Inktober Day 02 "Bakunawa" Sometimes a deity that was represented as a serpentine dragon, according to Filipino mythology. He has two sets of wings, whiskers, a red tongue, and a mouth ‘the size of a lake.’ The Filipinos once thought that the Bakunawa lived in the sea at a time when the world had seven moons that the serpents, being fascinated by their light, would rise out of the sea into the sky and consume the moons. Thus, the serpents were the cause of lunar eclipses. To prevent the world from becoming dark the people would run out of their homes, taking their pots and pans, to make the most noise they could in order to scare the Bakunawa so they would stop eating the moons, and give them the moonlight back. But in some versions, these serpents also devour the sun in which case also cause the solar eclipse. Faber-Castell Ecco Pigment on IFEX Vellum Board #Ravenfox13 #ArtPh #Inktober #Inktober2017 #ravenfox13inktoberlist #Dragon #Naga #Bakunawa #Moon #Eclipse #PhilippineMyth #Drawing #sketch #IFEXph #FaberCastellPh #InktoberWithNBS
