The Goddess

author of The Goddess; novelist, playwright, poet, historian, biographer, and journalist

full name of Nick Joaquin

pen name of Nick Joaquin

Nick Joaquin is considered the _____ most important Filipino writer and _____ in the English language

the writer whom Nick Joaquin deeply admired

the highest national recognition given to Filipino artists like Nick Joaquin who have made significant contributions to the cultural heritage of the country

one of two novels of Nick Joaquin that contains The Goddess

first novel by Nick Joaquin published 22 years earlier than Cave and Shadows

conquistador of Luzon lands from Ilocos to Bikol

niece of Lakan Dula and love interest of Don Juan de Salcedo

Salcedo's aid who claimed to write a "veridical history" of the conquistador's romance, then living in retirement in Acapulco

Jesuit from Catalonia who came upon a copy of Cepeda's folio and wrote about it

in the sky when Salcedo first saw the goddess frolicking with her servants

what many, including Legazpi, thought Salcedo had after he saw the goddess

Governor of the colony and Salcedo's grandfather

Lakan of the pre-colonial Philippine Kingdom of Tondo when the Spaniards first conquered the lands of the Pasig River delta

Muslim King of Maynila, a kingdom at the mouth of the Pasig River where it meets Manila Bay

King of Pasig and predecessor of Rajah Soliman as ruler in Manila

examined paganism through scientific methods and conjectures

five regions where Fray Sanchon based his research