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𝙵𝚄𝙻𝙵𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙿𝙷𝙴𝙲𝚈

s2019101588 — 2021-03-03 22:02:47 UTC

𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔑𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔰

s2019101588 — 2021-03-03 22:03:23 UTC

𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍

 ℭ𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔑𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔞 |
 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔘𝔫𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔄𝔰𝔩𝔞𝔫

❦︎ 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔘𝔫𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶 ❦︎

s2019101588 — 2021-03-04 17:13:51 UTC

(𝙼𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎)

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔶𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰 ℭ𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔏𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔶

s2019101588 — 2021-03-04 17:31:32 UTC

𝔑𝔲𝔫𝔬 𝔰𝔞 𝔓𝔲𝔫𝔰𝔬

s2019101588 — 2021-03-04 17:46:56 UTC

As I walk through the forest a huge anthill is on the middle of the path. And there I see an old creature with a very tiny bearded sitting above. He looks at me with an angry face and gesture. He is known as the dwarf in the Philippine mythology called "Nuno". It is said that whenever I get pass with this creature I should say, “tabi-tabi po, makikiraan lang po” (" excuse me, just passing through) so that the creature will move out of the way.

If ever someone step into their home, the nuno will truly get mad and can punish them with a curse. They can spit at you and then if their saliva lands on any part of your body, it will cause pain, incurable diseases or worst is death.

So, as I get near him I said the magical words and the “Nuno” let me pass in his territory without any problem.

𝔐𝔞𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔤𝔞𝔩

s2019101588 — 2021-03-04 17:49:02 UTC

The night came into the forest, I did not worry as the moon shines so bright that it lights up my path. But suddenly, I saw a woman flying with only half of her body. Filipinos call her “Manananggal” or a vampiric woman with a power to divide her body into two.

Deception is one of the manananggal's weapons. Some of them even interact with humans and do ordinary day to day activities.

This creature transform in shape of a pretty woman in the daytime which they consider as way of spying their victims and luring them to devour. As night falls, it retreats to a secret place, where it starts its transformation into a grotesque, vampire-like hunter that preys on humans.

But then, just like any other creatures it has a weakness:

It is said that if you put garlic on the other half of her body that was usually left in the ground, it cannot go back to its original form and will kill her eventually before sunrise.

𝔗𝔦𝔨𝔟𝔞𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔤

s2019101588 — 2021-03-04 17:49:44 UTC

I was in the middle of the forest when I got tired. I found a small hut with no one on it so I sat there and rest. After an hour of resting, I continue my journey. I walked a long straight path but ended up with the same location of the hut. I tried different paths but I always end up with the same location before continuing my journey. I got confused and think of a way out, but then I remember the mythological creature that has these tricks. It was called the “Tikbalang,” a humanoid horse like creature which is said to trick travelers and leave them astray into the right path.
It is also said that when this creature is playing or tricking you,

You should wear your shirts inside out as a countermeasure so it wont mess up again with you.

𝔎𝔞𝔭𝔯𝔢

s2019101588 — 2021-03-04 17:50:18 UTC

After my encounter to the manananggal, I still continue wandering through the forest. And right there and then I saw a huge, tall, and dark-skinned creature sitting on a tree while smoking. It gives a very strong smell which caught my attention. Filipinos call him as “Kapre.” It is known as a tree dwelling creature in Philippine mythology. Kapre has this invisible ability the reason why people can't see them through their naked eye. They enjoyed playing tricks and confusing people who happens to go to their dwelling places.

It is also said that Kapres like girls and court them to be his lover.

𝔒𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩 ℭ𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰

s2019101588 — 2021-03-04 17:52:17 UTC

As I continue to explore the mythical creatures in the Philippines, I've encountered not just the nuno, tikbalang, manananggal, kapre and bakunawa but also the other existing creatures present in the country.

There goes the mambabarang, tiyanak, mangkukulam, aswang, tiktik, and many more.

◽𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠
𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚘 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚖'𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑.

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◽𝐓𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤
These are the babies who died before being baptized.After death, they fall into the first circle of hell known as the Limbo. And then, there they transformed into evil spirits.

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◽𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐦
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚕 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖 "𝚔𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚖" 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜.𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 their 𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚜, 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚝𝚌. Lastly, t𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚟𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚜.

