A Watercolor Doodle Of Mariang Sinukuan. She Ended Up Not Being The Subject Of My Thesis But I’m Definitely

Yay favourite character! So, who's your favourite Greek mythology character (or any mythology, really)? :P

From Filipino mythology!

Here’s my updated Pinoy inspired Cinderella and this time with her Doña Victorina-ish step mom. this will be a new addition for my disney series prints this year’s APCC. See you there!!!

AESTHETIC MEME [1/4] Philippine Mythology/Folklore

┗ The Legend of Maria Makiling: Once upon a time, a diwata lived in a mountain of Laguna. She was called Maria Makiling. She has light olive skin, long shining black hair and twinkling eyes. She was breathtakingly beautiful. Maria was always about helping other people. One time, the children of a farmer got sick. When he went to Maria to seek help, he was given a bilao full of ginger. The farmer sadly went home carrying the bilao of ginger. When he reached his hut, he was greatly surprised: the ginger had turned to gold! Because of Maria’s kindness, the townsfolk had grown to love her. 

Filipino Miku~ by RyuuXin

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meet “Tisay” . Filipina “Snow White” . People call her Tisay (slang for Mestiza) because of her fair white skin and she’s actually the only Mestiza in her town.

filipina miku (circa 1936) 🤍

Lakambini y el Dragón Río | Lakan y las Aves Guerra

19th Century Tagalogs with their extraordinary pets | Covers for Meganon’s unruled art notebooks collection.

“bes Fishbol po ako with an F”

PHILIPPINE MYTHOLOGY MEME | [1/4 LEGENDS + 1/3 LOCATION] THE LEGEND OF MARIA MAKILING + HER MOUNTAIN DOMAIN

Maria Makiling, sometimes spelled Mariang Makiling, in Philippine Mythology, is a diwata or lambana (fairy or forest nymph) associated with Mount Makiling in Laguna, Philippines. She is the most widely known diwata in Philippine Mythology. Maria Makiling is the guardian spirit of the mountain, responsible for protecting its bounty and thus, is also a benefactor for the townspeople who depend on the mountain’s resources. In addition to being a guardian of the mountain, some legends also identify Laguna de Bay - and the fish caught from it - as part of her domain.

It is often said that Mount Makiling resembles the profile of a woman, said to be Maria herself. This phenomenon is described as true from several different perspectives, so there is no single location associated with this claim. The mountain’s various peaks are said to be Maria’s face and two breasts, respectively, and her hair cascades downwards a gentle slope away from her body.

The most common story is that of Maria turning ginger into gold to help one villager or the other. In these stories, Maria is said to live in a place known to the villagers, and interacts with them regularly. The villager in question is often either a mother seeking a cure for her ill child, or a husband seeking a cure for his wife. The wise Maria recognizes the symptoms as signs not of disease, but of hunger brought about by extreme poverty. She gives the villager some ginger, which, by the time the villager gets home, has magically turned to gold In versions where the villager is going home to his wife, he unwisely throws some of the ginger away because it had become too heavy to carry. In some versions, the villagers love her all the more for her act of kindness. In most, however, greedy villagers break into Maria’s garden to see if her other plants were really gold. Distressed by the villager’s greed, Maria runs away up the mountain, her pristine white clothing soon becoming indistinguishable from the white clouds that play amongst the trees on the upper parts of the mountains.

“Ang Maganda at ang Halimaw”

late post of my Filipiniana version of Beauty and the Beast. 

yes, beast has Carabao (Philippine water buffalo) horns.