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Philippine Folk Tales

69 entries · 6 sections

by Mable Cook Cole

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Tinguian

Introduction Aponibolinayen and the Sun Aponibolinayen Gawigawen of Adasen The Story of Gaygayoma who Lives up Above The Story of Dumalawi The Story of Kanag The Story of the Tikgi The Story of Sayen The Sun and the Moon How the Tinguian Learned to Plant Magsawi The Tree with the Agate Beads The Striped Blanket The Alan and the Hunters Man and the Alan Sogsogot The Mistaken Gifts The Boy who Became a Stone The Turtle and the Lizard The Man with the Cocoanuts The Carabao and the Shell The Alligator's Fruit

Igorot

Introduction The Creation The Flood Story Lumawig on Earth How the First Head was Taken The Serpent Eagle The Tattooed Men Tilin, The Rice Bird

Mindanao

How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be The Flood Story Magbangal How Children Became Monkeys Bulanawan and Aguio Origin Lumabet The Story of the Creation In the Beginning The Children of the Limokon The Sun and the Moon The Widow's Son

Moro

Introduction Mythology of Mindanao The Story of Bantugan

Christianized Tribes

Introduction The Monkey and the Turtle The Poor Fisherman and His Wife The Presidente who had Horns The Story of a Monkey The White Squash The Creation Story The Story of Benito The Adventures of Juan Juan Gathers Guavas The Sun and the Moon The First Monkey The Virtue of the Cocoanut Mansumandig Why Dogs Wag their Tails The Hawk and the Hen The Spider and the Fly The Battle of the Crabs Pronunciation of Philippine Names Notes