Abstract: This study explores two versions of a shaman-warrior legend and intends to recover Kapitan Dyano from the longer version as an archetypal shaman-warrior. In his new role, Kapitan Dyano goes through shamanic journey and embodies motifs and archetypes of a hero. His heroic act permits the examination of how the heroic ideal of a shaman-warrior becomes possible. Against C.W. von Sydow’s ecotypification theory, the study has proven the presence of the shaman-warrior in the available versions of the legend, the similarities in the motifs and themes, as well as traced the course of the legend. Archetypal criticism behooves tracing the shaman-warrior journey and analyzing the motifs embodied. Through these processes, the study attempts to provide the shaman-warrior archetype as another category of legendary heroes in Philippine folklore.
Keywords: shaman-warrior, reconstruction, ecotypification, shaman-warrior journey, heroic ideal.
Title: Retrieving a Shaman-Warrior as Legendary Hero Archetype
Author: Maricris B. Lauro
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 11, Issue 1, January 2023 - March 2023
Page No: 221-230
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 15-March-2023
