“𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘢 - 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘒𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘵; 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴”. This brief description in the Aswang Project’s list, “Visayan Deities in Philippines Mythology” immediately caught my attention. THIS POOR GIRL?!

After further research on Lisuga, I learned she is part of a Visayan creation myth involving Kaptan, the god of the sky, and her brothers, who planned an attack on Kaptan to gain more power. This innocent girl missed her brothers and went towards the sky to look for them. But as she approached the gates, Kaptan, blind with anger, struck her with lightning, and her silver body broke into thousands of pieces.

Considering this was a complete accident and she had no idea what she was in for, I thought an expression of shock would suit this moment the most, right before she shattered into stars. I seem to be drawn to tragic mythological girls!

Source: The Aswang Project
John Maurice Miller, Philippine Folklore Stories (Boston: Ginn and Company, 1904)
Mabel Cook Cole (1916) “Philippine Folk Tales”