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◽𝐀𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠
 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎.𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔦𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔓𝔞𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔬 𝔘𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔶

s2019101588 — 2021-03-04 18:28:59 UTC

𝔅𝔞𝔨𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔴𝔞

s2019101588 — 2021-03-05 14:01:32 UTC

At last, I reach the sea. And to my suprise I am able to see the Bakunawa which is characterized as a dragon in the Philippine mythology and often represented as the giant sea serpent. It is also believed that Bakunawa is the reason of eclipses. Other than that, in Philippine context they believed that Bakunawa was just punished, the reason why she turned out to be a dragon. According to some accounts about this story, she was known to be a very beautiful and powerful fairy in the sea. However, one day the seven moon captivates her attention making her want to own it. Then, it appears to be a giant serpent with a mouth same as size of the lake, with red tongue, whills, and whiskers.
Hence, the tale of Bakunawa is said to be the cause why there are eclipses. And everytime that the beautiful moon is in the sky, the Bakunawa will rise up from the ocean and swallow it whole which make the Bathala angry and causing them to be known as mortal enemies.

𝔅𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔞

s2019101588 — 2021-03-05 14:12:29 UTC

In Philippine mythology, Bathala is known as the highest ranking god of the Tagalog people. He is said to be the creator of all things: from the sky, the sea, the plants and the earth. No one dares to question his demand because he is considered as the great and most powerful god of the Tagalig people. They obey and revere him.

It was after the arrival of the Spanish misionaries in the Philippines when Bathala became associated with the Christian God, who is referred to as "Panginoon" in Tagalog and "Diyos" from the Spanish word Dios.

𝔓𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲

s2019101588 — 2021-03-05 14:27:23 UTC

After that encounter with Bathala, I proceed on my journey to fulfill my prophecy. Then, I met this central figure in Chinese Daoist legends named Pangu. It is said that he is the first man that comes from the chaos ( an egg) with two tusks, two horns and a hairy body. According to some accounts, he was the one responsible for the separation of heaven and earth, placing the sun, stars, moon and planets in right places and also in separating the four seas. He created the earth by stacking up mountains and chiselling out the valleys.

All of this was believed to be accomplished by Pangu through his knowledge of yinyang, which is known to be the ineluctable principle of duality and balance.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔫𝔠𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔊𝔞𝔱𝔢

s2019101588 — 2021-03-05 16:06:07 UTC

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙰𝚉𝚃𝙴𝙲 𝙴𝙼𝙿𝙸𝚁𝙴

s2019101588 — 2021-03-05 16:18:55 UTC

When I entered the Ancient Gate, it brought me to the Aztec Civilization.

The Aztecs leave their homeland Aztlan in Northern Mexico and then proceed and begin their journey to the south. They settle in Chapultepec but they are forced to leave by the people living there. Then, they founded the city of Tenochtitlan. It became the Aztec Empire capital. That location was the one picked by the priests because it is the place where they see the foretold sign of a eagle holding a snake while standing on a cactus.

The first ruler of the Aztecs is Acamapichtli. They call their ruler as Tlatoani meaning to say "speaker".

Itzcoatl was the fourth ruler of the Aztecs. During his ruling, the Aztec Empire is formed with a triple alliance between the Aztecs, the Tacubans and the Texcocans.

They practiced human sacrifice which they believe could please the Gods, and common throughout the Mesoamerican religion.

𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙸𝙽𝙲𝙰 𝙴𝙼𝙿𝙸𝚁𝙴

s2019101588 — 2021-03-05 16:23:18 UTC

Another empire that I discovered is the Inca. It was the largest empire in the Pre- Columbian America and also the possible largest empire in the world during the year 16th century. Their civilization began from the highlands of Peru.

Manco Capác was the legendary founder of the Inca Dynasty located in Peru and the Cusco Dynasty at Cusco.

In Cusco (modern place in Peru), their administrative, political and military force was located. They have been one of the strongest empire until they are conquered by the Spanish in the year 1572.

The mythology of Inca includes many stories and legends that tries to explain or symbolize their beliefs.

Their myths have been interpreted in the Eurocentric perspectives which is about cosmology and agriculture describing the richness and practical way of living of the ancient Incas.

The Inca people of the Andean region of South America also have a complete creation myth. It involves their so called Creator God named Viracocha.
According to their legend, Viroracha came from the Lake Titicaca. It is said that he created all the things in the world which includes man and everything in the environment.