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JSTOR (/ ˈ dʒ eɪ s t ɔːr / JAY-stor; short for Journal Storage) [2] is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources founded in 1994. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now encompasses books and other primary sources as well as current issues of journals in the humanities and social sciences. [3]
Tagalog – the upperworld is Kaluwalhatian, and is the home of deities who belong to the court of Tagalog supreme deity Bathala. The middleworld is the domain of mankind. other deities and mythological races. The underworld has two realms, Maca (where the spirits of good mortals go) and Kasanaan (where the spirits of sinful mortals go).
Spanish Filipino or Hispanic Filipino (Spanish: español filipino / hispano filipino / peninsular filipino/ insular filipino / criollo filipino/ latino filipino/ filipino indígena; Filipino/Tagalog: kastílâ filipino; Cebuano: katsílà filipino; Hiligaynon: katsílà filipino) are an ethnic and a multilingualistic group of Spanish descent and Spanish-speaking individuals native to the ...
Occupation (s) Professor, writer, poet, cultural critic. J. Neil Carmelo Garcia is a Filipino writer, professor, and cultural critic. He is currently a professor of English, Creative Writing, and Comparative Literature at the University of the Philippines Diliman and is known for his works on queer studies and gay culture in the Philippines.
Many Indigenous Filipino cultures assert the existence of a high god, creator god, or sky god. [4] Among the Tagalogs, the supreme god was known as Bathala, who was additionally described as Maykapal (the all-powerful) or Lumikha (the creator). Among the Visayan peoples the creator God is referred to as Laon, meaning "the ancient one." Among ...
A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [3] [tɐˈɣaː.loɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.
Much of the archipelago came under Spanish rule, creating the first unified political structure known as the Philippines. Spanish colonial rule saw the introduction of Christianity, the code of law, and the oldest modern university in Asia. The Philippines was ruled under the Mexico-based Viceroyalty of New Spain.
The Tagalog Wikipedia was launched on 1 December 2003, [citation needed] as the first Wikipedia in a language of the Philippines. As of 3 February 2011, it has more than 50,000 articles. [2] Bantayan, Cebu became the 10,000th article on 20 October 2007, while Pasko sa Pilipinas (Christmas in the Philippines) became the 15,000th article on 24 ...