ener ation ) ▁various ▁gods ▁called ▁the ▁Di w at as ▁( A ▁local ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁H indu ▁or ▁Buddh ist ▁Dev ata ). ▁Early ▁Spanish ▁colon izers ▁observed ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁de ities ▁of ▁the ▁Confeder ation ▁of ▁Mad ja - as , ▁have ▁sin ister ▁characters , ▁and ▁so , ▁the ▁colon izers ▁called ▁them ▁evil ▁gods . ▁These ▁Di w at as ▁live ▁in ▁rivers , ▁for ests , ▁mountains , ▁and ▁the ▁n atives ▁fear ▁even ▁to ▁cut ▁the ▁grass ▁in ▁these ▁places ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁where ▁the ▁less er ▁gods ▁ab ound . ▁These ▁places ▁are ▁described , ▁even ▁now ▁( after ▁more ▁than ▁four ▁hundred ▁years ▁of ▁Christian ization ▁of ▁the ▁Confeder acy ' s ▁territory ), ▁as ▁mari it ▁( en ch anted ▁and ▁dangerous ). ▁The ▁n atives ▁would ▁make ▁pan abi - tab i ▁( c our te ous ▁and ▁rever ent ▁request ▁for ▁permission ) ▁when ▁in ev it ably ▁const rained ▁to ▁pass ▁or ▁come ▁near ▁these ▁sites . ▁Miguel ▁de ▁Lo arca ▁in ▁his ▁Rel acion ▁de ▁las ▁Y sl as ▁Filip inas ▁( Are val o : ▁June ▁ 1 5 8 2 ) ▁described ▁them . ▁Some ▁are ▁the ▁following : ▁▁ 1 . ▁Bar ang ao ▁. ▁Y n agu in id ▁and ▁Mal and ok : ▁a ▁tr inity ▁of ▁de ities ▁invoked ▁before ▁going ▁to ▁war , ▁or ▁before ▁pl und ering ▁exped itions ▁▁▁ 2 . ▁Mak apt an : ▁the ▁god ▁who