East of the Sun | West of the Moon

Back before time, there was nothing all around. There was only the void — no space, no thought, no sound — nothing but emptiness, everything suspended in darkness. Nothing and everything touched, bumped, rubbed together, blew apart. Causing a huge explosion, and the universe began. In the giant blast our world was formed. A primordial planet filled with a great sea of water, above it stretched the vast sky. This happened so long ago its origins are lost to us. With all our advancement and knowledge we know not where our gods originated. Although their presence and and consequence in our lives are undeniable. KAPTAN by Kael Molo from AGLA, the Grapic Novel Kaptan   — supreme god of the sky and life. Maguayan  — beloved god of the water and death. Deities that were all knowing and all pervasive, formless, and boundless.  Soon came a daughter, whom they called Lidagat , the sea. Then they had a son, known as Lihangin , the wind. The sea and the wind grew, becoming close and tight part...

Belief in giant monsters eclipsing the moon and efforts to frighten them away are widespread throughout the Orient. Found all over Asia — in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Mongolia, China and India — these ancient stories were spread through trade routes with the expansion of the earliest empires. The folklore of Bisaya and Mandaya indigenous tribes of the Philippines tell different tales of a giant moon eating crab they call Tambanokano . Crab_king by noah-kh / DeviantArt Tambanokano the crab was the colossal son of LiAdlao, the golden orb of our sun and LiBulan, the silver sprite of our moon. They were two of four siblings born to LiDagat, the sea and LiHangin, the wind. Long ago in a tiny village of Buglas, the cloudless night sky was illuminated by a bright flash of lightning. Buglas is the fourth largest island in the ancient archipelago we now know as the Republic of the Philippines. As the ocean waves crash violently along the shore, smashing...