The Ifugao tribes of Luzon (Philippines) believed the world was formed in a battle between the sky world and the underworld with the Sun god as the leader of the formation of the world.
These two links provide two versions of the Creation Myth of Luzon. The second link will require you to have access to jstor. You may have access via a library. If you have an account you can log in from the page provided.
The JSTOR reference is the best one given that it has the full story from start to finish about the Gods of Luzon and the Ifugao people. The story is considered an embellishment of the creation myth of the Northern Luzon Ifugao Tribe.
The story begins with an ancient battle in which the sky world and underworld battle in a cosmic war which happened before memory, according to the myth. The sky people dropped spears on the underworld people, who reacted by shooting arrows back into the sky. The battle waged until the Sun god was struck by an arrow. His skin opened and blood spewed into aerial rivers. From this he let his blood flow in ribbons creating a barrier between the sky people and the underworld people. The barrier was not a wall, but a new world to block the two peoples from interacting.
The story goes on about a deer that appeared on the land that both peoples wanted. The underworld captured the doe and thus a new battle began that led to the formation of people on the new world.
The myth tells the belief that the small islands of the Philippines were actually the original world that grew and expanded to create what exists today.
These two links provide two versions of the Creation Myth of Luzon. The second link will require you to have access to jstor. You may have access via a library. If you have an account you can log in from the page provided.
The JSTOR reference is the best one given that it has the full story from start to finish about the Gods of Luzon and the Ifugao people. The story is considered an embellishment of the creation myth of the Northern Luzon Ifugao Tribe.
The story begins with an ancient battle in which the sky world and underworld battle in a cosmic war which happened before memory, according to the myth. The sky people dropped spears on the underworld people, who reacted by shooting arrows back into the sky. The battle waged until the Sun god was struck by an arrow. His skin opened and blood spewed into aerial rivers. From this he let his blood flow in ribbons creating a barrier between the sky people and the underworld people. The barrier was not a wall, but a new world to block the two peoples from interacting.
The story goes on about a deer that appeared on the land that both peoples wanted. The underworld captured the doe and thus a new battle began that led to the formation of people on the new world.
The myth tells the belief that the small islands of the Philippines were actually the original world that grew and expanded to create what exists today.