The myth of the Ancient Philippines had some distinct similarities to other myths shared in the class. Especially the native american myths. They all began with just the sea and the sky, and eventually land was created through the events of the myth.
Another similarity was that the land or part of the earth was made out from some form of a body, like in the Norse myth when the giants body became the earth, and when Licalibutan was struck by lightning and fell into the sea and became the land.
Some of the larger ideas behind the myths also coincide with other myths, like family conflict. The sun moon stars and land were all created because Captan shot all his grandchildren with lightning, as there was family conflict in the Babylonian myth.
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