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how fortunately i met you.

OKAY BUT I JUST GOOGLE TRESE AND IT LOOKS SO COOL??? AND IT'S ON NETFLIX?? HOLY FUCK

-silently adds to my ever growing watch later list-

ALLOW ME TO SHOW U SOMETHING EVEN COOLER:

on the boards: "SIYUDAD NAMIN ITO," "LAYAS"

translation: "THIS IS OUR CITY, "GO AWAY"

these are REAL billboards in the philippines, and they weren't...........vandalized before

.......they're afraid of her.

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i'm procrastinating so here are notes instead

so in ph mythology we have this moon god called Bulan (and for this post we'll look at him from Bikolano myths perspective).

Anyway.

Bulan is very good-looking, and kind, described as 'comely' and 'docile' which is very much how you feel when you're looking at the moon: tranquil.

And you'd think this Precious Boi™️ will be a prey to the hundreds of monsters prevalent in PH mythology but aCTUALLY he befriended most of them including:

the Magindara (Bicolano mythology) - described as vicious mermaids

Asuang (also Bicolano mythology) - considered as a dark and evil god, father of monsters

... and other vicious creatures that seemed to become tame in his presence. He also earned the admiration and favor of most gods, even the Big and the Bad, like:

Magindang - powerful god of the sea and sea creatures

Bakunawa - the deity of the deep and the underworld, who later on tried to eat him (the moon) and was believed to be the cause of lunar eclipse.

Sidapa - god of death, showered Bulan and his sister with gifts after the whole debacle with Bakunawa

There's some parallelism with Visayan mythology, where some stories say Bulan is another form of Libulan, or there's just Libulan and Bulan is a whole other different deity, but there he's also admired by:

Luyong Baybay - deity of the sea and the tides, and this was believed to be the reason why the tides rise to greet the moon

Bakunawa - in this particular version, there are seven moons, all of which Bakunawa desired, and had managed to swallow the other six except for the seventh, which is Bulan.

also Sidapa - I can't remember where I read this version, but there's something about Sidapa rescuing Bulan from his other admirers (who can get a bit aggressive; case and point, Bakunawa).

Don't ask me why versions are different, the Philippines is made up of a lot of islands and divided into regions, hence the differences

I just find it a point of interest how Bulan is so pure he literally overcomes creatures with the power of friendship and kindness, when all the other legends describe physical strength and brutality. He's amazing.

And also it probably helps that anyone messing with him would mess with his fierce protectors, esp his sister Haliya

TL;DR

Bulan is precious and in this house we love and appreciate him.

Philippine Mythology as told by my childhood: Tik-tik

The Tik-tik, a variant of the aswang, is characterized by its long tongue and the sound it makes when it is out hunting. It is drawn to the scent of an infant in its mother’s womb and uses its long, thin tongue to suck the blood of the victim by passing it through the mother’s navel.

I really loved how Mt. Makiling was the haven where alexandra trese and her mother stayed in hiding, i grew up here and it’s still where im residing so when her mother mentioned Maria Makiling keeping them safe i was so giddy and proud to have a part of our local folklore represented in pop culture so i wanted to elaborate and talk about her further.

Maria Makiling is known to us Calambeños as the guardian of our forests, she is a diwata (akin to a goddess/powerful fairy) who sometimes takes the shape of a white horse who would follow foreign travelers that pass through our mountain. People would feel like they’re walking or driving in circles until the white horse shows itself to them, if they make a promise that they would do no evil or cause no harm to the forest and it’s creatures she will let them pass, if they disrespect the forest, they will be stuck there forever unable to leave the loop. Back when the colonizers haven’t industrialized the country, when magic was still alive and when our ancestors lived in worship of nature, Maria Makiling watched over our villages, she would even go down to meet the villagers—unlike her parents who previously looked over the land (Dayang Makiling and Gat Panahon)—and would provide us the fruits of the forest every harvest season as well as the birds and animals. If any of the villages suffer sickness or great tragedies, she would send aid to our people. She is generous and kind, but she is also just. When the colonizers came and indoctrinated natives, the people that survived had lost respect for nature. They over-harvested, burned down parts of the forest, and abused her kindness. That’s why she no longer allowed anyone to harvest the fruits of the forest or hunt its animals. She also retreated into the mountain, and no longer showed herself to the people. If anyone ignored her warnings, she would call for thunderstorms and strike down the ones that disrespected nature. Today, the people of Laguna love and respect her and her mountain, and the city of Calamba and Los Baños made use of the natural hot springs of the mountain for resorts surrounded by greenery. In Los Baños, one will find the biggest university in the country (in terms of land mass), UP Los Baños, one of the top institutions of higher learning in agriculture and food science in southeast asia!! One can start hiking the mountain through the campus but be sure you hire a tour guide since its easy to get lost if you’re a passing traveller 😌

my old doodles with winter sengen ❄️

Just a random lesson: How Manila got its name?

Answer: Water Lily

Water Lily = ilad

By the Water Lilies = May ilad

May ilad -> Maynila

Maynila = Manila (anglicized)

: I think it's quite romantic that the Capital city got it's name from Water Lily because old Tagalogs loved nature so much. Then you look at Manila now and there's no clean body of water. But it still makes me smile whenever I remember Manila means Water Lily. I don't know why.

I rendered some characters of the Philippine Mythopoeia book in the style of Renaissance grotesque, with creeping flora, weird fauna, monsters, and deities.

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