Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs
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This book is a provisional essay, followed by a vocabulary and an index, on the Tagalogs’ world view in the Sixteenth Century. It is mainly based on the entries of the earliest dictionaries of the Tagalog language. These were written by Spanish lexicographers about half-a-century after the conquest of the Philippines (Cebu 1565, Manila 1571). Additional data are drawn from Spanish chronicles. Many of the recorded beliefs and customs were already obsolete at the turn of the Seventeenth Century. Some are extremely surprising, starting from the primeval myth according to which the world had no solid land at its beginning, but only two fluids, water and air.
Details
- Publication Date
- Nov 18, 2017
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780244348731
- Category
- Social Science
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Jean-Paul G. POTET
Specifications
- Pages
- 656
- Binding
- Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- Crown Quarto (7.44 x 9.68 in / 189 x 246 mm)