section_path: Religions and cultures/Asian/Anitism
section_name: Anitism
paragraph_text: Anitism
  
  Anitism, composed of an array of indigenous religions from the Philippines, has multiple pantheons of deities. There are more than a hundred different ethnic groups in the Philippines, each having their own supreme deity or deities. Each supreme deity or deities normally rules over a pantheon of deities, contributing to the sheer diversity of deities in Anitism. The supreme deity or deities of ethnic groups are almost always the most notable.
  
  For example, Bathala is the Tagalog supreme deity, Mangechay is the Kapampangan supreme deity, Malayari is the Sambal supreme deity, Melu is the Blaan supreme deity, Kaptan is the Bisaya supreme deity, and so on.