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DI
FFERENTTHEORI
ES I
MPLICATI
ONSTOTHETEACHI
NGOF
MYTHOLOGYANDFOLKLORE

A.
ANCI
ENTTHEORI
ES

RATI
ONALI
SM

Thi
stheorybeliev
esthatknowledgeor Thus,ani mpli
cationoft hist heorytotheteachi
ng
ourunderst
andingoft r
uthisacqui
red ofmy thologyandf ol
kloreist hatiti
mpl i
esthe
wit
houtsenseper cepti
on.Theyusedthei
r scrut
inyofmy thsinsuchawayast omakesense
i
ntel
lectt
of i
ndtruth. ofthest atementscont ainedi nt hem wit
hout
taki
ngl i
teral
lyreferencest ogods, monstersorthe
supernatural.
Ther earesomel essonsthatneeds
alogical r
easoningt ofindt het r
uth.Li
kefor
exampl e,theglobal warmi ngi nwhichsome
peoplebel i
evesthati tisthef aultofthe
humanki nd.

ETYMOLOGI
CALTHEORY

Thi
stheoryexpl
ainstheori
ginofword. Thiswer ethestartofmanybel i
efsandi deasin
Itisalsothestudyofwordorigi
ns.Example my thologyandf ol
klorethatthenameofacer t
ain
oft hi
sisthenameofgoddessAphr odi
tet
o placeort hingscamef rom someone' sname.The
whom t heyweresayingthathernamecame bestexampl earethoselegendsst oriessuchas
from theaphros,agreekwordforsea-f
oam the" THELEGENDOFBUNDOKMAKI LING"in
sinceshewasbor ninseafoam. whi chthenameder i
vedf r
om thef orestnymph
Mar iaMaki l
ingiti
sfrom thePhi l
ippi
ne
my thology.Therearelessonst hatprov i
dessome
referencesaboutlegendsandmy thst hatt
alks
aboutt heor i
ginofacer t
ainplaceort hingsand
wher edidthenamecamef rom.

ALLEGORI
CALTHEORY
 Itisthet heorythattell
smy t
hbeganas Themy t
hologyandf ol
kl
orewasi nfl
uencedby
al
legoriesf ornaturalphenomena.Iti
sthe theGreekandRomanmy t
hsinwhi cht hey
contradict
ionofRat i
onali
sm t
heory beli
evedthegodsandgoddessest ookcar eof
becausei tbeliev
est hatgodsand thenatureandt heyhaveplayspecif i
crolesand
goddessesar eallconcernedwith obli
gati
ons.Inwhi chupuntilnowt heOl ympian
nature.
SuchasApol l
owhor epresent
sthe godsandgoddessesi ssti
llwell
-knownt otheir
sun. rol
eandpower s.Evensomebooksandmov ies
wasinfluencedbyt hem.Therewer emov iesthat
tel
lsaboutthegodsandgoddessesandweneed
tomakeamov i
er evi
ewandsummar izati
on.

EUHEMERI
SM

I
tisat heoryoft heGreekwrit
er Thist heor
ymakessomei mpl icati
onstothe
Euhemer ust hatbelievesgr
eekgodswer e teachingofmy thologyandf olkl
oreinwhicht here
createdfrom real st
ori
esabouthumanand weresomest udiesthatinv olvesastoryofagods
hist
or i
calevents.Unli
ketoAll
egori
cal orgoddesseswhol i
vedasahuman.Thi s
theory,Euhemer ustheorybel
ievesthat i
nf l
uenceddifferentteachingst hatswhyt here
godsandgoddesswasbasedonr eal werel otsofstori
eswhot ackledaboutt hose
peopleandev ent. demi gods,hal
f-human, half-god,becauset here
weresomegodsandgoddesseswhol i
veasa
commonpeopl eandf el
linl ovetohuman.

B.MODERNTHEORI
ES

NATURALI
SM

Beli
evest
hateveryexi
stenceandever
y Thistheor yinfl
uencedt hebel i
efsofmanypeopl e
si
nglethi
ngsari
sefrom natur
al today.Mostespeci all
ytot het eachingof
phenomenonwithoneormor enatural my t
hologyandf olklor
e, therearesomel essons
causesandanysupernatur
alorspi
ri
tual thattal
ksaboutt henat ural cal
ami tyandbel ives
expl
anati
onsbehinditar
edenied. thatallofthedi sasterthathappenedher ei n
Earthisthepower fulforcesofnat ur e.Some
peoplesay ingthatt henat ureisalreadychar ging
usbecauseofwhatwehav edonet oit.Mot her
naturealreadypuni shingt hepeopl e.Andt hat
wasamy ththatweusual l
ybelievedi nev eryti
me
therearedi sastersoranat uralcalami t
ies.

