the seven moons and Bakunawa; Philippine Myth

Bakunawa and The seven moons  

A long long time ago when the world was still young there were seven orbs in the night sky each called “buwan”(moon)  each moon is an embodiment of   a lunar "diwata" (deity). One night  Bakunawa the diwata of the underworld looked up and saw them and was captivated by their beauty and decided to transform into a gigantic sea serpent with a mouth the size of a lake, his tongue red as blood, whiskers, gills, small wires at its sides, and two sets of wings, one is large and ash-gray while the other is small and is found further down his  body. Bakunawa was so enchanted by the beauty of the moons that night, he rose up out of the underworld through the sea and swallowed one moon whole.

Bakunawa: The Filipino Dragon by ~jrldorado

Inordinately proud of his feat, he slunk back down to his watery domain. Unfortunately, he soon realized the moon inside him was melting away like candle wax. He wants to take a moon that would last; Bakunawa rose into the sky the next night and swallowed another moon. But this one too melted away. Night after night he took another moon from the sky, and each time it melted away inside him."
Subang,Banolor,Balining the diwatas of the moon faded each time Bakunawas swallowed a moon.

Libulan who was fairest, timid and gentle hid among the darkness of the cosmos never the shine again because of his fear of being eaten by Bakunawa.
Mayari was  the first to leave the heavens to be with a man who she both pitied and loved; a man who was ostracized by his whole village and tribe for being incompetent and being tattoo-less(during that time tattoos were a symbol of status and bravery amongst men) it is said that Mayari wed the man and became happy

Mayari  the first of the moons to leave the heavens to be with a man who she both pitied and loved; a man who was ostracized by his whole village and tribe for being incompetent and being "mapurao"tattoo-less

Bulan ; he who is pale and has the appearance of an adolescent boy; child-like and playful descended from the heavens to save himself from  Bakunawa. The young Bulan now accompanies the god of death Sidapa who was very lonely and has long admired the beauty of the moons. It is believed that Bulan lives to this day with Sidapa happily at on top of Mount Madia-as in the province of Antique

Sidapa claimed the boy Bulan
from the sky so they can sleep
in each other's arms until the end of time

Haliya forged a masked made of silver to hide her sadness and tears due to her siblings leaving her alone thus she was now known as The masked goddess of the moon did not leave her post in heaven, being “maisug” (courageous)  she stayed on her post and each time Bakunawa tries to devour her she fights him and is aided by all that believe in her by making loud noises
By now only one moon was left in the sky; the fierce Haliya

Bathala also was known as Kan-Laon the creator of all saw what had happened was furious. Rather than kill  Bakunawa, he punished him to remain in the beast for all eternity and commanded him not to devour the last moon."
"They say Bakunawa obeys Bathala’s order… most of the time. Every now and then he tries, yes he tries to eat the last moon, and that is why it turns red. But the people on earth raise a loud clamor of clanging and clashing metal, screaming and wailing, all to startle him into spitting the moon out. Others take the gentler approach, playing music to put him into a deep sleep so that the moon will roll out of his mouth."