Talk:Indigenous religious beliefs of the Tagalog people

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Should we change the title to "Precolonial religious beliefs" etc.?[edit]

Indigenous is a very vague and almost meaningless term whose definition changes wildly even among academic writers.

Here's a quick question: Would you consider Europeans to be indigenous to Europe?

Because if yes then how come I don't see any European or a white guy when I search "indigenous" on Google Images or Youtube. Is it supposed to mean primitive or uncivilised? Non-whites are being segregated once again from white people? I once encountered a South American call an earlier Amerindian language a "primitive indigenous language" when talking about the origin of a placename in South America. I think the word "indigenous" is meant to be condescending or at least has some strong and possibly intentional connotations.

Or perhaps we should be more explicit, how do you define "indigenous"? Is it defined that way as used in this article?

In any case, precolonial would be much more suitable and accurate.

EDIT: "Tagalog Mythology" would make more sense actually.

God names linking to Hindu deities[edit]

In the Pantheon section of the article, all the names of the deities links to roughly corresponding Hindu deities, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence that these deities are of Hindu origin? I love comparative mythology as much as the next person, but there seem to be some weird message being pushed here? Villeum (talk) 17:49, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]