Filipino folktales

The Philippines is a country in Asia. A land with rich and diverse culture, the Philippines are named after King Philip II, the King of Spain.
The collection of folktales from the Philippines consists of one book with 61 folktales.

Philippine Folk Taless

Notes: This book features 61 folktales from the Philippines.

Author: Mabel Cook Cole
Published: 1916
Publisher: A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago

0.Preface

I.Tinguian - Introduction

1.Aponibolinayen and the Sun

2.Aponibolinayen

3.Gawigawen of Adasen

4.The Story of Gaygayoma Who Lives up Above

5.The Story of Dumalawi

6.The Story of Kanag

7.The Story of the Tikgi

8.The Story of Sayen

9.The Sun and the Moon

10.How the Tinguian Learned to Plant

11.Magsawi

12.The Tree with the Agate Beads

13.The Striped Blanket

14.The Alan and the Hunters

15.Man and the Alan

16.Sogsogot

17.The Mistaken Gifts

18.The Boy who Became a Stone

19.The Turtle and the Lizard

20.The Man with the Cocoanuts

21.The Carabao and the Shell

22.The Alligator’s Fruit

23.Dogedog

II.Igorot - Introduction

24.The Creation

25.The Flood Story

26.Lumawig on Earth

27.How the First Head was Taken

28.The Serpent Eagle

29.The Tattooed Men

30.Tilin, The Rice Bird

III.Wild Tribes of Mindanao - Introduction

Bukidnon
31.How the Moon and Stars Came to Be

32.The Flood Story

33.Magbangal

34.How Children Became Monkeys

35.Bulanawan and Aguio

Bagobo

36.Origin

37.Lumabet

Bilaan

38.The Story of the Creation

39.In the Beginning

Mandaya

40.The Children of the Limokon

41.The Sun and the Moon

Subanun

42.The Widow’s Son

IV.Moro - Introduction

43.Mythology of Mindanao

44.The Story of Bantugan

V.The Christianized Tribes - Introduction

Ilocano

45.The Monkey and the Turtle

46.The Poor Fisherman and His Wife

47.The Presidente who had Horns

48.The Story of a Monkey

49.The White Squash

Tagalog

50.The Creation Story

51.The Story of Benito

52.The Adventures of Juan

53.Juan Gathers Guavas

Visayan

54.The Sun and the Moon

55.The First Monkey

56.The Virtue of the Cocoanut

57.Mansumandig

58.Why Dogs Wag their Tails

59.The Hawk and the Hen

60.The Spider and the Fly

61.The Battle of the Crabs

What's interesting in the Philippines

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