Filipino Popular Tales
Read Filipino Popular Tales online, free: 188 chapters, public domain, on Papyras.
Contents
- Preface
- Bibliography
- Hero Tales and Drolls
- Notes
- The Charcoal-maker Who Became King
- Notes
- The Story of Carancal
- Notes
- Suac and His Adventures
- The Three Friends,—The Monkey, the Dog, and the Carabao
- Notes
- How Suan Became Rich
- The King’s Decisions
- Notes
- The Four Blind Brothers
- Juan the Blind Man
- Teofilo the Hunchback, and the Giant
- Juan and the Buringcantada
- The Manglalabas
- Notes
- Sagacious Marcela
- King Tasio
- Notes
- “Cay Calabasa: The Life of a Shepherdess born in a town, who became the Wife of a King because of a Pumpkin.”
- The Story of Rodolfo
- Notes
- The Seven Crazy Fellows
- Notes
- Juan Manalaksan
- Juan the Poor, Who became Juan the King
- Notes
- “Edmundo.”
- Notes
- The Three Brothers
- Three Brothers of Fortune
- Pablo and the Princess
- Legend of Prince Oswaldo
- Notes
- Story of the Four Brahman Brothers who Resuscitated the Lion
- The Goldsmith, the Carpenter, the Tailor, and the Hermit who Quarrelled about a Wooden Woman
- Who Invented Woman?
- Story of the Three Young Brahmans who Restored a Dead Lady to Life
- Notes
- The King and the Dervish
- The Mysterious Book
- Notes
- The Miraculous Cow
- Notes
- The Clever Husband and Wife
- Notes
- The Three Brothers
- Notes
- Juan and His Adventures
- Notes
- Juan Wearing a Monkey’s Skin
- Notes
- How Salaksak Became Rich
- Clever Juan and Envious Diego
- Ruined because of Invidiousness
- The Two Friends
- Juan the Orphan
- Notes
- Is He the Crafty Ulysses?
- Notes
- The Reward of Kindness
- Notes
- Pedro and Satan
- Notes
- The Devil and the Guachinango
- Notes
- Mabait and the Duende
- Notes
- An Act of Kindness
- Notes
- The Indolent Husband
- Notes
- Cecilio, the Servant of Emilio
- Notes
- Chonguita
- Notes
- The Golden Lock
- Notes
- Who is the Nearest Relative?
- Notes
- With One Centavo Juan Marries a Princess
- Notes
- The Three Humpbacks
- The Seven Humpbacks
- Notes
- Respect Old Age
- The Golden Rule
- Notes
- Cochinango
- Notes
- Pedro and the Witch
- Notes
- The Woman and her Coles Plant
- Notes
- A Negrito Slave
- Notes
- Alberto and the Monsters
- Notes
- Juan and Maria
- Notes
- Juan and Maria
- Pitong
- Notes
- The Prince’s Dream
- The Wicked Woman’s Reward
- Note
- The Magic Ring (“Ang Singsing Nga Tantanan”)
- Maria and the Golden Slipper
- Abadeja
- Notes
- Juan the Poor
- Notes
- The Fate of an Envious Woman
- Notes
- The Monkey and Juan Pusong Tambi-tambi
- Andres the Trapper
- Notes
- Juan the Fool
- Notes
- Ricardo and his Adventures
- Juan and the Robbers
- The Adventure of two Robbers
- Juan Sadut
- Juan Loco
- Notes
- Juan and Clotilde
- Notes
- The Poor Man and his Three Sons
- Notes
- The Denied Mother
- Notes
- Tomarind and the Wicked Datu
- Note
- Fables and Animal Stories
- Notes
- The Monkey and the Crocodile
- Notes
- The Monkeys and the Dragon-Flies
- Notes
- The Battle between the Birds and the Beasts
- Notes
- The Iguana and the Turtle
- Notes
- The Trial among the Animals
- The Pugu’s Case
- Why Mosquitoes Hum and Try to get into the Holes of our Ears
- A Tyrant
- Notes
- The Greedy Crow
- Notes
- The Humming-bird and the Carabao
- Notes
- The Camanchile and the Passion
- Note
- Auac and Lamiran
- Notes
- “Just-So” Stories
- Notes
- Why Locusts Are Harmful
- The Origin of Locusts
- The Origin of Locusts
- Notes
- Why Cocks Fight One Another
- Why Bats Fly at Night
- Note
- Why the Sun Shines more Brightly than the Moon
- The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
- Notes
- Why the Cow’s Skin is Loose on the Neck
- The First Loose-Skinned Cow and the First Tight-Skinned Carabao
- Why the Monkey is Wise
- Notes
- Origin of the Monkey
- The First Monkey
- Notes
- Why the Ocean is Salty
- Note
- Why the Sky is Curved
- Why the Sky is High
- Notes
- An Unequal Match; Or, Why the Carabao’s Hoof is Split
- The Deer and the Snail
- Supplementary Bibliography
- Supplementary Notes