Old Belief
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Single moon low over dark water with bamboo silhouetted against its disc

the seventh moon

In the West Visayan version recorded by Fernando Buyser, Bathala planted bamboo on the last remaining moon to protect it, and the dark patches on the moon's face are those plants. The myth explains a thing anyone can look up and check.

Basis: Buyser, Mga Sugilanong Karaan, 1913 · AI-generated

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