Sacred Texts
Asia
Philippine Folk Tales
by Mable Cook Cole
[1916]
Contents
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Title Page
Preface
Contents
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