Contents

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Group I: Tinguian Aponibolinayen and the Sun6 Aponibolinayen17 Gawigawen of Adasen25 The Story of Gaygayoma Who Lives up Above37 The Story of Dumalawi44 The Story of Kanag50 The Story of Tikgi56 The Story of Sayen60 The Sun and the Moon65 How the Tinguian Learned to Plant66 Magsawi68 The Tree with the Agate Beads71 The Striped Blanket73 The Alan and the Hunters74 The Man and the Alan77 Sogsogot79 The Mistaken Gifts82 The Boy Who Became a Stone84 The Turtle and the Lizard86 The Man with the Cocoanuts88 The Carabao and the Shell89 The Alligator’s Fruit90 Dogedog91
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Group II: Igorot The Creation99 The Flood Story102 Lumawig on Earth105 How the First Head Was Taken111 The Serpent Eagle113 The Tattooed Men115 Tilin, the Rice Bird117
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Group III: The Wild Tribes of Mindanao Bukidnon How the Moon and Stars Came to Be124 The Flood Story125 Magbangal127 How Children Became Monkeys130 Bulanawan and Aguio131 Bagobo Origin133 Lumabet135 Bilaan The Story of the Creation139 In the Beginning141 Mandaya The Children of the Limokon143 The Sun and the Moon145 Subanun The Widow’s Son147
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Group IV: Moro Mythology of Mindanao157 The Story of Bantugan163
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Group V: The Christianized Tribes Ilocano The Monkey and the Turtle176 The Poor Fisherman and His Wife179 The Presidente Who Had Horns181 The Story of a Monkey183 The White Squash185 Tagalog The Creation Story187 The Story of Benito189 The Adventures of Juan196 Juan Gathers Guavas200 Visayan The Sun and the Moon201 The First Monkey202 The Virtue of the Cocoanut204 Mansumandig206 Why Dogs Wag Their Tails210 The Hawk and the Hen212 The Spider and the Fly214 The Battle of the Crabs215
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Pronunciation of Philippine Names217

Source attribution

Philippine Folk Tales, Project Gutenberg eBook #12814

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