i guess one of the most important things about my interpretation of mangagaway (aka corona ect ect) is that despite being a deity, she has spent most of her life living among mortals. she is a shape shifter but prefers to stay in one form for longer periods of time. following the beginning of spanish colonization, corona traveled the country, spending time in the most desolate islands and the highest mountains. presenting herself as a human, it was only natural that she adopt the practices of the various indigenous people that she came to stay with. in her time in the cordillera region, corona was given extensive tattoos, covering her arms and chest. these were said to enhance beauty and fertility.
some five hundred years or so later, in present day, these tattoos are still visible regardless of what form she decides to take. they are mostly geometric lines going vertically down her arms, alternating in patterns representing snake skin (snakes being a familiar of mangagaway, and tools used to prolong the illness of her victims) and a the scales down a snake’s belly.