Mapulon

Tagalog Alternative forms tl Apolon Apulon tl Mapolon Mapolong archaic Abecedario orthography tl Mapulong Laguna Etymology tl. Possibilities are: From tl ma- + tl pulong meeting, because the seven animals of the constellation seem to meet together. From Mapulon, god of seasons in Tagalog mythology. Possibly from or related to tl ivv mapolon, an authority in the barangays of Batanes during the pre-historic period. The souls of the social upper class after death were said to enter the heavens and become stars. Compare ceb Amupulo. Pronunciation Proper noun + tl astronomy the star cluster Pleiades, reckoned as a constellation of seven goats; Seven Sisters tl Pulon-Pulon Supot ni Hudas Rosaryo Pleyades References 130 Cabrillas) Mapolon ([pp]) ſiete eſtrellas [en el] çielo, metaf) de polon que es jũta por q̃ andan juntas. 48 Apulon. astron. Cabrillas. f. pl. Dante L. Ambrosio BALATIK: Katutubong Bituin ng mga Pilipino Philippine Social Sciences Review 2005 https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pssr/article/view/1287 57 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20250521052209/https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pssr/article/view/1287 21 May 2025 249 mapúlon The Philippine Islands, 1493–1898 Customs of the Tagalogs 178-179 vii 978-0554340470 Plansecia Juan de 1589 en F. Landa Jocano Outline of Philippine Mythology 1969 Centro Escolar University Research and Development Center https://www.google.com.ph/books/edition/Outline_of_Philippine_Mythology/82jgAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 en Florentino H. Hornedo Taming the Wind: Ethno-cultural History on the Ivatan of the Batanes Isles 2000 University of Santo Tomas Publishing House https://www.google.com.ph/books/edition/Taming_the_Wind/27cuAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 978-971-506-123-0 Florentino H. Hornedo Death and After Death: Ivatan Beliefs and Practices Philippine Studies 509–527 1994 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42633468 42 4 0031-7837 Mapolong