Pre-colonial Philippines and their Myths

The Pre-colonial Philippines was an archipelago of thousands, each inhabited by different

ethnic groups. These diverse groups had their own traditions, governance systems, cultures,
languages, and religious beliefs. Oral traditions and fables, such as folktales, epic poems, riddles,
genealogies, and proverbs. The underlying theme of these pieces was spirituality and cosmology.

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Lifestyle: the Philippines was a predominantly agricultural society with large tracts of land for
crops and animals. Social systems had a semi communal and semi slave social system in many
parts, and a feudal system in other parts. Gold was plentiful in the islands during the pre-colonial
times that occasionally were used by their everyday attire, most likely to be worn by Datus,
Rajahs or individuals that have high statuses in the community. Trading during the early
Filipinos was crucial for economic growth, countries involved in their trading list are from
neighboring lands like China, Borneo, Java and Thailand through barter.

Technology: Early Filipinos had a rich tradition of scientific and technological knowledge before
the colonization including agriculture, metallurgy, navigation, and medicine. Pottery flourished
for the next 2,000 years until they imported Chinese porcelain. Gold Mining was also present in
pre-colonial times, by using methods like sintering and smelting, and sifting to acquire and create
ingots and jewelry, especially in places of Panay, Mindoro, and Bicol. As for their writing
system, Baybayin was commonly used in those times, birthing scriptures and literature. It is an
abugida script, which means that each character represents a consonant with an inherent vowel
sound. The word "baybay" means "to spell" in Tagalog, which was the language most frequently
written with the baybayin script.