THE BUNTUK ORIGIN MYTH: Explorations in Buaya Mythology
JULES DE RAEDT
Excerpt
Contents
Foreword / 3
Introduction / 7
An Exercise in Myth Analysis Myth Collecting: Its Problems Review of Literature
The Setting / 21
The Ethnographic Background
The Physical Setting: The Buntuk Scene
The Syncretic Myth / 29
> Four Samples
> The Talanganay Myth
> The Kabunyan-Patubog Myth
> The Two Myths Compared
The Talanganay Myth Analyzed / 49
The Creation of Man and His Food
> The First Sacrifice
> Human Nature
> God, Man and Beast
The First Sexual Encounters
> Siblings, Spouses and Paramours
> Household, Political Ties, and Friendship
> Incest is Divine
The Test of Alternatives
> Divine Romance and Female Inadequacy
> Divine Romance and Male Brutality
—
THE CORDILLERA REVIEW
Journal of Philippine Culture and Society
Volume 2, Number 1
March 2010
BOARD OF EDITORS
DELFIN TOLENTINO, JR., Editor-in-Chief
RAYMUNDO D. ROVILLOS
WILFREDO V. ALANGUI
MARIA NELA B. FLORENDO
PRISCILLA S. MACANSANTOS, Managing Editor
Cover: Lakay Baccoy, a tattooed elder from Butbut, Kalinga recites a palpaliwat to express good wishes to a Butbut couple celebrating the hoyay, a traditional wedding ritual in the village. In the past, the palpaliwat verses were recited by Kalinga warriors to boast about their achievements in warfare and headhunting. Photo taken in March 2009 in Butbut, southern Kalinga by Analyn Salvador-Amores.
Fulltext: |
Size: |