Unit II Lesson I

❑Ang simbolismo (tanda) ay likhang-sining

na naghahatid ng malawak at malalim na
mensahe ng karanasan, buhay, at
kamatayan.

Pambungad ❑Nagsilbing gabay, liwanag, lakas ng loob,

na at pag-asa ang mga simbolismo.
Paliwanag
❑Hangarin ng araling ito na malaman at
maunawaan ang simbolismo na nakikita
sa mga obra upang higit na maunawaan
ang mensaheng nais iparating ng
manlilikha.
 ❑ Ang galaw at buhay ng bawat indibidwal
ay may kaugnayan sa numero tulad ng
pangalan, araw ng kapanganakan,
lungsod, at buwan.

❑ Ang panahon at espasyo ay nahahati sa

pamamagitan ng numero.
NUMERO
❑ Hindi lamang dami at halaga ng numero
ang dapat pansinin kundi maging ang
simbolismong hatid nito.
❑ SIMBOLO ng:
➢ sentro, atensiyon, at pagsamba bago pa
umiral ang mga bagay sa kalawakan
➢ pinagmulan ng lahat ng nilalang.
❑ Sa relihiyong Hudaismo, Kristiyanismo at
Islam (monoteismo): Tanda ng IISANG
DIYOS (Walang Katulad, Walang
Nakahihigit at Ganap)
❑ Pilosopiyang Gresya:
➢ MONAD o kung saan nagmula ang lahat
(Pythagoras).
✓ Hindi nagbabago at hindi maaaring
magbago (Aristotle).
❑ Simbolo ng pagkakaiba, salungatan,
magkabilang dulo na nagbibigay ng balanse.

❑ Sa Relihiyong Budismo at Pilosopiyang

Samsara (Hinduismo): Kaisipang
Dalawahan (dualismo) Lalake-babae,
kapanganakan- kamatayan, teorya-
pagsasabuhay, kamatayan-muling pagsilang.
❑ Sa kaisipang Tsino:
➢ YANG (sunny): bright, heavenly, and male
➢ YIN (shaded): dark, earthy, and female

❑ Sa Kristiyanismo: Ito ang bumubuo sa iisang

tao – katawan at kaluluwa.
 ❑ Bilang ng KABUUAN: Simula, gitna, katapusan
❑ Sumisimbulo sa:
➢ Santisimo Trinidad: Ama, Anak, Espiritu Santo
➢ Mag-anak: Ama, ina, anak
Tatlo
➢ Panahon: Nakalipas, kasalukuyan, hinaharap
➢ Kakayahan ng tao: Isip, salita, gawa
➢ Sangay ng pamahalaan: Ehekutibo,
hudikatura, at lehislatibo.
 ❑ KULTURANG KANLURAN AT SILANGAN:
➢ PANAHON: Tagsibol, Taginit, Taglagas, Taglamig
➢ DIREKSYON (Cardinal Points): Silangan, Kanluran,
Hilaga, Timog
➢ ANEMOI (Mga diyos ng hangin): Boreas (Hilaga),
Eurus (Silangan), Notus (Timog), Zephyrus
Apat (Kanluran)
❑ MGA EBANGHELYO/EBANGHELISTA (Kristiyano):
Mateo (Matthew), Marcos (Mark), Lucas (Luke), Juan
(John)
❑ MGA TAGATANOD SA KALANGITAN (Budismo):
✓ Mo-Li Ch’ing (Silangan)
✓ Mo-Li Hai (Kanluran)
✓ Mo-Li Shou (Hilaga)
✓ Mo-Li Hung (Timog)
 Mo-Li Hung Mo-Li Ching Mo-Li Shou Mo-Li Hai
Guardian of the Guardian of the Guardian of the Guardian of the
South; East; One who North; One Who West; One With
One Who sustains the land Listens Ceaselessly Broad Perception
Enhances Virtue

Buddhism’s Four Heavenly Kings/Protector Deities

 ❑ MGA ARKANGHEL (Islam, Judaism, Christianity):
➢ Michael (Hebr. “Who is like God”)
➢ Gabriel (Hebr. “God is powerful”)
➢ Raphael (Hebr. “God heals”)
➢ Uriel (Hebr. “God is my light”)
❑ MGA PANGUNAHING BIRTUD (Socrates, Plato,
Apat Aristotle): Kahinahunan (patience), Katatagan (fortitude),
Katarungan (justice), Pagtitimpi (temperance)
❑ APAT NA MANGANGABAYO (Book of Revelation, Ch. 6):
➢ White horse: Pananakop (conquest)
Symbols
➢ Red horse: Digmaan (war) of the evils
in the
➢ Black horse: Tag-gutom (famine) earthly
world.
➢ Pale horse: Kamatayan (death)
The Four Horsemen
of
the Apocalypse

