Unit Five - The Precolonial Period Flashcards
a literary scholar notable for his studies on Philippine folk literature, divided Philippine precolonial literature into three.
Arsenio Manuel
According to Arsenio Manuel, what was the divided Philippine precolonial literature?
Mythological Age, Heroic Age, and Folktales from all ages.
the period when our ancestors told stories about the creation of human beings and the world, natural phenomena, and deities and spirits.
Mythological Age
a belief that souls or spirits exist in plants, animals, or objects.
Animism
the term used to refer to the home of ancient Philippine gods and goddesses.
Kaluwalhatian
the goddess who warns Mayari that the sun god is gone and that it is safe for her to come out along with the stars.
Tala
is believed to be a bird, which is said to be the first creature that inhabited the earth.
Amihan
he “moon eater,” is the god of the underworld. Believed to have an image of a serpent or dragon, he is the one responsible for eclipses.
Bakunawa
chanted during important events in the community to inspire people
Heroic Age
A popular genre in the Heroic Age
Epic
Fictional tales that have been modified through successive retellings before they were finally recorded and written down
Folktales
traditional stories that had humans, animals, and even plants as characters
Folktales
writing system - derived from Kavi, a Javanese (Indonesian) script
Baybayin
Early Filipinos wrote on what? What did they use for ink?
Palm Leaves
Sap
