What religion were most people in the philippines before magallen discoverd it and converted them?

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Karokees

PARO2X

Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who got the funding from the Spanish Catholic monarchy. On board his trusted men were Portuguese, with an Italian or French writer, Spanish friars & soldiers, too.

Filipino monarchy were of rajahs- Indo-Malay datus and/or with Indian mix. With words and the early Filipino alphabet derived from sanskrit, Indian influences, aside from Chinese barter trading and slaves, plus the native pygmy Aetas, and noble class from Indonesia and Malaysian migrants, and northern tribal chinky-eyed Inca look-alikes, who may have crossed borders through the land bridges & open sea voyages, religion may presumably be animist , Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism (which is older than Buddhism & Muslim), but dominantly anito-worship or ancestor worship given the clannish tendency of the community.

belleâ™¥

they worship the nature

mArQuiTa ChiKa

they were pagans

Servant_of_God

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Philippines

Animism, for lack of better terminology, can be used to describe the indigenous spiritual traditions practiced by people in the Philippines during pre-colonial times

butch garcia

animists, the negritoes & other mountain indigenous tribes still practise this.

marav

actually i don't recall any religion before magellan came.. but our ancestor worship things.. that's why the called animist. they're god is known as bathala (According to Philippine mythology, Bathalang Maykapal, or Bathala for short, was the Supreme God of the ancient Tagalogs and King of the [[Diwata]s. All of these beliefs were soon changed after the Spaniards set foot on the islands.). so that'ts the story..

Pre-Hispanic Filipinos worship different gods & goddesses. The most famous god was Bathala.

spindoccc

I don't recall a name for it....but generally, most texts will refer to it as "animism"...but that's not exactly accurate either...

here's what it was like in the days before Spain arrive:

"The pre-Hispanic belief system of Filipinos consisted of a pantheon of gods, spirits, creatures, and men that guarded the streams, fields, trees, mountains, forests, and houses. Bathala, who created earth and man, was superior to these other gods and spirits. Regular sacrifices and prayers were offered to placate these deities and spirits--some of which were benevolent, some malevolent. Wood and metal images represented ancestral spirits, and no distinction was made between the spirits and their physical symbol. Reward or punishment after death was dependent upon behavior in this life.

Anyone who had reputed power over the supernatural and natural was automatically elevated to a position of prominence. Every village had its share of shamans and priests who competitively plied their talents and carried on ritual curing. Many gained renown for their ability to develop anting-anting, a charm guaranteed to make a person invincible in the face of human enemies. Other sorcerers concocted love potions or produced amulets that made their owners invisible."

p!nk

its not really religions but each tribe has many traditions and beliefs...

Tricky

before magellan came,the philippines was almost like its neighboring countries..it was mostly under islam

kupao1502

generally Pagans

hottemper_princess

Pagan

Tropic-of-Cancer

My understanding of the situation was that the majority of people observed tribal religions. ie what most would describe as pagan. You must remember that the Philippines and the surrounding countries, have a wealth of different cultures all well integrated. People from Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia, China to name but a few, all who would have brought their own religion or religions with them. There would have been no one major religion at all.

von1979

paganism

kanemochisan_102

it could be islam generally, for the ruling class were title as RAJAH, this are islamic in origin. As the chieftain in Manila who fought spanish invasion, his name was RAJAH SULEIMAN, english common name for SOLOMON.It's in Manila, a place in Luzon. More Rajahs also ruled parts of VISAYAS and MINDANAO.
I also think that Magellan was also a muslim, or he has large part of his crew conscripted from spanish muslims enabling him to easily get allied with other muslim chieftains in Cebu,like Rajah Humabon.
There are some muslims now who say they have personally seen some of Magellan's personal belongings in exhibit in Cebu City that consists of a Quran among others. Who knows, might be a booty from war, a gift from this muslims chieftains, or his personal book.

nature-worshipper i think

statices

There are evidence to show that before Magellan discovered Philippines, there are already people who professed the Islam faith. Most of the people in the Islands practice paganism or animism.

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