Komiksman Podcast 159: Jean Karl Gaverza and The Mythologies from the Philippine Archipelago

Donate to support the podcast: www.komiksman.com SUPPORT TPKP VIA THESE LINKS: https://linktr.ee/komiksman #komiksman #komiksmanpodcast #tpkp #thekomiksmanmethod #philippinemythology #myths #aswang #manananggal The Following podcast is a conversation with one of my favorite TPKP guests during the time of the pandemic, and I am very happy to have him back. Jean Karl Gaverza is one of the most passionate and prolific people I know who study Mythologies from the Philippines. He manages the Philippine Spirits facebook page and is an author of several books about myths, legends, and folklore, including The Spirits of the Philippine Archipelago, Mythica Obscura, Bakunawa, and others. In this episode we talked about his books, the differences of legends and myths, linguistics in the Philippines, the aswangs, manananggals, bakunawas, and how mythological traditions shape Filipino culture from pre-colonial times going to the future. This episode also marks the podcast's return to its original vision of unedited, free-flowing, face to face conversations with thoughtfully selected guests with treasure troves of knowledge to share and deep dive into. And again, I am honored to have Mr Karl Gaverza to do it with. Please do subscribe, like, and share this podcast your friends, and most importantly, enjoy our conversation. 0:00 intro 3:06 Podcast starts 4:28 Karl Gaverza 5:35 Mythologies in the Philippines 7:29 Filipino identity 10:22 Filipino is a dialect of Tagalog 13:19 Queenay 16:50 Subanon language 17:35 Mhenamad Thalon and Thamad Thalon 18:08 When you hear the Aswang or Tiktik 18:53 Is the Tikbalang myth endemic to the Philippines? 20:21 Modern myths 22:38 LGBT Nythology hoaxes 24:18 Aswang Project cancelled 27:58 Nagined, Arapayan, and Makabarubak 30:20 Diwata 31:02 Spanish Interventions 32:10 Engkantos 36:07 How much of our myths are preserved? 38:33 How Karl does his reseach 42:03 Bureaucracy in indigenous cultures 44:13 Exploitation of culture 46:05 Ube as flavor of the year 47:06 Cultural appropriation 50:58 Looting in Archeology 54:24 Karl's books 55:32 The Bakunawas 1:04:36 Philippine mythology in pop culture 1:05:48 Poorly researched myth-based fiction 1:07:32 Thoughts on Apo Whang-Od 1:09:49 Shape-shifters 1:12:38 Komiksman spends a night in a hut deep in the jungle 1:15:03 Manananggal in NAIA 1:16:34 Contemporary babaylan 1:17:24 Komiksman's sanib story 1:18:50 Karl's kapre neighbor 1:19:38 How Karl got into mythology 1:22:58 The ancient Filipinos' cosmos 1:28:38 the ancient's creativity 1:28:55 Thoughts on Philippines lost history, oral traditions, The Binukot 1:32:03 Cryptids 1:33:39 Water connects, mountains divide 1:37:13 The Autronesian peoples 1:39:53 Aswang myths 1:44:27 Maria Labo 1:45:55 The Robinson snake 1:47:15 Pasig river monster 1:48:08 Manila's forgotten UFO story 1:49:35 Ancient astronaut theory 1:51:35 Human need to explain mysterious things 1:53:35 How mythology molded the Filipino culture 1:59:58 The Filipino family 2:00:29 The Manananggals 2:01:53 Closing statements