatures #myth #legend #thorns #thebay #freehand…
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BAKUNAWA: The Moon Eater CREATURES OF PHILIPPINE MYTHOLOGY: Episode Three What always fascinates me most about the Creatures of Ph...
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VICTOR J WEBSTER — Freehand Bakunawa, who devours the moon and causes...
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Bakunawa is a giant sea serpent, said to be devouring the moon which causes the eclipse. Some say it is a legend of the ancient Filipino folklore, i say bakunawa is alive and roaming under the Philippine seas. Baybayin is an Ancient Filipino script of the used in the pre-colonial era of the Philippines
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The Bakunawa is a dragon in Philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses.
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The Bakunawa: moon-eating sea serpent of Filipino mythology! Stage one is complete!
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Tattoo artist: IG: @maharlika.tattoo
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From filipino mythology, this sea snake was jalous of the beauty of the moons created by god Bathala, and sprung out of the ocean to eat 6 of them 7 moons. My snake pose is strongly inspired by an artwork from artist Yongji, who drew a beautiful Bakunawa.
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Bakunawa:The Bakunawa, also spelled Bakonawa, Baconaua, or Bakonaua, is a dragon in Philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. It is believed to be the cause of eclipses.[1] It appears as a giant sea serpent with a mouth the size of a lake, a red tongue, whiskers, gills, small wires at its sides, and two sets of wings, one is large and ash-gray while the other is small and is found further down its body.
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