Philippine Mythology Novels & Stories

The Muslims call themselves Moros, a Spanish word that refers to the Moors (albeit the two groups have little cultural connection other than Islam). Historically, ancient Filipinos held animist religions that were influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism, which were brought by traders from neighbouring Asian states. These indigenous Philippine folk religions continue to be present among the populace, with some communities, such as the Aeta, Igorot, and Lumad, having some strong adherents and some who mix beliefs originating from the indigenous religions with beliefs from Christianity or Islam.[159][160]

“When the tiniest of infractions, like an unintentional death of a butterfly, could then snowball into drastic changes in history.” – Ray Bradbury, on the Butterfly Effect The Philippines have become a different place. Its history had jumped off a cliff and landed belly-flop onto a pool of peculiar circumstances. From this arose something out of the ordinary and remarkable. It is a weird thing, like a primordial creature with newly evolved limbs, surfacing out from some prehistoric swamp bringing forth strange life. It is something that grasps our imagination and unsettles our core beliefs.

Phil was excited as he wanted to know what the contents of the mysterious pages were. Phil took the stack of bond paper and proceeded to read it while Samantha was beside him waiting to finish reading it. The paper talks about the things Phil needed, more information about the abyss, and the miasma. It talked about how the miasma is supposed to be the blood from a godlike creature imprisoned in the farthest depth of the abyss and how it corrupted its surroundings creating nightmarish creatures. Phil was a little disappointed at first because the information might be interesting it was no use for him right now until he read the third page.

Every time it was her father’s turn to tell her bedtime stories, he would always tell her the stories of the myths or legends of folklore, which she always enjoyed. Her father said that once upon a time, there was a tribe called the Marinaya tribe. Marinaya tribe comes from the name of the Goddess of Moon that the tribe worshiped. In the Marinaya tribe, there were different groups – the royalties or the family of the tribe leaders, the warriors, the manggagaway (or the sorcerer, or wizard), and the servants.

- Kapre, it is too terrifying to see the Grim Reaper being helpless, it runs away fast! but before he could get away he was stopped again by the grim reaper and with a wave of his hand, the Kapre turns to dust of light and disappears “ha ... ha ... ha ... why is there a Kapre here!” (Kapre a Philippine mythical creature that could be characterized as a tree demon) “Good thing you called me. You almost became a fertilizer of the spiritual world” - Grim Repear. “HA !!!? What fertilizer?!”. the most shocking part of it was its like a natural thing to the Grim Reaper saying these things!

Sryrn and her queen's men replie Moriah peeled off the glove and let it fall to the ground, ready to turn into the Legend. The gods in the pyre were scarcely recognizable anymore. The head fell off the smith with a puff of ash and embers. Myra sang in the tongue of Waterfall, her voice rising and falling like the tides of the sea. Ezekiel untied his singed leather cape and listened in silence. Thrust in the ground, it still glowed ruddy hot, but the flames that clung to the sword were dwindling and dyin

She asked one question after another, full of worries in her eyes. “I-I'm fine. And my head doesn't hurt." When he told her that he was okay, she calmed down. As Elroy looked at her, he couldn’t help but say to himself that: Indeed, he had found his way here. NOTE: (1) Bahay Kubo - or NIPA HUT in English is a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines. It often serves as an icon of Philippine culture.

The reality feels so big while he feels insignificant. The Filipino custom of making noise to drive away bad spirits reminds him of something he read before about ancient Filipinos, their practice of ringing bells and banging drums and gongs when there was a lunar eclipse; a custom that was even older than the Chinese-influenced tradition of fireworks. The ancient Filipinos believed that every time there was a lunar eclipse, a giant dragon called Bakunawa was eating the moon and the only way to protect the heavenly body or frighten the dragon away was to make a lot of noise.

There was also the cliff-jumping scene that later transitioned to a mighty woman seated on her throne in another realm. I was a bit crazy for retaining those parts even after moving to this platform, right? Haha. However, a year later, I still left them there, as a reminder of where I first started. I was also a bit selfish since I wanted to introduce the gods and goddesses as soon as I could. Those creatures that are always in the horror stories and folktales of my childhood. And the gods and goddesses I only encountered through a bit of research about Philippine mythology. My vision when I first drafted my opening chapter was to later steer my characters in

Granted the mortality rate for that specific surgery was low, he didn’t lift one damn finger to give Tonya’s death some sort of meaning, or at the very least pretended that there was still a microscopic part in his brain that cared for his late wife. Divorce is non-existent in the Philippines, and infidelity – no matter how frequent – is not considered a legal basis for annulment. Her early and unexpected demise made Tonya miss the chance of creating a last will or filing a power of attorney, ultimately giving her husband the rights to her assets regardless of how much her ghost screamed and cursed. Akira remembered Tonya saying, “That cheating bastard melted everything down and then gave my