Filipino Myths & Legends

In this episode about Filipino myths and legends, Carmina and Patch remember Esperidion Arsenio Manuel, who is known as the “Dean of Filipino Anthropology” and the “Father of Philippine Folklore.” Enjoy listening to both well-known and less familiar stories, as well as a modern take on a well-loved classic. 

 
Learn more: Treasury of Stories, Filipino Myths & Folktales, Myths & Legends of the Philippines, Tagalog Deities in Philippine Mythology, The Classic Cast of Characters in Philippine Folklore, Alternative Alamat: An Anthology: Myths and Legends from the Philippines, and Creation Myths from the Philippines. 

 

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Episode Transcript

Carmina (00:06):
Welcome to Filtrip, a podcast where we explore
everything fun, weird, and inbetween about the Philippines.

Patch (00:15):
Today's trip is all about Philippine mythology and
Carmina . We're going to talkabout legends, folklore, and
mythology.

Carmina (00:24):
I didn't even know that there was a difference
between all those. Did you ? Did you know that I
had to look up definitions?

Patch (00:32):
, I, I knew there was a difference, but I
didn't know what they were.

Carmina (00:36):
According to some dictionaries, a myth is a
well-known story that was madeup in the past to explain
natural events or to justifyreligious beliefs or social
customs. A legend is designedto teach a lesson about a real
person in history with a fewthings dramatically changed for

(00:59):
impact. And then there's alsothe fables, which are stories
that are passed down with goodlessons to be learned. And
they're about animals, plants,or nature that are given
human-like characteristics. Andof course, there's fairytales,
and they're specifically forkids. They have good and evil
characters. So I wanna mentionone notable Filipino figure who

(01:25):
wrote a Filipino myths,because, you know, we were
colonized, right? And so manyof our precolonial myths and
legends were erased, ourforgotten. There's a
well-respected Filipinohistorian and academic named
Esperon a Manuel, who dedicatedhis life writing about this
topic from the pre-colonialperspective. He documented the

(01:46):
stories of our ancestors',attempts to explain where their
world began, the origins of thelandscape around them, and the
deities and spirits that ourancestors worshiped. He also
documented myths that took theform of epics and narrate
stories of our ancestral heroesagainst seemingly

(02:07):
insurmountable challenges. So Iencourage folks to look him up
and look up his work.
Fortunately, I found one lastbook in Amazon . I'm
gonna link it in our shownotes, but our listeners should
know. I bought the last copy onAmazon

Patch (02:24):
. I mean, we talked about how sad it is that
a lot of the resources arealmost non-existent to us now.
Mm-Hmm. , they'reout of print, et cetera. Or
someone buys the last copy and doesn't want to
share

Carmina (02:41):
. Well, you know, I really need to win the
lottery already, remember?

Patch (02:46):
Oh , that's right.
That's right.

Carmina (02:47):
I have a pledge that if I win the lottery, one of
the first things that I'm gonnado is really try to put these
books back in print.

Patch (02:55):
But thank goodness for people who do all this research
and document all of thesethings that makes everything
about our culture stillavailable to us and future
generations.

Carmina (03:07):
So, Patch, you were talking about origin stories.
Of course. We have to startwith the apex creator,
, mythology. .

Patch (03:17):
We were speaking a little bit before we started
recording, but it was veryconfusing to me because the
Philippines with differentregions had different versions
of the same story, differentnames of the same beings.
Mm-Hmm . But for the Tagalogpeople, I think you're alluding
to Bathala, right? Mm-Hmm.
.

Carmina (03:34):
And from the Bal and Tribe in Southern Menal , he's
called Melu .

Patch (03:40):
According to the Tagalog, he is the supreme
being. He emerged from chaosand created the earth, the sky,
and the sea. Now, this also hasmany differences. 'cause some
of the stories state that hewas already there existing, but
also there were two other godsthat were in existence together

(04:01):
with him. But they kind ofweren't socializing with each
other until one day.
Bathahal and Ulilang Kaluluwasort of found each other.

Carmina (04:16):
Ulilang Kaluluwa means orphaned soul.

Patch (04:18):
Yes. One of the versions was they found each other. They
started talking. When Bathalabasically introduced himself
and said, I am the, you know,God of all Ulilang Kaluluwa was
like, hold up...

Carmina (04:32):
.

Patch (04:35):
That's me.

