Ina Gunid | goddess of war & poisons

Ina Gunid was invoked for success in war and mangayaw raids. She was also associated with another trinity of deities when working with and concocting poisonous oils and charms. 

Courtesy of Anituo

Also known as Ynaguinid, Inagunid and Naguinid, she was one of the three deities according to whom the tribe offered prayers to for success in the battlefield. 

Courtesy of The Pinoy Culture Blog

With Ina Gunid are two other dieties of poison, Arapayan and Makbarubak. Not much is known about them though a rare item on record involves a charm made of coconut oil and crocodile teeth. 

Pintados depicted in The Boxer Codex

Miguel de Loarca, who was among the first Spanish settlers in the island also recorded one of the earliest accounts about Panay and its people from the colonizers perspective. In June 1582 while he was posted in Arevalo, Iloilo he wrote Relacion de las Yslas Filipinas. 

Datu and Binukot from Francisco Alcina's
Historia de las islas e indios de Bisayas

"When they go to war or on a plundering expedition, they offer prayers to Varangao (Barangaw), who is the rainbow, and to their gods, Ynaguinid and Macanduc. For the redemption of souls detained in the inferno above mentioned, they invoke also their ancestors, and the dead, claiming to see them and receive answers to their questions.” 

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