Philippine Folk Tales
Copyright
A. C. McClurg & Co.
1916
Published November, 1916
Copyrighted in Great Britain
W.F. Hall Minting Company, Chicago
From time to time since the American occupation of the Islands, Philippine folk-tales have appeared in scientific publications, but never, so far as the writer is aware, has there been an attempt to offer to the general public a comprehensive popular collection of this material. It is my earnest hope that this collection of tales will give those who are interested opportunity to learn something of the magic, superstitions, and weird customs of the Filipinos, and to feel the charm of their wonder-world as it is pictured by these dark-skinned inhabitants of our Island possessions.
In company with my husband, who was engaged in ethnological work for the Field Museum of Natural History, it was my good fortune to spend four years among the wild tribes of the Philippines, During this time we frequently heard these stories, either related by the people in their homes and around the camp fires or chanted by the pagan priests in communion with the spirits. The tales are now published in this little volume, with the addition of a few folk-legends that have appeared in the Journal of American Folk-Lore and in scientific publications, here retold with some additions made by native story-tellers.
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Philippine Folk Tales
Preface
Contents
Illustrations
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 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
Igorot
Introduction
The Creation
The Flood Story
Lumawig on Earth
Wild Tribes of Mindanao
Introduction
How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be
The Flood Story
How Children Became Monkeys
Bulanawan and Aguio
Origin
Lumabet
In the Beginning
The Sun and the Moon
Moro
Introduction
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 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
Colophon
Availability
Corrections
