Filipino Archetypes

Archetypes are beginning pattern that recurs throughout time to be considered as universal. The proponent for this concept is the famous psychologist Carl Jung, who is behind the theory of “collective unconscious.” Examples of universal archetypes for male and female are the sky and the earth, light and darkness, odd and even, square and round, blue and pink, and roses and thorns. Guns are also used to symbolize male organ whereas peanuts are for female’s clitoris. I am really not quite sure about Filipino Archetypes but I think that “Bituin” or stars are used to associate with female whereas Bahaghari or rainbow and Habagat or the Southwest monsoon are used to associate with male. The spoon is also associated with female whereas fork is with male. (Example: Nahulog ang kuchara habang kumakain ng hapunan: ibig sabihin may darating na babaeng bisita.)

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Some famous novelty songs also have representations of male and female such as the song “Bulaklak” (flower) and “ Basketball” by the Viva Hotbabes. The “Bulaklak” is used as a representation of the female genital. In the song “Basketball,” The ball represents the male organ and the basket represents the female organ during sexual intercourse. I am not sure if this is still an archetype but some other representations may include vegetables such as talong, patola, upo, ampalaya (for male) and fruits like banana (male) and pinya (female). The bird is also a representation for a male’s genital (sometimes, either maya or eagle.) Seafoods like tahong, talaba are also associated with female. The bibinkga and puto bongbong also represent female and male organs respectively.