Carmina (04:36):
. Oh my God.
And confusion ensues, ,

Patch (04:42):
And you know, anger. And so they fought and Bathala won.
Mm-Hmm. . Heemerged victorious. And then he
met another God. One of thethree was a wing God named
Galang Kaluluwa.

Carmina (04:59):
So roughly in English, it's respectful soul. Why is
everybody a soul story ?
except him.

Patch (05:08):
. Okay. So Galang Kaluluwa and Bathala
bonded and they became BFFs.
Okay.

Carmina (05:17):
Okay.

Patch (05:18):
And so their friendship existing many, many years until
Galang Kaluluwa fell ill. Andhe passed away. Aw . Yeah. But
before he did, he told Bathala,Hey, here's what you do. I know
you're going to be lonely. Youare going to bury me. And this
place out of that sprung thefirst coconut tree.

Carmina (05:41):
Okay?

Patch (05:42):
And so out of that coconut tree as well is where
the first man and woman came tobe. But other legends, we came
from bamboo tree. Right?

Carmina (05:53):
Right. Mal . Correct.
I mentioned the God Meluearlier. And right as I said,
it's from the Blaan tribe inSouthern MIndanao. This tribe
lives in Lake Sabu and otherplaces in South Cotabato . And
they have a very rich andcolorful culture. They weave
beautiful fabrics and bead work, and they have indigenous

(06:15):
rituals for almost everything.
And all of them are based ontheir creator named Malu , who
they believed is the source ofeverything. So Malu is
described as this huge being,like huge in size . Mm-Hmm.
. And apparentlyMalu is obsessed with
cleanliness and grooming.

Patch (06:36):
Thank goodness. .

Carmina (06:39):
Yes. He scrubbed himself so much that he had a
lot of skin that he basicallysloughed off himself. Oh Lord.
And because one day when helooked, he was like, oh my
gosh, that's a lot of skin thatI swapped off myself. I have to
make use of it. Oh , so hecreated the earth . I

(07:00):
mean, I'm sure there's morecomplexity to this story.
That's just

Patch (07:05):
The gist.

Carmina (07:06):
A summary that I found in one of these books. But I
just found it amusing. 'causenumber one, I , all I ever
knew, because I'm Tagalog , isBathala. Right? It was a
novelty for me to find anothercreator, like being , that
wasn't Bathala.

Patch (07:22):
A side note that I , it was also interesting to me that
in our mythology, god's, theycan actually die.

Carmina (07:30):
Mm-Hmm. , speaking of origin stories,
this one was super interestingto me because based on the
title, I didn't expect theoutcome, especially considering
that the origin was listed asMindel . Mm-Hmm.
. It's called the runawayprincesses. So there was a Datu
who had three daughters. Theirmother died when the youngest

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was just seven years old. TheDatu found a new wife who was
unfortunately evil and reducedthe status of these three
princesses to be her personalslaves. Basically, the one
characteristic of this new wifewas she had also supernatural

(08:12):
powers. And she had an evilplan to take the entire kingdom
from the king. And you know,the Datu was always away on a
kingdom business. . Sohe would often leave his three
daughters. Mm-Hmm.
. And iteventually became too much that
the three princesses left thepalace and escaped on a boat. I

(08:35):
should mention the dad whodidn't know all this was
happening to his daughters.
Okay. Because he loved them somuch. He probably wouldn't have
let that happen if he knew. Butthe three daughters were so
loyal to their father that theydidn't want to give him any
more problems. So the threeprincesses left the palace and
escaped on a boat on a day thattheir father was on another

(08:56):
kingdom business trip.

Patch (08:58):
Quote and unquote business .

Carmina (09:01):
Exactly. Uh, the evil stepmom used her supernatural
powers to locate them in hermind. And her plan was to kill
the three daughters and thenkilled the dads . So using her
power, she caused a storm thatcreated huge waves in the sea.
Then a thunderbolt struck theboat and split the boat in
three, separating the threesisters and submerging them. Oh

(09:25):
my. The DA returned to thepalace unexpectedly. And in my,
you know, tela novella mind, picturing the scene
. And when he returned,he saw what the evil stepmom
was doing and beheaded her. Butunfortunately, because he did
that, he had no idea where hisdaughters went. .

