LIT

• myth make use of goddesses, and other fantastical creatures as characters
• myth is an ancient story that explains the origin of something or someone
• legends is believed to be historical but cannot be verified as authentic
• folktales are prose narrative usually told to amuse or entertain.
• folktales are instructional in nature
• epics is a long narrative poem that describes the adventures of a hero, warrior, god, or king.
• poetry is a form of literature that emphasizes rythm
• animism is worshipping gods and godesses that are part of nature, such as animals, plants, and rocks
• kaluwalhatian refers to the home of philippine gods and goddesses
• bathala is the king of the gods in tagalog myths
• apolaki is a god of war and guardian of the sun.
• apolaki ruled the earth at different times
• tala is a goddess who warns mayari that that the sun god is gone, so that she can safely come out along with the stars
• amihan is believed to be a bird, which is said to be the first creature that inhabited the earth
• bacunawa or the moon eater is the god in the underworld.
• bacunawa is believed to be an image of a serpent or dragon
• bacunawa is responsible for the eclipeses
• mayari is the goddess of the moon
• folksongs is repetitive and sonorous and have playful melody.
• folksongs may be about love and courtship, a long days at work, or maybe a song in a funeral.
• proverbs or salawikain are short sayings developed in rhymed verses that are meant to advice the young
• proverbs is offering words of wisdom
• riddles or bugtong bugtong, are perplexing questions meant to be guessed or solved.
• riddles are used for entertainment, and they require one to observe, analyze, and imagine to

  provide the right answer.
• ferdinand magellan the portugese explorer discovered Philippines
• magellan arrived on the philippines in march 16, 1521
• In april 14, 1521, Fr. Pedro Valderrama baptized more that 500 natives along with Rajah Humabon after reaching the island of Cebu
• Ruy Lopez de villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of the Prince Philip II of Austrias
• Prince Philip II of Asturias reigned as the King of Spain from 1556 to 1598.
• in 1565, Prince Philip II officially colonized the philippines and assigned expedition to the first Governor-General Miguel López de Legazpi.
• Governor-General Miguel Lopez D. Legazpi established a capital in manila in 1565
• spain colonized the philippines for spices
• spain colonized philippines to convert filipinos to christianity
• spaniards use a policy called reducction, a means of relocation of scattered settlements to a large town
• spanish priest belived that stories about mythical creatures, deities, and rituals are works of the devil.
• The propaganda movement led by ilustrados Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo demanded independence from spain
• Members of Reform Movement led by the ilustrados namely Jose Rizal , Marcelo H. del Pilar, Mariano Ponce, wrote for La Solidaridad
• Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto wrote for Kalayaan
• On June 12, 1898, General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the independence of the philippines from the spanish colonial rule in his home in Kawit, Cavite
• The first catholic mass in the county was celebrated in Limasawa