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Haliya
People in Panay tell of Haliya as a goddess of the moon. Some tellings call her a masked warrior who stands against the Bakunawa, the serpent that swallows the moon. Sources on her are thin, and versions differ.
Folklore is retold; versions differ.
Sources: Wikipedia: Haliya (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Wikidata (CC0)
The story
People in Panay tell of Haliya as a goddess of the moon. Some tellings describe her as a masked warrior who stands against the Bakunawa, a great serpent that is said to swallow the moon. When the moon goes dark in an eclipse, the story is used to explain it.
No reliable, citable source for Haliya is known. The Wikipedia page with this name is about a farm labor system in Nepal, so it is no help for the Philippine moon goddess. The details above rest on a short summary only. Versions differ, and the written record is thin.