Ep 49 PH Gods and Monsters with Karl Gaverza

The P*I* Podcast

For our October episode, we discuss the vast and diverse world of Philippine Folklores with Jean Karl Gaverza, Researcher and Founder of Philippine Spirits. We discuss the many Gods, Monsters (Aswang) of the country's regions, and what they say about the many cultures in the Philippines. Karl also gives a generous list of recommendations on what to read regarding Philippine Myths, Gods and Aswangs. Lastly, we discuss Project Glocal Heritage as a way of preserving these many cultural stories. See how you can donate and help the campaign here: https://www.facebook.com/GlocalHeritagePH

Check out more of Karl's work at Philippine Spirits here:

Website:https://phspirits.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhSpirits/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/phspirits/?hl=en

You can read Karl's groundbreaking thesis, "Myths of the Philippines" thesis here: https://www.academia.edu/36248979/THE_MYTHS_OF_THE_PHILIPPINES_2014_

0:00 Music

0:15 Intro

2:00 How Karl Got into Myths

6:40 Linguistics and Mythy

10:00Cataloguing of Myths and Karl's Thesis

13:30 Plurality of belief systems in the Philippines

14:20 Ethnolinguistic groups and Languages in the Philippines

17:43 What Folklores shows about Filipino people?

20:00 Mooneaters/Bakunwa

25:00 Why so many versions?

27:20 Philippine Gods and belief systems

32:20 WHy so many gods?

35:10 How people get research wrong

40:00 Filipino Monsters

49:20 Popular culture

54:00 Impact of Karl's work

56:20 What needs to be done

58:00 PRoject Glocal History

1:02:50 Recommendations

Check out more of Karl's work at Philippine Spirits here

Website:https://phspirits.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhSpirits/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/phspirits/?hl=en

Recommendations:

Creatures of lower Philippine Mythology by Maximo Ramos

https://www.amazon.com/Creatures-Philippine-Lower-Mythology/dp/153038999

The Soul Book: Introduction to Philippine Pagan Religion

https://archive.org/details/the-soul-book-demetrio-cordero-fernando-zialcita-1991

The Outline of Philippine Mythology

https://www.amazon.com/Outline-Philippine-Mythology-Landa-Jocano/dp/1790400864

Philippine Folk Literature series by Damiana Eugenio

https://www.goodreads.com/series/200958-philippine-folk-literature-series

Dictionario Mithologico de Filipino

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Ferdinand-Blumentritt/dp/1777275806

Trese

https://www.netflix.com/title/81012541

Shake Rattle and Roll(1984)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZwUOjntvyg

Nocebo

https://www.netflix.com/title/81640415

In my Mother's skin (2023)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20413870/

Mga Nilalang na Kagila-gilalas by Edgar Samar

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50910256

Song of the Mango and other new myths

https://unipress.ateneo.edu/product/song-mango-and-other-new-myths

Amburukay Sugidanon (Epics) of Panay by ALicia Magos

https://press.up.edu.ph/project/amburukay-sugidanon-epics-of-panay-book-2/

Works of Karl De Mesa

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/4639021.Karl_R_de_Mesa

Ang Manananggal sa Unit 23B

https://www.iwanttfc.com/ssr/en/item/angmanananggalsaunit23b.html

Ang Manananggal na nahahati ang Puso

https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Ang_Manananggal_na_Nahahati_ang_Puso?id=VrpXnSIWwuI.P