RI
TUALI
SM

Thi
stheoryclai
msnott
hatmyt
hs Thistheoryreall
yinf
luencedt hemy t
hsand
andri
tual
shappent ogohandi
nhandbut fol
kloreespecial
lytoit
st eachingbecausethere
thatt
heymust.Init
smostcompromi
sing arebelief
sandnor mst hatwasbasedi nrit
uals.I
t
f
orm.My t
hsandri
tual
scannnotexi
st i
scommonl ydoneindifferentr eli
gioninwhich
wi
thouteachot
her
. theyperfor
medr i
tualssamewi ththosetri
bes.
Eveninschoolstherewer ealsosomer i
tual
sthat
havedonesuchast heaquaint ancepar tyi
nwhich
theywelcomethef r
eshmen. That swhymy t
hs
cannotexistwi
thoutrit
ual,
samewi ththerit
ual
s
theyareconnectedtoeachot her .

DI
FFUSI
ONI
SM

Atheor yt
hatbeli
evesamy thcompl ex Thei mplicati
onoft hi
st heorytotheteachi
ngof
ori
ginatedinoneti
meandpl aceandspr ead my t
hologyandf olklor
eist hebeli
efsabout
outwardsthroughhumancont act
.It l
egends.I nwhi cht her
ear esomest oryofa
concernsaboutthespreadofaninnov at
ion cert
ainplaceort hingsthathasi t
sori
ginandthe
thr
oughapopul ati
on. stor
yspr eadt hroughoutt hetimebecauseof
humancont actort hetonguet otonguebasisor
whatwecal l
edhumant ranslat
ion.

EVOLUTI
ONI
SM

Thistheor
yexpl ai
nsorigi
nstoa Thist heoryinfl
uencethet eachi
ngofmy thology
cul
turethateit
ehrrej
ectsasuper nat
ural andf olkl
orethroughthestor yofHuman
god(at
heism)orbel i
eves.I
tistheideathat evoluti
ont hatwast houghtinSciencesubj ect
al
lspeciesarerel
atedandgr aduall
ychange thatbel i
eveshumanar ecamef rom apesandi t
overt
ime. evolvesandchangeov erti
mei tisbasedf rom
CharlesDar win.I
tissomehowt hecomt raryof
thedivinetheorythatbeli
ev esGodcr eat
ed
human.

FREUDI
ANI
SM

Thi
st heorydef
inemythsasref
lect Itinfluencet hecultureofmy thologyandf olklore
str
ongf earsanddesir
esthatar
etabooand herei nthePhi li
ppinest hatteacht hepeopl e
usuall
yunablet obeexpr
essedinsociet
y. aboutt hosest oriesthatdoesnotneedt obe
expressedi nt hesoci etysuchast hest oryabout
the"kul to"thatunt i
lnowi tishidden.Thewi tch
andsor cereri twasal l
taboot ot hesoci ety
becauset her ewer enov ali
dev idenceand
concr eteinf ormat i
onaboutt his.Andt hepeopl e
trynott ot acklethisbecauset her eisaf earfrom
them t hatt hose'kulto'wi l
lfoll
owt hem.These
wer ejustanexampl eoft hosemy ththatar e
eli
mi natedf rom consciousmi ndabutst i
llexist.
 JUNGI
ANARCHETYPES

Thistheorycl aimsthatthemaingodsand Thei mplicat

ionoft histheorytothemy t
hology
goddessesexpr essarchetypesthatar
e andf olkl
oreistheanal ysisofclassi
cal my t
hology
commont ohumant hinki
ngev er
ywhere.I
t thatclaim godandgoddessesexpr essar chty
pes
al
soar guedt hatstor
ypat t
ernsarealso whichi scommont ohumant hi
nkingsuchas
encodedint hehumanbr ainthat
swhy eventset hebirt
h,dead,mar r
iage.Thebelieves
si
mi l
arpatternsar ef
oundi nmy t
hology aboutar chetypefigurethatwasst il
lteaching
aroundthewor l
d. ri
ghtnowaboutt hegod,dev i
l,t
heher oandmany
mor e.ItwasinlfuencebyJungi anarchetypes
whichmeansamodel .Most ly,
isinCathol i
c
rel
igionthatusedanar chetypeofgodandsai nt
s
toremi ndthem oft heirfai
th.

STRUCTURALI
SM

Lev i
-St
raussof
fersastructural
i
sttheoryof Thistheoryaffectst heteachingofmy thology
my thol
ogy,heclar
ifi
es"My this andfolkl
oreinourcount ryinwhi chbef orewe
l
anguage, f
unct
ioningonanespeci al
lyhi
gh beli
eveintosomet hingoral egendormy t
hwe
l
ev elwheremeaningsucceedspr act
ical
lyat wanttof i
ndoutt hemeani ngoft hatwor d.In
takingofffr
om theli
nguist
icgroundon school,
weusual lyencount eredt hemy t
habout
whi chi
tkeepsroll
ing. mermai dduri
ngl essonsi nFi l
i
pinoabout
my t
hs.Theterm mer maidcanef rom thewor d
mere(sea)andmai d(agi rlory oungwoman)at
thi
spointknowi ngt hemeani ngandt hest ructur
e
ofthewor dyoucani denti
fyal r
eadyt hemeani ng
oftheterm mermai d.

