Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Ang Alamat

Ang Alamat or the legend is a type of narrative literature about the origin of things in the world. Common narrative of the events is about real people and place, and based on history. Alamat or legends are related with the myth tradition and folk tale.

Alamat or legends are stories about the hero, often about important role of the god, and other considered divine entities. They may protect or injure the hero of legend. For example is the Odysseus travel in The Odyssey, the goddess Athena helped him while the god Poseidon harmed him. Sometimes, the hero he is an incarnation of god, or a god in the image of man. Mostly the legendary hero is a child or an adopted child of a god, which often may inherit characters or attributes from parent, usually from father.