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Gayang: Igorot Folklore Goes to the Comic Book

Move over Darna, Captain Barbell and Dyesebel – no disrespect to your creator, the legendary Mars Ravelo. Here come Lampong, Pili, Inlablabbuut and others. The latter have come alive in a new comic book collaboration by young artists from the Cordilleras.

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Published at 2019-07-18 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Arts, Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Books, Folklore, Igorot, creatures, story, students

Ancient Visayan Deities in Philippine Mythology

The stories of 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).

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Published at 2019-01-09 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Mythology, creatures

Ancient Tagalog Deities in Philippine Mythology

The stories of 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).

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Published at 2019-01-09 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Deity, Mythology, beliefs, creatures

Butiki

Each territory has its own unique variety of native animals, bugs and creatures; the island of Mindanao is no exception and has some interesting species as well. Allow me to introduce you to the most famous and notorious of them all; the Butiki, alias the Philippine Gecko, also known as our house lizards.

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Published at 2018-03-05 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Fauna and flora

Tags: animals, creatures

Philippine Mythical Creatures

Philippine folklore, unlike Greek, Norse or Egyptian mythologies, has not been organized into a formal pantheon, does not generally contain long epics, nor has it been relegated to history. To this day, Philippine myths still have an active role in the lives of rural Filipinos. The countless myths circulating throughout the Filipino countryside contain a large variety of mythical creatures.

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Published at 2018-02-18 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Documentary, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Mythology, creatures

Supernatural Philippines: Growing Up in the Shadows

Although I was born and raised in Manila, I grew up hearing a lot of creepy stories from people around me, mostly my parents and neighbors who immigrated from the provinces. Superstition was as much a part of Philippine culture as the ubiquitous jeepney and I’ve had my fair share of superstitious beliefs I acquired during those times. Belief in the supernatural runs in our family just like most other people I know yet I never spoke about it outside the house.

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Published at 2018-01-28 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Mythology, Supernatural, creatures

Philippines: the Monster Islands

The golden era of the 80’s was always remembered with the coming of the age of monsters. Thanks to the keen and creative thinkers from Japan,out of this world colossal creatures known as Kaiju that spread awe and terror in TV screen gain a huge following ( nearly a cult like following) and become a growing part of pop culture. Notable of this are all seen in Sentai series like Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Chodenshi Bioman while others like the notoriously famous Godzilla made it’s way into...

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Published at 2018-01-26 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: creatures, tales

Alan, the Deformed Humanoid

When it comes to the Creatures of Philippine Mythology, there is no shortage of bizarre and grotesque beings. The Alan is one of these – a mysterious race of small, deformed half-human, half-avian creatures. Their elongated fingers and feet are said to point backwards, which they use to hang upside down from trees with. As horrific as this may sound, they are relatively harmless. They are even rumoured to adopt children who have been lost in the jungle.

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Published at 2018-01-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Mythology, creatures

Ancient Bicolano Pantheon of Deities and Creatures | Philippine Mythology

The stories of ancient Philippine mythology include deities, creation stories, mythical creatures, and folk beliefs. These vary 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 Diwatas and/or Anitos. In ancient Bicol, belief in mythical spirits , creatures, and deities were intricately combined into creation myths...

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Published at 2018-01-25 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Deity, beliefs, creatures

Bakunawa: the Moon Eating Dragon of Philippine Mythology

What always fascinates me most about the Creatures of Philippine Mythology, is where the origins came from and how they were integrated into early animist beliefs. During a lunar eclipse in the ancient Philippines, it was believed that a monstrous dragon was attempting to swallow the moon.

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Published at 2018-01-22 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Bakunawa, creatures

Ibálong: Bicol's Incredible 60 Stanza Folk Epic

The Ibálong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a folk epic from the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hinduepics Ramayana and Mahabharta. The epic is said to have been narrated in verse form by a native poet called Kadunung. The Ibalong portrays deeds in heroic proportions, centering on warrior-heroes named, among others, Baltog, Handyong, and Bantong. They came from Boltavara, settling and ruling Bikolandia and its inhabitants. The epic is set in the land of Aslon and Ibalong.

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Published at 2018-01-23 by Puerto Parrot

Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore

Tags: Mythology, creatures