HI
STORI
CAL-
CRI
TICALTHEORY

Alsoknownast hehistorical-cr
it
ical Thesacredt extofchr i
sti
ani
tywhi chi
sthebible
methodorhi ghercr
iti
cism ,
abr anchof t
hatwasf i
rstwr i
ttenbyMosesandi twas
cri
ti
cism t
hatinvesti
gatestheor iginof t
ransl
atedintodi f
ferentfor
m oflanguagearound
anci
enttextinordertounder stand" t
he t
hewor l
d.Inor dertofull
yunderstandthetextwe
worldbehindthetext.
/ mustneedt olookwi thit
sorigi
n,onwhatthe
worl
dbehind.
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SI
RENA:HI
DDENMYTHOFATI
MONANQUEZON

ThePhil
i
ppinesisamixedcultur
eandi nfluencecount
ry.
Therearelotofmy t
hsand
f
olkl
orethatwasinfl
uencedbyothercountryandoneoft hatmythwasallabouttheSIRENA.A
term Sir
enacamef rom t
heSpanishinfl
uence.
Butthe
hist
oryofmer mai
dgoeswaybackt oancientSumeri
a
andBaby lon.TheyhavethatAnci
entgodOannesaf i
rst
representati
onofmerman.

Iti
soneoft hemostwel l
-knownmy t
hologyhereinour
country.Sir
enaaseacr eaturewithatorsoofhuman
andat ailofaf i
sh.Alt
houghmer maidsar elabl
l
edas
my t
hological cr
eatur
esst il
lther
earepeopl ewhobeliev
e
thatt
hesecr eat
uresarer ealbecausetheysawt hem
withtheirnakedey e.

Themy t
haboutSir
enathatIam goingt ot
ackl
ewasastoryi
nmypr ovi
nce
Ati
monan,Quezon.Mostofyoualr
eadywat chediti
nKapusomoJessicaSohobutthenIam
goi
ngtotell
yout hest
orybehi
ndsinceIli
vedt her
eandIam At
imonanin.

Alongti
meago, adeadlyst
orm suddenlyst
ruckasmal lfi
shingvil
lageatni
ght.Becausei
t
wassounexpectedthefi
rsher
menwhower edoi
ngtheirrouti
nenightfishi
ngwerecaughtinthe
middleoft
hestorm.Ever
yoneinthevil
lagewaswor r
ied.Thenami r
aclehappened.The
fi
shermencamebackhomesaf el
y,
exceptforone.Theycouldn'tfi
nedhi meandsot hefami
ly
gri
eveddeepl
y.

Afteraweek,
thevil
l
agerswer esur
prisedtoseet hemanaliveandwel l
.Themant alkedabout
howhewassav edbyasi renaonthatterr
ibl
enight.Ofcour
se,thevi
l
lagersdidnotbelieve
hi
m. Butt
hemankeptont elli
ngthesamest oryoverandover.Hewoul doftengotoar ockypar
t
oftheshoret
omeett hesirenawhom isbeli
evedtobehi sl
over.Themancl ai
medt hatthe
si
renagavehim agoldencombi nordercall
herbydi ppi
ngthecombi ntothesea.
 Andthatwasthest
artoft
hemythsi
nAtimonanaboutthesir
enathatevent
hemunici
pal
it
y
i
tsel
fbui
ltast
atueofamermai
dintheshorewher
einthestor
ybeli
evedtohappenedt
hatt
ime.

Thisismyact ual shott

othestatueofsir
enai n
AtimonanQuezon.Manypeopl ewenttherejustto
takeapi cturetoget herwit
hthemer maid.This
my thologybecamef amousnotjustinAti
monanbut
eveni ndif
f er
entpl acesthati
swhyt heywerecalli
ng
theAt i
monanas" THELANDOFTHEMERMAI D".

Accordi
ngt otheel der
stheretheyweresayingthat
wheneverthereisast orm andthewavesarest r
ong
atsea,t
hemer maidshowsupont heshorewher ei
n
herstat
uewaspl aced.Sheusedt ogobackt othe
pl
aceofhi sbelovedmant owhom accor di
ngt othe
peopletheret
hef ishermandiedfrom i
l
lness.

Thisst oryisconnectedtotheAllegoricalt
heory
.In
whicht heorigi
nofacer tai
nmy t
hwhi chi st
he
mermaidwasfir
storiginatedfr
om anAnci entgodofSumer ianandBaby l
onwhoi sOannes,a
merman.Int
hiscaset hereisalr
eadyani nvol
v ementofgodsandgoddesses.AnAnci entgod
Oanneswhorepresentt hehal
fhuman, halffi
sht hatwascal l
edamer man.Therefore,t
hemy t
h
aboutmermai
disnotj ustacreatedstoryofpeopl enowaday s,
eventhoseancienttimether
eare
al
readyanAnci
entgodwhom t heSumer ianandBaby lonbeli
eveinwhoi sahal f
-human,hal
f-
fi
sh
god.