Becoming a creative writer
Let’s face it: you can’t write a piece on Filipino folklore without using the word ‘mythology.’ They go hand-in-hand, don’t they? But are they really that similar? Are they intertwined, as some sources claim? Or are we speaking about two completely different things with similar names? As much as I love nuno sa punso, duwendes, […]
Being sick is an inevitable part of life. It’s a universal human experience we share with everyone at all times. Modern medicine has rendered many sicknesses and diseases obsolete and increased our life expectancy. However, this is different from our pre-colonial ancestors in the Philippines. Faith in their deities was important in healing the sick. […]
Today, many Filipinos will point at the sky and explain that their god is the same as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is expected since the Philippines is a predominantly Christian country. Our Muslim brothers and sisters will tell us that Allah is their god. However, it’s a different story for our precolonial forbears and […]
