History                                  Dili Ingon Nato                          reflection in modern history

a kapre is a mythical creature                       KAPRE                                       DEFORESTATION

that could be characterize as

 a tree ....

the tikbalang is a creature of                       

Philippine folklore to lurk in the                TIKBALANG                           DEFORESTATION

mountains and forest of the                                                                          REFORESTATION

Philippines...

the sirena is a mythological sea                                                                    WATER POLLUTION

creature from Filipino culture.                      SIRENA                            PROPER WASTE DISPOSAL 

in Philippine mythology a diwata

(encantada in Spanish)is a                          DIWATA                                 DEFORESTATION

type of deity or spirit..

a duende is a creature from Iberian,

Latin america,and Filipino folklore.             DUENDE                            DEFORESTATION

SHORT OPINION;

                               I think folklore has been used a mechanism to reconstruct ancient beliefs,customs and rituals .the importance of folklore in the modern world is to understand and reconstruct our beliefs and rituals and also to understand the rich folklore and mystic tradition of our ancestor. 

in every society the different structures (religious,social and economic)or more or less integrated.and culture is nothing other than the identification of that hierarchy in the social mentality.