See it. Believe it. Experience it.
Using the cultural detective sheet, I realize that analyzing and identifying different parts of stories can be very useful to determine more about the background and origin of a text. Just by examining the text for clues about the day-to-day life of the characters, I have discovered how the characters live, and what they do to survive. I also easily distinguished that the characters were not humans, but gods. In the story the gods live of the sea, the sky, and the earth. By searching for clues on values and beliefs, I found out that the “gods” respect each other and treat each other with kinship. As I read through the myth, I also found numerous clues about the dialect the characters were speaking. Judging by their names, I could easily tell that the characters spoke an ancient Filipino dialect. Although the text does not include a date, I quickly figured out that the story was based on how the world was created, and the growth of humans after the gods had created earth. I also realized that the text is slightly biased due to several parts of the story’s issue. The issue was mainly about the anger and rage of Filipino gods, which could have been slightly discriminative towards the Filipino people. Overall I believe that the Analysis sheet helped me understand much more about the origin and history behind myth.