Victor Vasnetsov

1887

Museum of Religion
and Atheism
Saint Petersburg, Russia
 ❑ MGA URI NG CASTE/”VARNAS” (Hinduism):
1.Brahmins (mga pari at pantas)
2.Kshatriyas (mga mandirigma at pinuno)
3. Vaishyas (mga negosyante, magsasaka, at
mangangalakal)
4.Shudras (mga manggagawa, alipin, at
Apat manlilikha)
❑ SA RELIHIYONG EHIPTO: CANOPIC JARS o mga
garapita o maliliit na garapon na gawa sa batong-
apog sa sulok ng yumao na kumakatawan sa mga
anak ni Horus.
✓ The embalmers dry the stomach, liver, lungs, and
intestines separately with natron and then place the four
organs in canopic jars.
Four Sons of Horus (the God of kings in Egypt)
 ❑ TANDA ng relihiyon, pagninilay, at kahusayan.
❑ PANDAMA NG TAO (ayon sa panuntunan ng
Kanluran): hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch
❑ TSINO:

Lima ➢ Limang elemento: apoy, lupa, metal, tubig,

kahoy
➢ Kulay: itim, pula, dilaw, puti, berde-asul
➢ Pagpapala: mahabang buhay, yaman,
kalusugan, birtud, mapayapang
pagkamatay pagsapit ng katandaan
 ❑ KRISTIYANISMO at HUDAISMO:
PENTATEUCH (unang limang aklat sa Lumang Tipan):
1. Genesis
2. Exodus
3. Leviticus
4. Numbers
Lima 5. Deuteronomy
➢ MGA DOGMA TUNGKOL KAY MARIA:
❖ Ina ng Diyos
❖ Birheng Maria
❖ Inmaculada Concepcion
❖ Iniakyat sa Langit
❖ Ina ng Simbahan
 ❑ Sagradong bilang sa relihiyong Islam.
❑ ARKAN (Limang Haligi ng Islam/Five Pillars of
Islam):
➢ Shahada or Kalima: the Muslim profession of faith
(“La ilah illa Allah wa Muhammad rasul Allah.”)
➢ Salah: the five obligatory daily prayers (before
sunrise, at noon, in the mid-afternoon, immediately
after sunset, and before midnight.
Lima
➢ Sawm/Saum: fasting during the month of
Ramadan (9th month of Islamic lunar calendar; the
holy month of fasting for adult Muslims)/Annually
every July
➢ Zakat: Charity or goodwill contribution required of
Muslims for the poor and needy.
➢ Hajj: (annual pilgrimage at Kaaba (Arabic, “cube” in
the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia)
 Kaaba
➢ The holy shrine
dedicated to the
worship of Allah built
by both Prophet
Abraham and Prophet
Ishmael.
➢ For Muslims, the Kaaba
is the “House of God,”
where the divine
touches the mundane.
➢ It lies at the center of
Masjid Al-Haram (the
Kiswa: large silk cloth that covers Kaaba Great Mosque of
Height: 15 meters tall Mecca)
Width: 10.5 meters on each side
 ❑ SIMBOLO: magandang kapalaran, pag-ibig,
kalusugan, kagandahan
❑ MAGKASALAPID (interlaced) NA TATSULOK:
✓ Paitaas (lalaki, apoy, langit)
✓ Paibaba (babae, tubig, lupa)
Anim
❑ BITUIN NI DAVID/STAR OF DAVID (Hebrew:
Magen David, “Shield of David”):
✓ Symbol of Judaism
✓ The central motif on the flag of Israel (1897)
✓ Symbol of martyrdom and heroism (WWII,
1939-1945)
 ❑ SIMBOLO ng Kaganapan (Perfection)
❑ KRISTIYANISMO:
➢ KALOOB NG ESPIRITU SANTO (Gifts of the Holy
Spirit, Isaiah 11:1-3): Wisdom, Understanding,
Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, Fear of the
Lord

Pito ➢ PITONG SAKRAMENTO (Seven Sacraments):

Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Reconciliation,
Matrimony, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick
➢ SEVEN CAPITAL SINS (St. Thomas Aquinas):
Pride, Greed, Lust, Anger, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth
❑ MGA LUPALOP NG MUNDO (Seven Continents):
Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America,
Europe, Antarctica
 ❑ SIMBOLO: Bagong simula, walang hangganan,
kaligayahan, muling pagkabuhay

❑ WALONG LANDASIN /THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD

PATH (Gautama Buddha):
➢ Tamang pananaw (Right view)
Walo ➢ Tamang hangarin (Right intention)
➢ Tamang pananalita (Right speech)
➢ Tamang kilos (Right action)
➢ Tamang pamumuhay (Right livelihood)
➢ Tamang pagpupunyagi (Right effort)
➢ Tamang pag-iisip (Right mindfulness)
➢ Tamang pokus (Right concentration)
 ❑ MGA LALAWIGAN SA PILIPINAS NA LUMABAN
SA KASTILA:
1. Manila
2. Cavite
3. Bulacan
Walo 4. Pampanga
5. Nueva Ecija
6. Tarlac
7. Laguna
8. Batangas
 ❑ Nine is a sacred number.
❑ In Hinduism: 9 is the number of Brahma,
the Creator
❑ The ninth day of the Chinese New Year is
the birthday of the Jade Emperor,
Yuhuang Shangdi or Yudi, the supreme
god worshipped by the Taoists.
Siyam
❑ The Fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-
23)
✓ 1. Love 2. Joy 3. Peace 4. Patience 5.
Kindness 6. Goodness 7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness 9. Self-Control
 ❑ MGA ALAGAD NI JESUS/TWELVE
APOSTLES (Mk 3, Mt 10, Lk 6, Jn 21)

