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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • mythology Tengriism (indigenous Mongol & Turkic belief) Philippine mythology Anito Gabâ Kulam Semitic mythology and Arabian mythology Jewish mythology Shamanism...
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    mankind. These anitos usually serve specific communities, and seldom spread their influence from their domain, such as the case of the anito, Makiling. Like...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    A shaman of the Itneg people in the Philippines renewing an offering to the spirit (anito) of a warrior's shield (kalasag) (1922)...
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    Ethnic and folk religions Afro-American religion Alaska Native religion Anito Atua Böö mörgöl Chinese folk religion Hanitu Hausa Kejawèn Native American...
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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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    Ethnic and folk religions Afro-American religion Alaska Native religion Anito Atua Böö mörgöl Chinese folk religion Hanitu Hausa Kejawèn Native American...
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    Ethnic and folk religions Afro-American religion Alaska Native religion Anito Atua Böö mörgöl Chinese folk religion Hanitu Hausa Kejawèn Native American...
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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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  • Anito and Bathala as well as their conservation and veneration of sacred Indigenous Philippine shrines, forests, mountains and sacred grounds. Anito (lit...
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    cases of sickness was, as we have stated, to offer some sacrifice to their anitos or diwatas, which were their gods. — Pedro Chirino, Relación de las Islas...
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    Michael at emotional Project Angel Food gala". Retrieved August 20, 2017. Anitos, Rania (November 19, 2020). "Adam Lambert Partners With Project Angel Food...
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  • free dictionary. Diwata is another term for nature and ancestor spirits (anito) in the Visayan, Palawan, and Mindanao regions in the indigenous Filipino...
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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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    as well as the Calamianes Islands. They traditionally practice animist anito religions. Palawan's coastlines were also settled by later groups that are...
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    in many supernatural beliefs and omens, and in gods and spirits like the anito (soul of the dead) and nature spirits. They also have various rituals, such...
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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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