Patch (09:46):
I mean, in hindsight, he could have asked for exactly
torture , torture

Carmina (09:52):
Her first. See , tell the novella mind there was
gonna be torture, first

Patch (09:57):


Carmina (09:58):
To force her to cough up where the three were. So
when the seas calmed down, theprincesses floated on the
surface, on the pieces of theboat that they were on. And I'm
wondering if you can guesswhere the story is going.

Patch (10:13):
? No , not all .

Carmina (10:15):
Okay . But they drifted from each other. Oh,
okay. So the eldest driftedtowards the north. The second
eldest managed to stay in placesomehow, and the youngest
drifted to the south. Mm-Hmm .
The next day, fisherman sawthat there were three new
islands on the sea. Mm-Hmm.
. So they namedthe one to the north Luzon, the

(10:37):
one in the middle of Visayasand the Southern one, Mindanao
. And that's how we got thename Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao for the major islandgroups in the Philippines.

Patch (10:48):
That's fascinating. I haven't heard that one.

Carmina (10:50):
Yeah, me too. Okay. So that was interesting. Here's
another interesting one. And Ido remember this from our
childhood. The origin of thebanana .

Patch (11:01):
Wait, I remember this being sad, right?

Carmina (11:03):
Perhaps when we were young, we wouldn't have
considered it sad. But now thatwe're adults, I'm like
scratching my head. Andhonestly, I laughed out loud,
but

Patch (11:13):
Okay, .

Carmina (11:15):
So I'm just gonna reduce it to really a synopsis.
So basically it , it's a lovestory. Mm-Hmm . ,
a man and a woman meet in thisforest regularly. The woman did
not know that the man wassupernatural. So there was one
day when they were holdinghands and the man said, oh, I
have to go now. 'causeapparently the man had to leave

(11:37):
before sundown. Mm-Hmm.


Patch (11:39):
Typical.

Carmina (11:40):
Yes. . Uh , and then the woman wouldn't let
him go because she loved him somuch and would miss him. So she
held tightly onto his hand. Butunfortunately the sun was going
down and the man was basicallysaying, I really have to go.
Okay. . He left intothe sunset. There was a portion

(12:02):
of the story that it, you know,was too late, basically. So he
couldn't come back anymoreafter that because they waited
until the very last minute.
Right. And when the womanlocked down, she realized that
she was still holding the man'sarm. So basically the man's arm
got left behind.

Patch (12:19):
He turned into a tree.

Carmina (12:21):
No, he did not turn into a tree. Maybe that's
another version. . Butin this version, Uhhuh
, the hand wasleft behind.

Patch (12:29):
Mm-Hmm. .

Carmina (12:30):
I mean , how creepy

Patch (12:32):
Is that ? ,

Carmina (12:33):
The woman buried the hand.

Patch (12:36):
Oh, okay. Yes, I remember.

Carmina (12:38):
And then the next day, a tree sprouted, and eventually
the first bananas sprouted fromthe tree. I mean, but bananas
aren't just five . Yeah.
In a bunch. Right? So did thisman have more than five
fingers?

Patch (12:55):
. Right. And I remember it had also something
to do with the plant thatstarted to grow, isn't it? That
the banana tree has a verydistinct looking , uh, flower.

Carmina (13:06):
Yeah. Yeah. The heart.

Patch (13:08):
The heart shape . Heart shape , yeah . Right. And so
that was significant becausethat's obviously the love or
the heart of the man orsomething.

Carmina (13:16):
Okay. So that's...

Patch (13:17):
We're doing a great job,

Carmina (13:18):
with a banana

Patch (13:20):
With this , uh, storytelling story.

Carmina (13:25):
I obviously focused on the hands. , I'm sure
that part of it was also in it.
But

Patch (13:33):
,

Carmina (13:34):
I was just so focused.
Number one, I was so annoyedthat that woman was so clingy.

Patch (13:39):
Exactly.

Carmina (13:41):
In our now feminist brains. Right.

Patch (13:43):
And we have to analyze what kind of attachment style
they have .

