Mythology Flashcards
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Myths represent an early form of logical thinking.
It explain the origin of natural phenomena such as the sun, moon, and stars. These explanations may seen fanciful to modern scientific but it attempts to explain what they saw in logical way
RATIONALISM
All meat contain hidden meaning which the narrative deliberately conceals or in codes. According to this theory meets and theories or not just literal accounts of event but are instead designed to convey deeper truts or moral lesson
ALLEGORICAL
Approach to the interpretation of mythology which proposes that myths are based on historical events in real people who were later defied or mythologized through the process of oral traditions and exaggeration.
EUHEMERISM
Proposes that myths and stories were created to explain natural phenomena such as the movements of the sun and the moon and as people gain the better understanding of the natural world mythologist evolved accordingly in may ancient cultures to sun was worshipped as a powerful diety because of its life given properties.
NATURALISM
According to this theory all myths are invented to accompany and explain religious ritual they describe the significant event which have resulted in a particular ceremony
RITUALISM
Maintain that all mytht arose from a few major cultural centers and to spread throughout the world
DIFFUSION ISM
This ancient sumerian epic tales the story of Utnapishtim who was worn by the god Ea that great flood was coming to destroy the world. Utnapishtim built a boat and took his family
THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
According to the book of genesis in the bible god decided to send a great flood to destroy the wickedness of humanity but chose to spare noah and his family as well as two of every kind of animal by instructing Noah to build an ark
THE BIBLE FLOOD
The god vishnu warned a man named Manu of coming flood and instructed him to build a boat manu who did so and survive the flood with the help of a large fish that pulled his boat to safety
THE HINDU FLOOD MYTH
Myth making occurs at a certain storage in the evolution of the human mind. Myths are therefore, an essential part of all developing societies and similarities from one culture
EVOLUTIONISM
The greek myth of narcissus according to the myth narcissus was a beautiful young man who was known for his vanity and self obsession one day he saw his reflection in a pool of water and became so obsessed with his own image
FREUDIANISM
By analyzing the underlying structure and language of meats we can uncover their hidden meanings and understand how they reflect and cultural and social contexts in which they were created.
Is a fairly recent development and is closely aligned with the research of linguist according to this theory of human behavior the way we eat dress speak it patterned into codes which have the characteristics of language
STRUCTURALISM
Is a collection of stories and superstitious a.k.a deities that controlled everything
PHILIPPINE MYTHOLOGY
Also known as Abba
Highest-ranking deity was "may kapal sa lahat"
"Noble lord"
BATHALA
The goddess of labor and good deeds
IDIANALE
Was the Tagalog sky god of good harvest
DUMANGAN
Known as the fickle minded goddesses of the wind and rain
ANITUN TABU
Guardians of the mountains often depicted as a strong and skillful hunter
DUMAKULEM
Most intriguing deities of Phil. Mythology
Transgender god
IKAPATI/LAKAPATI
God of season in tagalog mythology
MAPULON
Goddess of lost things daughter of ikapati and mapolon
ANALOGAY
The sun god as well as lord of wars or patron of the warriors.
The son of the supreme god of the ancient tagalog
APOLAKI
The patron goddess of lovers and childbirth brother of apolaki
DIANE MASALANTA
God of the sea (Tagalog)
AMANIKABLI
became the goddess of morning, moon, and stars
MAYARI, HANA, TALA
The gigantic sea serpent
Found in bicolano and hilagaynon culture
BAKUNAWA
Good guys would go to Maca or eternal peace and happiness while the bad guys will go to village of grief and affliction called cousin or kasamaan
SITAN
The wicked shapeshifter who wore a skull necklace
MANGAGAWAY
Home-wrecker of Philippine mythology
Goddess of broken home
Ending up in separation
MANSISILAT
The most powerful kind of which, a terrific
shapeshifter who could make anything happens
HUKLUBAN
Pretending to be a priest- doctor
"Witch who appears at night as if buring"
MANKUKULAM
The supreme god or the highest ranking deity or pillar of the skies ( Visaya)
TUNGKUNG LANGIT
The most powerful female diwata and the goddess of eastern skies
ALUNSINA
Diety of good graces
SANTONILYO
The goddess of the spring, river, and lakes
MUROPURO
Goddess of beauty
LAYANG SUKA
God of rivers streams, and lake
TUGANG TUBIG
Was the supremes god of these early visayan. He lived in Kahilwayan and always passed through to madyas mountain
KAPTAN
Visayan Acheron who ferried the soul
Goddess of the sea and death
MAGWAYEN
God of the wind
LIHANGIN
God of the sea
LIDAGAT
He became the god of the rainbow, and the natives prayed to him before going to war or plundering expedition
VARANGAO
The many eyes goddess, whom our ancestors offered their prayers and sacrifices to whenever someone suffered an illness
DALIKMATA
A mythical bird with fiery feathers who could magically cause illness to a person, and the only way to save his life was to appease the bird god with a ritual/offering
BULALAKAW
Is an epic chanted by the salud people from the panay island. It's one of the longest epics in the world
HINILAWOD
Deity who killed the first man with a thunderbolt and visited disease and death on his descendants.
MAKAPTAN
Creator of everything.
Was believed to be in control of other natural occurrence. When it rain the bogobo believe it was the great god spiting or throwing water from the heaven
PAMULAK MANOBO
Gods of war who lived inside Mt. Apo
MANDARAGAN AND HIS WIFE DARAGO
Protector of families
TIGYAMA
Created the world while an equally powerful yet unidentified god made the first woman and man. One day, the snake approach the first human and offered them a fruit.
TUGLAY AND TUGLIBON
A terrific hunter who once brought along his dog to catch an elusive deer. Even killed his father eight times.
LUMABAT
An ugly deity who decided to go down below the earth where she now rule a place called Banua Mebuyan. Here, she welcome spirits of the dead
MEBUYAN
The highest ranking deity ruled over the destiny of both god's and men.
TAGBUSAN
Goddess of rice
KAKAIDAN
goddess of harvest
TAPHAGAN
God of water
YUMA
God of wrestling and sports
APILA
Convinced to engage adultery
TAGABAYAU
God of sunrise-sunset
LIBTAKAN
God of sky
LUMABAT
