Mitatagalan la lalan
Pangaras da quetang Pampang
Mipagpustu, ’t, mitabacan.
“The Sun and the Moon chased each other below. When they came to a bank, they first made preparation, and then began to fight each other with bolos.”
The two stories and the two stanzas just given appear to be genuine old native tradition, unmodified by Christianity.
For Tinguian, Bukidnon, Mandaya, and Visayan myths of the sun, moon, and stars, see M. C. Cole, 65, 124, 145, 201.
Why the Culing has a Tonsure.
Narrated by Francisco M. Africa.
In a certain field there lived two birds,—Pogô (“quail”) and Culing (a small black bird that has no feathers on the top of its head). One day Pogô, while scratching the ground for food, met Culing. When Culing saw Pogô, he said in a taunting tone, “Where are you going, lazy one? Be more active. Don’t be as lazy as a leech!”
Pogô became very angry. “You call me lazy!” he said. “You are much lazier than I. Let us see which can fly higher into the sky!”