Anito, also spelled anitu, refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the Indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age...
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Anito: Defend a Land Enraged is a role-playing video game based on Filipino mythology and folklore developed by Anino Entertainment, an independent video...
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referred to as Anito or Anitism or the more modern and less ethnocentric Dayawism, where a set of local worship traditions are devoted to the anito or diwata...
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existence, and life's mysteries. Myths include narratives of heroes, deities (anito, diwata), and mythological creatures. These myths were transmitted through...
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with the spirits and deities (anito or diwata) and the spirit world. Their primary role were as mediums during pag-anito séance rituals. There were also...
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Bathala (section Bathala and the Anitos)
towns despite the fact that they used words such as Tikbalang, Asuang, Anito, Nunò, Tiyanak, etc. and retained many pagan usages, traditions, legends...
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is sacred to many pilgrims and is widely believed to be the home of an anito named Maria Makiling. It is one of the most known bundok dambanas in Calabarzon...
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Austronesian languages include the Micronesian aniti, Lio language nitu, Yami anito, Taivoan alid, Seediq and Atayal utux, Bunun hanitu or hanidu, Polynesian...
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Philippines, spirit houses are dedicated to ceremonies or offerings involving the anito spirits. They are also referred to as shrines. They are known magdantang...
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("old man" or "grandparent" "ancestor"), is a dwarf-like nature spirit (anito) in Philippine mythology. It is believed to live in an anthill or termite...
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mythology and indigenous Philippine folk religions collectively referred to as Anito, whose expansive stories span from a hundred years ago to presumably thousands...
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Maria Makiling, more properly Mariang Makiling, is a diwatà (anito) in Philippine mythology, associated with Mount Makiling in Laguna, Philippines. She...
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the Polynesian aitu, Micronesian aniti, Bunun hanitu, Filipino and Tao anito, and Malaysian and Indonesian hantu or antu. In popular culture, Atua is...
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Religion in pre-colonial Philippines (section Anito)
indigenous peoples alongside more mainstream Christian and Islamic faiths. Anito is a collective name for the pre-Hispanic belief system in the Philippines...
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an anito, which the Tagalogs from Laguna still remembered, named Bulactala. The meaning of the name is "Flower of Tala" which suggest that this anito is...
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Mythological creatures Folk religions Tagalog beliefs Religion in pre-colonial Philippines Shrines and sacred grounds Anito Philippines portal v t e...
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religions (Buddhism and Hinduism), and indigenous Philippine folk religions (Anito or Anitism) are also present. The country is secular and its constitution...
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another form of psychopomp work. In Filipino culture, ancestral spirits (anito) function as psychopomps. When the dying call out to specific dead persons...
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Among their award-winning original IPs are Anito: Defend a Land Enraged (IGF 2004), Anima Wars (IMGA 2006), Anito: Tersiago’s Wrath (Nokia Series60 challenge...
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mythology Tengriism (indigenous Mongol & Turkic belief) Philippine mythology Anito Gabâ Kulam Semitic mythology and Arabian mythology Jewish mythology Shamanism...
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Mythological creatures Folk religions Tagalog beliefs Religion in pre-colonial Philippines Shrines and sacred grounds Anito Philippines portal v t e...
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such as shyness toward humans and a love for building clever structures. Anito, similar supernatural beings in the Philippines Homo floresiensis, a presumed...
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Mythological creatures Folk religions Tagalog beliefs Religion in pre-colonial Philippines Shrines and sacred grounds Anito Philippines portal v t e...
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Mythological creatures Folk religions Tagalog beliefs Religion in pre-colonial Philippines Shrines and sacred grounds Anito Philippines portal v t e...
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also used in the Philippines for religious reason, typically worn to their Anito or religious statues. A lei can be given to someone for a variety of reasons...
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Mythological creatures Folk religions Tagalog beliefs Religion in pre-colonial Philippines Shrines and sacred grounds Anito Philippines portal v t e...
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Dagohoy Rebellion Battle of Dolores River Negros Revolution Belief systems Anito Gabâ Pulajan religion Hilot Witchcraft in the Philippines Spiritual persons...
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of the world, including the celestial realms referred also as the Great Anito Gomayen: mother of Mabaca, Binongan, and Adasin Mabaca: one of the three...
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Mythological creatures Folk religions Tagalog beliefs Religion in pre-colonial Philippines Shrines and sacred grounds Anito Philippines portal v t e...
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Dagohoy Rebellion Battle of Dolores River Negros Revolution Belief systems Anito Gabâ Pulajan religion Hilot Witchcraft in the Philippines Spiritual persons...
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