Philippine Folk Tales

About this eBook

Compiler

Cole, Mabel Cook, 1880-1978?

Credits

Produced by This eBook is produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/. Illustrations have been added from a copy made available at The Internet Archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Tales -- Philippines

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12814

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12814

Release Date

July 4, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Philippine Folk Tales
2. 2.Chicago A.C. McClurg & Co. 1916
3. 3.Preface
4. 4.Contents
5. 5.Illustrations
6. 6.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 69 — 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 — Dogedog
7. 7.Igorot — Introduction — The Creation — The Flood Story — Lumawig on Earth — How the First Head was Taken 13 — The Serpent Eagle 15 — The Tattooed Men 17 — Tilin, The Rice Bird 20
8. 8.Wild Tribes of Mindanao — Introduction — How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be — The Flood Story — Magbangal 5 — How Children Became Monkeys — Bulanawan and Aguio — Origin — Lumabet — The Story of the Creation 16 — In the Beginning — The Children of the Limokon 21 — The Sun and the Moon — The Widow’s Son 25
9. 9.Moro — Introduction — Mythology of Mindanao 2 — The Story of Bantugan
10. 10.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 12 — 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
11. 11.Pronunciation of Philippine Names
12. 12.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — Corrections

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