Delineating the [D/J]iwa: Dissection of selected Filipino and Indonesian folktales

Abstract

With the focus of folkloric texts as a reflection of its represented cultural identity, this paper patented Filipino and Indonesian folktales through archetypal analysis in arriving towards a structured cultural identity between the two. In portraying the psyche of the indicated countries, the researcher engaged in an indepth content analysis of gathered and selected textual materials with the threefold synthesis of cultural definitions namely experience lived, interpreted, and defined. Discussions on the selected patterns of the folktales, projected tenets of the psyche, and its manifestations resulted to the delineation of the shared psyche. The folktales highlighted communal relations through intrapersonal adjustments. Tenets on offering, encapsulation, reciprocation, synergy, and chrysalis were essentially interwoven across the cultures and manifestations, to which the researcher further indicated recommendations on extended studies and applications of the portrayals of Filipino and Indonesian Psyche.