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Philippine Folklore Stories, by Mabel Cook Cole, [1916], at sacred-texts.com


CONTENTS

Group I: Tinguian

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 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
The 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

Group II: Igorot

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

Group III: The Wild Tribes of Mindanao

Bukidnon

How the Moon and Stars Came to Be
The Flood Story
Magbangal
How Children Became Monkeys
Bulanawan and Aguio

Bagobo

Origin Lumabet

Bilaan

The Story of the Creation
In the Beginning

Mandaya

The Children of the Limokon
The Sun and the Moon

Subanun

The Widow's Son

Group IV: Moro

Mythology of Mindanao
The Story of Bantugan

Group V: The Christianized Tribes

Ilocano

The Monkey and the Turtle
The Poor Fisherman and His Wife
The Presidente Who Had Horns
The Story of a Monkey
The White Squash

Tagalog

The Creation Story
The Story of Benito
The Adventures of Juan
Juan Gathers Guavas

Visayan

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


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