Next, let’s go to the mythological explanation. Now, there are many ethnic groups in the Philippines and each group has its own myths, which may be similar or different to the myths of the other ethnic groups. However, the most well-known myth that relates the story of the first people in the Philippines is the one about Malakas and Maganda. In one version of the story, Hanging Amihan (ang hangin sa lupa, the Wind of the Land) and Hanging Habagat (ang hangin sa dagat, the Wind of the Sea, also referred to in some versions as the Wind of the Sky) had an offspring, a bamboo. A bird pecked on the bamboo, it split open, and out came the first man and the first woman. The man was then named Malakas, and the woman Maganda, and their descendants became the people of the Philippines.