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IBALOY Spirits, Rituals, Tattoos, Mummification, and the Mambunong (Shaman)

September 12, 2021 Jordan Clark Cordilleran Beliefs, Ibaloy Beliefs, Philippine Mythology, Shamans & Healers

The Ibaloy / Ibaloi are an indigenous ethnic group found in Benguet Province of the northern Philippines. The native language is Ibaloi, also known as

The MANÓBOS of Agusan: Sacrifices & War Rites

September 7, 2021 Jordan Clark Manobo Beleifs, Shamans & Healers

The Manobo are several people groups who inhabit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. They speak one of the languages belonging to the Manobo

MELU, the Creator in BLAAN Beliefs

September 6, 2021 Jordan Clark Blaan Beliefs

The Blaan or B`laan (are an indigenous group that is concentrated in Davao del Sur and South Cotabato. They are neighbors of the Tboli, and

Cosmogony, Engkantu Beliefs, and the Ma-aram (Baylan) of a Kinaray-a Village

September 4, 2021 Jordan Clark Philippine Mythology, Shamans & Healers, Western Visayas Mythologies & Beliefs

The Karay-a language, or Kinaray-a, is an Austronesian regional language spoken by the Karay-a people, mainly in Antique, Iloilo and other provinces on the island

The MANÓBOS of Agusan: The Bailan, Ceremony & Religious Rites

September 2, 2021 Jordan Clark Manobo Beleifs, Shamans & Healers

The Manobo are several people groups who inhabit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. They speak one of the languages belonging to the Manobo

MANÓBO Body Modification

August 28, 2021 Jordan Clark Manobo Beleifs

The Manobo are several people groups who inhabit the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. They speak one of the languages belonging to the Manobo

The Mindanao BUKIDNON Spirit World

August 24, 2021 Jordan Clark Bukidnon Beliefs, Mindanao Mythologies & Beliefs, Philippine Mythology

According to oral history of the indigenous people of Bukidnon, there were four main groups in Central Mindanao: the Maranaos who dwell in Lanao del

Tingguian Deities, Spirits and Shamans | Itneg Mythology and Beliefs

August 23, 2021 Jordan Clark Cordilleran Beliefs, Itneg/Tingguian Beliefs, Philippine Mythology, Shamans & Healers

The Tingguians “the people of the mountains” originally referred to all mountain dwelling people. Nowadays, it particularly refers to a cultural minority group living in

Religion of the MANDAYA: Myths, Spirits, & Idols

August 12, 2021 Jordan Clark Mandaya Beliefs, Mindanao Mythologies & Beliefs, Philippine Mythology

According to the writings of John Garvan in his early 1900’s memoir in the New York Academy of Sciences, the Mandaya is “probably the greatest

Deities, Myths, and ‘Sorcery’ of the Pangasinense

August 3, 2021 Jordan Clark Pangasinense Mythology & Beliefs, Philippine Mythology, Shamans & Healers

The Pangasinan people, also known as Pangasinense, are an ethnolinguistic group native to the Philippines. They are the tenth largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.