There are some stories that have been passed down to us through the generations that tells the tales of our people in long enchanting epics and folklore. Some that are well known are the Biag ni Lam-ang of the...Read More...
The Bisayan creation story has been recorded down through various Spanish written accounts, each with it’s own local variants of the same myth. In the myth it tells the story of the creation of the islands, th...Read More...
Throughout the world many groups of people have created their own diverse creation stories to help explain our existence. While often times they may be seen as a fabrication of the human imagination, there are ...Read More...
Urduja (ca. 1350–1400 AD) is a legendary warrior princess who is recognized as a heroine in Pangasinan, Philippines. The name Urduja appears to be Sanskrit in origin, and a variation of the name “Udaya”, meanin...Read More...
The ‘Tigmamanukan’, or what the inhabitants of the Tagalog region in the Philippine islands during the pre-Spanish colonial times called some small animals or creatures endemic to the land (reptiles, birds, sma...Read More...
Mariang Makiling, or Maria Makiling, is one of the most famous and well known Goddesses of the Philippines. She is the guardian and protector of the mountain, Mt. Makiling, a dormant volcano, which is...Read More...