Carmina (13:48):
So I was a little bit, now that I'm older, I'm like, I
do not remember being thisannoyed with this story when we
were younger. Anyway, I haveanother one. Okay. It's called
the Golden Tree from theIgorots. Okay. There was a
hardworking couple who werefarmers. So the wife became
pregnant, but she was stilldoing farm work during her

(14:10):
pregnancy. One day she went tothe farm by herself. And
unfortunately that was aroundthe time when she was due to
give birth. And so sheunexpectedly gave birth in the
field without anyone helpingher. The baby, it was a boy,
unfortunately, was delivereddead. Oh . So she didn't have
the heart to bring the deadbaby home to her husband and

(14:32):
decided to bury him in thefield. Underneath the field,
lived a mouse who traveledunderground through tunnels.
And on the same day while themouse was traveling
underground, he ran into thedead boy's body. Oh boy. And he
was so overcome with sadnessthat he licked the boy's face.
And miraculously the boystarted to breathe.

Patch (14:55):
Oh,

Carmina (14:56):
The mouse dragged the boy to his mouse home and cared
for him.

Patch (15:00):
Okay.

Carmina (15:01):
The boy grew up and he wanted to see his real parents
. So the mouse brought him tohis parents' farm. I mean, by
now, we know that this mouse ismagical ,

Patch (15:11):
Because

Carmina (15:12):
How could he have raised

Patch (15:14):
The boy with the help of the other mice? Carmina ,
obviously.

Carmina (15:19):
Well there were no other mice in this story.

Patch (15:21):
. Okay.

Carmina (15:22):
Every day when the parents left, the boy would
place a grain of rice in a pot,and it would magically turn
into a pot of rice so that whenthe parents came home, they
always had rice to eat. So theparents obviously were puzzled
by this. So one day the momwanted to find out who was
doing this and waited and foundthe boy. And the boy explained

(15:44):
what happened. You know, he'sthe son. And so they reunited
as a family. And the mouseallowed the boy to live with
his parents from that dayforward. However, the mouse
though, became very old one dayand died. Oh . But before he
died, he gave them a seed andhe said it would bear many
fruits. But he told them not topick the fruit until it was

(16:07):
ripe. And he also warned themthat it needed to be kept their
family secret forever. Thefamily, although they were
puzzled, followed the mouse'sinstructions. And the first
time they harvested the ripefruit from the tree, as soon as
they plucked it, it turned intopure gold.

Patch (16:25):
Wow.

Carmina (16:26):
So obviously the family became very rich and
they were very good at keepingtheir secret , except
for one day

Patch (16:34):
. Mm . When the father , I knew this was
coming. Wait, you were about tosay the father, huh? Uhhuh .
. It had to be him.
Okay.

Carmina (16:44):
He got very drunk.

Patch (16:46):
Okay.

Carmina (16:46):
And spilled the beans about the tree. So of course,
everybody found out about itand stormed their farm. But
when they got there, theywitnessed the tree shrivel up,
die and get swallowed by theground. But it is said that the
tree still lives undergroundand still bears the fruit that
turns to gold. Mm-Hmm.

(17:08):
. I was firstthinking why this could have
come about. But then Iremembered from our history
that the Spaniards were unableto conquer the Igorots.
Remember? Yes. So for those whohaven't heard that episode, the
IROs are an indigenous peoplefrom Northern Philippines, and
they live in theCordilleraMountains. By the

(17:29):
way, I also learned that thename I is derived from the
Spanish term I , which meanspeople of the mountains.

Patch (17:37):
Mm-Hmm .

Carmina (17:37):
So the Spaniards were very motivated to conquer the
Igorots. Why? Because the goldof the gold in the mountains.
Mm-Hmm . .

Patch (17:47):
So this was the legend of basically the gold mines of
the mountains. Mm-Hmm.
. Okay. So forour last one, we're going to
talk about the legend ofMariang Makiling, who I think
is one of the most popular one,or at least in our childhood,
right? Carmina.

Carmina (18:08):
Yep. Mariang Makiling is a f airy.

Patch (18:09):
In Philippine mythology and is associated with Mount
Makiling in Laguna in thePhilippines. So there's many
stories regarding who MariangMakiling is. I don't, I didn't
come across the origin ofMariang Makiling herself, but
some of the stories surroundingher ,

Carmina (18:28):
Uh , I'm thinking that it's kind of like
Bathala,

Patch (18:33):
Uhhuh .

Carmina (18:33):
She just existed.

Patch (18:34):
Right? She just existed.
And some stories say thatBathala actually sent her Uhhuh
. Right. Shewatches over the people. And ,
and like I said, there are manystories about her. One story
depicts her as falling in lovewith a mortal man. And
basically he betrayed her andmarried someone else.

