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Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Islas Filipinas (Spanish, lit. " Hydrographical and Chorographical Chart of the Philippine Islands "), more commonly known as the Velarde map, is a map of the Philippines made and first published in Manila in 1734 by the Jesuit cartographer Pedro Murillo Velarde [es], the engraver Nicolás de la Cruz ...
Philippine mythology includes concepts akin to those in other belief systems, such as the notions of heaven (kaluwalhatian, kalangitan, kamurawayan), hell (kasamaan, sulad), and the human soul (kaluluwa, kaulolan, makatu, ginoand kud,...). The primary use of Philippine mythology is to explain the nature of the world, human existence, and life's ...
Creatures of the soil. Agta: Another name for kapre. Alan: deformed, winged spirits with fingers and toes that point backwards. Amalanhig: failed aswangs who rise from their graves to kill via neck bite. Amomongo: a man-sized ape with long nails. Anggitay: female beings like centaurs, the opposite of tikbalang.
Husband of Idianali, father of Dumakulem. Dumangan is the Sambal god of harvest and giver of grain. [ 202 ] Amanikabli – The husky, ill-tempered ruler of the sea. He is the syncretization of Amanikable (the anito of hunters) and Kablay, a rich, old man in Zambales legend who owned several fishing boats.
Outline of the Philippines. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Philippines: Philippines – archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
e. Witchcraft (Filipino: Ang pangkukulam) has been present throughout the Philippines even before Spanish colonization, and is associated with indigenous Philippine folk religions. Its practice involves black magic, specifically a malevolent use of sympathetic magic. [1] Today, practices are said to be centered in Siquijor, Cebu, Davao ...