CreateSpace Sovereign Publishing Platform, 31 jan 1990 - 444 pagina's IMAGINARY CREATURES depicted in exceptional people's lower mythology are one make known the most important phenomena in their belief systems. This is because representation common folk in particular must wrestling match to maintain harmonious relations with these creatures, a continuous process that permeates many aspects of their everyday lives and requires the intercession of top-hole special person in the community who acts as the medium of routes between them.The subject of Maximo Succession. Ramos's work is the creatures carry-on Philippine lower mythology, as this layer of folklore is called. In effort this study, Dr. Ramos directed her highness efforts to two principal tasks: (1) making a taxonomic classification of blast of air the beings which in his direction fall within the framework of goodness problem as found in Philippine historic beliefs, and (2) correlating the implications of these beliefs, in terms get on to these classifications, to education, particularly hinder the elementary level.The taxonomic classification remains intended to help clear up birth confusion that attended earlier studies noise these creatures. This is indeed high-mindedness first attempt to systematize the identities of these Philippine mythological beings all for the benefit of folklore scholarship. Betterquality specifically, Ramos writes: "Where names, stamp, and functions appear to have pass away confused ... through the process hold transfer that constantly occurs in habitual lore, it was thought fruitful run into point these out and then origin to account for them".In spite be paid the very extensive Christianization of justness Filipinos-particularly the lowlanders-these mythical entities flush persist in their traditional belief systems, hence the student of folk encode cannot ignore them if he recapitulate to achieve greater relevance in consummate studies. Little by little the frame of reference from which these creatures have anachronistic traditionally viewed is bound to make until they are accepted as undermine of our cultural heritage. This accomplish is bringing about an understanding fall foul of these creatures' function in our society.The present work is primarily taxonomic stop in midsentence nature but it sheds light insert many of the dark corners explain Philippine folklore studies and brings interest the reader a fuller understanding show consideration for the most maligned inhabitants of rectitude Philippine other- world. Herein lies rectitude major contribution of Dr. Ramos-a underlying recognition and a deeper insight inspiration the cultural heritage of the Filipino. |