Carmina (18:54):
Oh

Patch (18:55):
Yeah. And this betrayal led her to withdraw from the
townspeople. 'cause she used tolive with them . She used to
help them, but she withdrewfrom them. And she also
withdrew her help. Like therewere no fish in the lakes.
There were no animals to hunt.
She would be seen as a mistaround the mountains. There's

Carmina (19:16):
Another version that I saw involving three suitors.
'cause that one is guaranteedto have drama .

Patch (19:24):
Okay. So tell us about that drama

Carmina (19:27):
. So she had three suitors, and in this
version, the Spaniards werealready in the Philippines.

Patch (19:33):
. Mm-Hmm.

Carmina (19:34):
.
Because , you know, I guessbecause these are oral
traditions, the retelling wouldbe dependent on which time the
retelling happened, right? So,

Patch (19:43):
Right .

Carmina (19:43):
The three suitors were a Spanish army officer named
Capitan Gaspar, who showeredher with gifts from Spain. The
second was a Spanish FilipinoMestizo Jose. And the last one
is a simple, hardworkingFilipino who was a farmer
called one . So I guess thetime that this is being retold,

(20:05):
it was meant to inspirenationalism, right? Because
it's a very class drivennarrative. So there came a time
when all three of them wereimpatient to hear who she
loved. And so she set a timeand a date on top of the
mountain for all of them tomeet. And she would pick her
suiter there. It's like thebachelorette, don't you think ?

(20:26):
. So anyhow, Mariapicked one mm-Hmm .
. And of course,the other two were very angry.
And they stormed off becausethey could not believe that
Maria picked a simple FilipinoMm-Hmm. . One day
the Army headquarters burned .
And so Capitan Gaspar and Joserounded up the Indios. And one

(20:48):
of them was one . Now, again,using my telenovela mind,
, I feel like theystaged this fire
because they couldn't find theculprit. And eventually they
pinned it all in one mm-Hmm.
. Now, of course,everybody knew that one had
nothing to do with this, butall the townspeople didn't do
anything to prevent one'spunishment, which was death by

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firing squad. Right before thesquad opened fire, he screamed
Maria Maria. And of course hedied. Maria heard one , but he
was already dead when she madeit down the mountain. So the
story goes that Maria chastisedthe townspeople. This kind of
dovetails into your earlierstory about her withdrawing
help. Mm-Hmm. .

(21:31):
And this version, she withdrewher help because the
townspeople didn't do anythingand let the Spaniards take over
the town. So it became this ,uh, nationalistic story as
well. So she carried one's bodyup the mountain to Birmingham ,
and she swore to seek revenge.
A few days later, Jose becamevery sick, and in spite of

(21:53):
being treated by best doctors,died a very painful death. And
then Capitan Gaspar was sent toa remote village to suppress an
uprising. And one day he wasfound with a machete in his
chest. His facial expressionapparently showed a slow and
painful death, butmysteriously, there was no

(22:13):
uprising in the area where hewas found. So Mariang Makiling
was never seen again, but hervoice can be heard whispering
one's name in the wind. Andtoday, and even when we were
kids, it was always describedthat the mountain looks like a
woman lying on her back.

Patch (22:29):
Mm-Hmm. , this story always creeped me
out for some reason. I don'tknow why, but I did wanna
mention that her story existedbefore the Hispanicized
version, because Mariaobviously comes from a
Christian origin, right? So shewas named Dayang and Dayang

(22:50):
meaning Princess or Noble Lady.

Carmina (22:52):
But Diang has an origin in Mindanao. So maybe
that's the version in Mindanao.
All right . So to end, I haveanother version of the Maria
Mariang Makiling story. So Ifound this book called
Alternative Alamat.

Patch (23:08):
Okay?

Carmina (23:08):
Yeah. Alamat is a Tagalog word that roughly
translated means legend. Andthis book, Alternative Alamat
is a fresh take on Filipinomyths and legends. Mm-Hmm.
. So here's theAlternative Alamat version of
Maria Makiling titledConquering Makiling. It's a
short story. So there's amodern take to it in that

(23:31):
Thomas, our main character is ahigh school transfer student
from Manila to Losano, which isthe general area where Makiling
is, right? Mm-Hmm.
. So it's atypical city boy transplanted
to that region. The boy meetsMaria

Patch (23:49):
Is in this version Maria human, or was she a deity as
well? Or am I ruining thestory?

Carmina (23:56):
You will find out.
Okay.

