Isipin ang iyong sarili na nakatira sa sinaunang Pilipinas.
Walang Kristiyanismo, Islam, o alinman sa mga modernong relihiyon. Lahat ng kailangan mo upang makaligtas ay literal sa harap mo – pagkain, damit, isang bubong sa iyong ulo, pinangalanan mo ito.
Ngunit habang ang mga bagay sa paligid mo ay tila nasa perpektong pagkakasunud-sunod, isang tidal na alon ng pagkalito ay nagsisimulang mabuo sa iyong isipan.
Kinukwestyon mo ngayon ang iyong sariling pag-iral. Ang mga katanungang hindi mo alam na kailangan mong sagutin ay bumabaha sa iyong utak: Bakit ang bughaw ng langit? Saan tayo nagmula? Sino ang kumokontrol sa lahat? Ngunit nang walang relihiyon na maaasahan, paano mo posibleng maunawaan ang lahat?
The answer, according to our ancestors, is Philippine mythology.
Nope, we’re not going to talk about the whitewashed deities you grew up watching in movies. While almost everybody is familiar with Zeus, Athena, Aphrodite, Eros and other legendary gods of Greek mythology, it seems that we are all clueless about their Filipino counterparts. And that’s the reason why we’ve decided to write this article.
Philippine mythology is much more important than you think. It gave our ancestors a sense of direction and helped them explain everything–from the origin of mankind to the existence of diseases.
For them, it was not just a belief in invisible higher beings. Philippine mythology defined who they were and what they’re supposed to do.
The late anthropologist H. Otley Beyer shared his own observation:
“Among the Christianized peoples of the plains the myths are preserved chiefly as folktales, but in the mountains their recitation and preservation is a real and living part of the daily religious life of the people. Very few of these myths are written; the great majority of them are preserved by oral tradition only.”
There’s no one-size-fits-all rule in Philippine mythology. In other words, ancient Filipinos from every part of the country didn’t stick to a single version of creation story nor did they give uniform names to their deities. As a result, Philippine mythology became so diverse that studying it now is like staring at a list of gazillion Pokémons.
It’s impossible to cover every deity included in the chart (remember, this is a blog post, not a book), but we’ll try to feature the most interesting characters and make this as comprehensive as possible–FilipiKnow style.
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