Philippine Folk Tales

Read Philippine Folk Tales online, free: 69 chapters, public domain, on Papyras.

Start reading

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Aponibolinayen and the Sun
  4. Aponibolinayen
  5. Gawigawen of Adasen
  6. The Story of Gaygayoma who Lives up Above
  7. The Story of Dumalawi
  8. The Story of Kanag
  9. The Story of the Tikgi
  10. The Story of Sayen
  11. The Sun and the Moon
  12. How the Tinguian Learned to Plant
  13. Magsawi
  14. The Tree with the Agate Beads
  15. The Striped Blanket
  16. The Alan and the Hunters
  17. Man and the Alan
  18. Sogsogot
  19. The Mistaken Gifts
  20. The Boy who Became a Stone
  21. The Turtle and the Lizard
  22. The Man with the Cocoanuts
  23. The Carabao and the Shell
  24. The Alligator’s Fruit
  25. Dogedog
  26. Introduction
  27. The Creation
  28. The Flood Story
  29. Lumawig on Earth
  30. How the First Head was Taken
  31. The Serpent Eagle
  32. The Tattooed Men
  33. Tilin, The Rice Bird
  34. Introduction
  35. How the Moon and the Stars Came to Be
  36. The Flood Story
  37. Magbangal
  38. How Children Became Monkeys
  39. Bulanawan and Aguio
  40. Origin
  41. Lumabet
  42. The Story of the Creation
  43. In the Beginning
  44. The Children of the Limokon
  45. The Sun and the Moon
  46. The Widow’s Son
  47. Introduction
  48. Mythology of Mindanao
  49. The Story of Bantugan
  50. Introduction
  51. The Monkey and the Turtle
  52. The Poor Fisherman and His Wife
  53. The Presidente who had Horns
  54. The Story of a Monkey
  55. The White Squash
  56. The Creation Story
  57. The Story of Benito
  58. The Adventures of Juan
  59. Juan Gathers Guavas
  60. The Sun and the Moon
  61. The First Monkey
  62. The Virtue of the Cocoanut
  63. Mansumandig
  64. Why Dogs Wag their Tails
  65. The Hawk and the Hen
  66. The Spider and the Fly
  67. The Battle of the Crabs
  68. Pronunciation of Philippine Names
  69. Colophon

More books on Papyras