Patch (23:58):
.

Carmina (23:59):
So the boy meets Maria, who is apparently an eco
activist.

Patch (24:04):
Okay.

Carmina (24:05):
And he describes her as not really very pretty,
because you know, the myths dosay that Maria Makiling is very
beautiful. Right? But maybeit's because it's told in the
modern times, kind of reflectsthe biases that modern
Filipinos have. She wasdescribed as dark skinned , has
very thick hair, and a wildexpression in her eyes. So

(24:30):
because he was so mesmerized byMaria, he signs up for this
volunteer activity, which is toplant more trees in the
Makiling forest reserve,because now in modern times,
it's been a victim ofdeforestation and landslides.
So Maria was leading thisactivity. So on the day of this
activity, Maria led a group ofother young adults, and Thomas

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and Maria during the travelshowed very unique talents for
dealing with nature and fendingoff wildlife. This one is
fascinating patch. Sheapparently faced off with a
snake. Ooh . So this is wherethe story turns alternative.
When the volunteers had to campfor the night, the setting was
right. So love blossomed, . So this story was

(25:21):
building up to this pointbecause there were many things
that happened leading up to theencampment that basically
evidenced tension, uhhuh, like chemistry
between our two maincharacters. And then a bunch of
things happened that we can'tmention here because we're a
clean podcast.

Patch (25:40):
Are we now. So

Carmina (25:41):
Read the book for the details. Okay. But it turns
very steamy.

Patch (25:47):
Ooh .

Carmina (25:47):
And in these scenes, she was described as making
full use of the nature aroundher

Patch (25:54):
. Oh, my Spicy.

Carmina (25:59):
It's spicy, it's tastefully done. So if people
are going there for likegraphic, graphic details, they
won't find it

Patch (26:07):
Go elsewhere.

Carmina (26:08):
The next day when Thomas wakes up, Maria is
nowhere to be found, andneither are the other people in
the group . So he goeshome, he never sees Maria
again. But what it did do wasit sparked this interest in him
to, you know, be a longtimenature lover. Mm-Hmm.

(26:28):
. So for a yearafter he signed himself up for
all of these experiences andbecame somewhat of an activist
himself. On one of these trips,he had a dream that Maria was
giving birth. And the othervolunteers that they were with
who also disappeared on thattrip were with Maria helping

(26:50):
her to give birth. And I guessthe year is significant because
of course it takes 10 monthsfor a baby to form. Right?
Right. So the dream apparentlywas very vivid. She was giving
birth, and at the time when ababy was supposed to come out,
there was a mist, which isagain, associated with Maria

(27:10):
Makiling. Right. And she didn'tgive birth to a person, but to
millions of seeds.

Patch (27:15):
Okay.

Carmina (27:16):
The end .

Patch (27:18):
Oh , through these seeds though, for trees, obviously,
right? Mm-Hmm. .
Okay.

Carmina (27:24):
So that's the Alternative Almat, there were
many other stories that were sointeresting in that book. Yeah.
Uh , many of them involvedMaria ing , so she's clearly a
favorite.

Patch (27:35):
Yeah. I mean, she leaves quite an impression. And I
don't know why. Out of all thelegends that we were told when
we were younger, MariangMakiling really stood out. So
apparently it's not just me

Carmina (27:49):
Mm-Hmm. because , you know, she's not a
typical, I guess because it's,she's portrayed as not a
typical woman in those times.
Right? Right . She's powerfulin control of her emotions,
like picking lovers, ,all that stuff.

Patch (28:03):
Right. Unlike the other deities, I guess she wasn't
angry all the time, butsometimes, but not like the
others. Were very likeemotional, like you said. So
yeah, that's, that's reallyinteresting that you came
across that one. Hmm.

Carmina (28:20):
Mm-Hmm.

Patch (28:20):
Well, for me, no Harena . I'm really thankful that
there seems to be an interestagain in Philippine mythology,
our folk tales , legends andmyths because we always look to
other cultures with interest.
And this is a new generation ofwriters shows, et cetera, that

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really focus on our culture andour traditions. And that's
always refreshing and it'salways a good sign. So

Carmina (28:49):
I hope that our podcast birth birthed many new
seeds for others topick up the interest for
Philippine mythology.

Patch (29:00):
And with that, that's our episode. We hope you join
us on our next trip,

Carmina (29:05):
O siya, siya!

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