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    MYTHS reflect social structures, key

    historical moments and trends, and deeply


    held cultural values.

    They have lives of their


    own, shape shifting as they
    move from age to age and
    from culture to culture.
    Myths speak to universal human
    experience containing kernels of
    truth that seem to transcend space
    and time.
    ANIMISM
    o It can be used to describe the indigenous
    spiritual traditions practiced by people in
    the Philippines during pre-colonial times.
    o A set of beliefs and cultural mores anchored
    in the idea that the world is inhabited by
    spirits and supernatural beings, both good
    and bad, and that respect be accorded to
    them through ritual.
    ASWANG
    - Considered as the most famous Filipino mythological creature
    - Analogous to the European vampire or werewolf
    - Ability to change from a human to an animal form (bat, pig, or a
    black dog )

    - Some aswangs can change


    form at will, others through
    the use of foul oils concocted
    by evil magicians.
    - Peculiar liking for the taste of
    the human liver
    - Its myth is popular in the
    Visayas, especially in
    provinces such as Capiz,
    Antique, and Iloilo
    DILA

    - A tongue of a spirit that pass through the


    bamboo flooring of provincial houses and
    LICKS CERTAIN PEOPLE TO DEATH.
    DIWATA (fairies)
    - Considered as the guardian spirits
    of nature, bringing blessing or
    curses upon those who bring
    benefits or harm to the forests and
    mountains.
    - Said to reside in large trees, such as
    acacia and balete.
    MARIA MAKILING
    (Mt. Makiling, Laguna Province)
    Engkanto (Encanto)
    - Male fairies which reside
    primarily in the sea

    Common Filipino beliefs:


    It is a customary way for Filipino
    fishermen to offer meat and other
    delicacies to the engkanto by
    throwing it onto the sea, after a day
    of bountiful harvest.
    DWENDE (Spanish term for
    dwarf)
    - Known to be either blessing or
    mischievous, depending on your
    treatment of them.

    Common Filipino belief:


    Filipinos usually leave food on the floor so
    that the dwende residing or guarding the
    house would not be offended but instead
    give them blessings.
    KAPRE
    - A tall and dark giant which is known to
    inhabit forests
    - Tend to smoke tobacco leaves, that is why
    Filipinos living in rural areas are very sensitive
    about tobacco smell.
    WAYS TO KILL/PREVENT
    MANANANGGAL:

    Sunlight

    Salt/Garlic

    Placing a mixture of salt, ash, and


    raw rice in small containers around
    the house deter the house from
    approaching

    Burning rubber

    MANANANGGAL
    - a sorceress who has the power to divide her body
    into two
    - when she separates from her lower torso, she loses
    her beauty and her true monstrous form emerges
    Another version:

    It kills the mother , opens her


    abdomen and eats the fetus
    inside. It is countered by the
    husband, who, when it is time
    for the woman to labor,
    slashes the air with his knife
    or balisong.

    MATRUCULAN
    - The one who comes into a virgin’s
    house and impregnates her.
    MULTO (Spanish term “muerto” which
    means “death”.
    NUNO SA PUNSO
    - Inhabits humps, such as anthills, in the
    ground

    Common Filipino belief:

    Filipinos, when passing through a


    hump in the sidewalk, say makikiraan
    lang po (excuse me), as not to offend
    the nuno, or tabi-tabi po, nuno”.
    SANTELMO (SANTO ELMO)
    - a fireball
    - Seen by dozens of Filipinos, especially
    those living in the Sierra Madre
    Mountains.

    SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION:
    Santelmo was explained as electric fields
    which have diverged from the lines.
    SIRENA (MERMAID)

    SIYOKOY

    -male counterpart of the Sirena


    - has gill slits, brown, and has scaly
    skin, comparable to that of fishes
    TIKBALANG
    - A half-man and half-horse
    creature
    COMMON FILIPINO BELIEFS:

    - The offspring of a woman and a


    demon
    - The aborted fetus of the mother,
    and then comes to life to bring
    mischief and hardships to the
    woman.

    TIYANAK
    - Characterized as having red
    skin and no hair, with glowing
    eyes

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