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Identifying the Distinguishing Features of Proverbs, Myths & Legend; Philippine Myth
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- 2. Story Form FeaturesDistinguishing Features 1. Myths -Traditional stories -Historical events -View of people -Explain a belief -view of people -explain a belief 2. Legends -Stories from the past -Historical but not verifiable Popular myth of recent origin -Historical but not verifiable 3.Proverbs -Collection of moral sayings and counsels -Canonical Jewish and Christian sculpture -Scripture (established doctrine
- 3. Collection of talesand superstitions about magical creatures and entities. Some Filipinos, even though heavily Christianized, still believe in these tales. The prevalence of belief in the figures of Philippines mythology is strong in the provinces.
- 5. • The storiesof ancient Philippine mythology include deities, creation stories, mythical creatures, and beliefs. • Ancient Philippine mythology varies among the many indigenous tribes of the Philippines. • Some groups during the pre-Spanish conquest era believed in a single Supreme Being who created the world and everything in it, while others chose to worship a multitude of tree and forest deities (diwatas). • Diwatas came from the Sanskrit word devata which means “deity“, one of the several significant Hindu influences in the Pre-Hispanic religion of the ancient Filipinos.
- 6. The Deities ofPhilippine Mythology are the gods, goddesses and diwatas worshiped by ancient Filipinos before the Christianization of the natives after the Spanish conquest of the Philippines. While not as widely known as its European and Asian counterparts, they have similar elements and characteristics when compared to other mythologies.
- 7. Varies among themany indigenous tribes of the Philippines. During the pre-Spanish era, some tribes believed in a single supreme being who created the world and everything in it, along with lesser deities. Others chose to worship a multitude of trees as an act of animism. Today the Philippines have three religions, animism in northern Luzon, Christianity in southern Luzon and in visayas, and Islam in mindanao. Below are some of the gods and goddesses of the various ancient Philippine tribes:
- 8. This section includesthe deities of the Ancient Tagalogs from a certain pantheon story. The first part on the next slides were the residents of Kaluwalhatian (the Ancient Tagalog counterpart of Christian’s Heaven).
- 9. ◦ The supremegod of being; creator of man and earth and addressed sometimes as Bathalang Maykapal. He dwells in Kaluwalhatian together with the lesser gods and goddesses. Aside from the lesser gods and goddesses, he sent his anitos in order to assist the daily lives of every human. When most of the natives were converted to Christianity during the Spanish Era, he was referred to the Christian God.
- 10. ◦ The ill-temperedgod of the sea because among of the first-generation gods (aside from Bathala), he was never married after his love was spurned by a beautiful mortal maiden, Maganda. In frustration, he swore vengeance against the humans by sending turbulent waves and horrible tempests in order to wreck boats and to drown men.
- 11. ◦ The goddessof labor and good deeds. Natives used to call for her guidance in order to make their works successful. She married Dimangan and had two offspring.
- 12. The god ofgood harvest. He was married to Idiyanale and had two offspring.
- 13. The goddess offertility and the most understanding and kind of all the deities. Also known as Ikapati, she was the giver of food and prosperity. Her best gift to mankind was agriculture (cultivated fields). Through this, she was respected and loved by the people. Later, she was married to Mapulon and had a daughter.
- 14. The god ofseasons and husband of Lakapati of whom they had a daughter.
- 15. ◦ The goddessof the moon and one of the three daughters of Bathala by a mortal woman. She was the most charming of all the goddesses. She had two sisters, Tala and Hanan.
- 16. ◦ The goddessof the stars; sister of Mayari and Hanan and one of the three daughters of Bathala by a mortal woman.
- 17. ◦ The goddessof morning; sister of Mayari and Tala and one of the three daughters of Bathala by a mortal woman.
- 18. ◦ The strong,agile guardian of mountains and the son of Idiyanale and Dimangan. His sister was Anitun Tabu. He later married Anagolay.
- 19. ◦ The fickle-mindedgoddess of wind and rain. She was the daughter of Idiyanale and Dimangan and the sister of Dumakulem
- 20. ◦ The goddessof lost things and the only offspring of Lakapati and Mapulon. She was married to Dumakulem.
- 21. ◦ The godof sun and the chief patron of warriors. He was the son of Anagolay and Dumakulem.
- 22. ◦ The goddessof love, conception and childbirth and the protector of lovers. She was the daughter of Anagolay and Dumakulem and youngest of all the deities. After the conversion of the natives to Christianity during the Spanish Era, she was then referred as Maria Makiling.
- 23. 1. Animism -is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence 2. Supreme Being - God is conceived of as the supreme being, creator deity, and principal object of faith. 3. Kaluwalhatian - the Ancient Tagalog counterpart of Christian’s Heaven. 4. Anito - also spelled anitu, refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age to the present.