Alamat ng Ibong Adarna ?
The Meaning
Is More Familiar Than You Yhink
Is More Familiar Than You Yhink
Alamat ng ibong adarna is a Filipino phrase that means “myth of the
bird adarna.” At the out set this phrase may seem as irrelevant as
the Filipino words “Alamat ng ibong adarna” may seem unintelligible
to those who don’t speak Tagalog, the National language of the
Republic of the Philippines. Even if the literal translation of the
phrase “alamat ng ibong adarna” meaning “myth of the bird adarna”
is unfamiliar to you; the reference of the phrase should be very
familiar to you. This phrase refers to story of creation.
bird adarna.” At the out set this phrase may seem as irrelevant as
the Filipino words “Alamat ng ibong adarna” may seem unintelligible
to those who don’t speak Tagalog, the National language of the
Republic of the Philippines. Even if the literal translation of the
phrase “alamat ng ibong adarna” meaning “myth of the bird adarna”
is unfamiliar to you; the reference of the phrase should be very
familiar to you. This phrase refers to story of creation.
| What In The World Does alamat ng ibong adarna Mean ? The Meaning Alamat ng ibong adarna Of is as old as time and much more familiar than you may think |
Despite the overwhelming dominance of Christianity in the Philippines there are many
different creation stories in Philippine mythology, originating from various ethnic groups. As
a predominantly Christian nation believing in the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis, the first
book of the Bible different creation stories in Philippine mythology about creation also exist.
“Alamat ng ibong adarna” or the “myth of the bird adarna” is one of them.
It is more commonly known as the myth of The Sky, the Sea, and the Bird Adarna.
As the myth goes: When the world first began, in the beginning, there was no land, only the
sea and the sky, and between them was a bird Adarna. One day the bird adarna, which has
no where to land, grew tired of flying and stirred up the sea until it threw its waters against the
sky. Then, the sky, in order to hold back the sea, showered upon it many islands until it could
no longer raise but instead flow back and forth, making a tide.
Then the sky ordered the bird Adarna to land on one of the islands to build her nest and to
leave the sea and the sky in peace. From then on the bird Adarna lived peacefully, so as the
other birds in islands between the sea and the sky. Now at this time the land wind and the
sea wind were married, and they had a child which was a bamboo. One day when this
bamboo was floating beside the seashore when it struck the feet of the bird Adarna who was
on the beach. Shocked, hurt and angered; the bird Adarna hysterically pecked at the bamboo
until it split into two section, and out one section came out a man named Malakas
(Analogous to the Biblical Adam), and from the other a woman named Maganda (Analogous
to the Biblical Eve).
different creation stories in Philippine mythology, originating from various ethnic groups. As
a predominantly Christian nation believing in the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis, the first
book of the Bible different creation stories in Philippine mythology about creation also exist.
“Alamat ng ibong adarna” or the “myth of the bird adarna” is one of them.
It is more commonly known as the myth of The Sky, the Sea, and the Bird Adarna.
As the myth goes: When the world first began, in the beginning, there was no land, only the
sea and the sky, and between them was a bird Adarna. One day the bird adarna, which has
no where to land, grew tired of flying and stirred up the sea until it threw its waters against the
sky. Then, the sky, in order to hold back the sea, showered upon it many islands until it could
no longer raise but instead flow back and forth, making a tide.
Then the sky ordered the bird Adarna to land on one of the islands to build her nest and to
leave the sea and the sky in peace. From then on the bird Adarna lived peacefully, so as the
other birds in islands between the sea and the sky. Now at this time the land wind and the
sea wind were married, and they had a child which was a bamboo. One day when this
bamboo was floating beside the seashore when it struck the feet of the bird Adarna who was
on the beach. Shocked, hurt and angered; the bird Adarna hysterically pecked at the bamboo
until it split into two section, and out one section came out a man named Malakas
(Analogous to the Biblical Adam), and from the other a woman named Maganda (Analogous
to the Biblical Eve).
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