Labindalawa
❖ The Partridge in the Pear Tree is Jesus Christ.
❖ The 2 Turtle Doves are The Old and New
Testaments.
❖ The 3 French hens are Faith, Hope and Charity, the
theological virtues.
❖ The 4 Calling Birds are the four gospels and/or the
four evangelists.
❖ The 5 Golden Rings are the first five books of the
Old Testament.
❖ The 6 Geese A-laying are the six days of creation.
❖ The 7 Swans A-swimming are the gifts of the Holy
Spirit, the Seven Sacraments.
❖ The 8 Maids A-milking are the eight Beatitudes.
❖ The 9 Ladies Dancing are the nine Fruits of the
Holy Spirit.
❖ The 10 Lords A-leaping are the Ten
Commandments.
❖ The 11 Pipers Piping are the eleven faithful
apostles.
❖ The 12 Drummers Drumming are the twelve
points of doctrine in the Apostle’s Creed.
❑ ISANG DOLYAR NA PAPEL (One Dollar
Bill):
➢ Baytang ng Piramid
➢ Katagang “Annuit Coeptis”
➢ Katagang “E Pluribus Unum”
➢ Guhit sa kalasag (13 Original States)
➢ 13 palaso/arrows:
➢ Olive branch: 13 leaves at 13 olives
➢ Radiant constellation of 13 stars
ANNUIT COEPTIS E PLURIBUS UNUM 13 Illuminated Stars
“He Has Favored Our Undertakings." “Out of Many, One” 13 Original States

13 layers of the pyramid 13 vertical stripes 13 Leaves / 13 Olives 13 Arrows

13 Original States 13 Original States America seeks peace Prepared to
defend liberty
 ❑ ORIENTAL REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY
➢ 33 Orientals: militant revolutionary
group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja

33
and Manuel Oribe against the Empire of
Brazil.
➢ April 19, 1825: went to a small church
and venerated the small statue of the
Virgin Mary and placed the future of
the new nation.
➢ Ever since, the natives called the
image La Virgen de los Treinta y Tres
(Our Lady of the Thirty-Three)
In 1962, Pope John XXIII declared the Virgin of the 33
Patroness of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
K U L A Y
 ❑ Kulay ng babala, pang-aaakit, buhay, pag-
ibig at tagumpay, galit at apoy.
❑ Simbolismo ng lalaki
❑ Mga bayani ng bansang Hapon
❑ Tunika ni Jesukristo: tanda ng
pagpapakasakit at walang hanggang pag-
PULA ibig ng Diyos
❑ Demonyo at impiyerno
❑ Mga watawat ng bansa: dugo, katatagan,
pag-aalay ng buhay para sa bayan
❑ Kulay ng pagluluksa ng mga cardinal at
arsobispo sa pagyao ng Santo Papa (Sede
vacante)
❑ SIMBOLO: kalangitan
at katubigan,
pananampalataya at
pananatili, kabanalan
at katapatan
❑ Simbolo ng babae
❑ Kulay ng kalaliman,
pananaw, at
katotohanan.
❑ Matingkad na asul/royal
blue: kulay ng
Pilosopiya
❑ Simbolismo:
✓ Hebreo: Susunuging
handog sa Diyos
✓ Griyego: Damit at
panyapak, tanda ng
kalinisan
✓ Hudyo:Tela sa dambana
at damit ng mga
tagapaglingkod
✓ Kristiyano:Kabanalan sa
mga bagong binyagan;
kadalisayan sa kasal
✓ Tsino: Pagluluksa, daan
patungo sa langit
❑ Kulay ng kalikasan, pagpapagaling,
balanse, buhay, kabataan, pag-asa,
tagumpay, at kagandahan
❑ Sagradong kulay sa relihiyong Islam
❑ In the Netherlands,
orange is the national
color. It symbolizes Dutch
national unity

❑ In Ukraine, the color

orange means strength
and bravery.

❑ In the United States,

orange is used in prison
uniforms.
❑ In Japan, yellow symbolizes
sunshine and nature.
❑ In Islam, yellow is the color of
wisdom.
❑ In Mexico, yellow is also a color of
mourning.
❑ In the ancient China, people
worshiped the yellow color because
it was often seen as the symbol of
monarchical power.
The Forbidden City (1406-1420)
Architect: Kuai Xiang
Beijing, China
❑ In Catholicism, purple is closely
associated with Advent and
Lent.
❑ In most African countries, it is a
symbol of royalty and
prosperity.
❑ In the United States, purple is
the color of honor.