Archive for the 'Folk Literature' Category
Friday, November 18th, 2011
Long ago when the world was still young the good and evil gods were not yet enemies as they are now. They were friends, each living separately in a mountain (bolod, Bicol). One report even said that they were brothers. Gugurang, the good god, was living inside Mount Mayon, and Asuang, the evil one, inside […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
Barom-Mai was an old and ugly king who lived in a kingdom called Calinan in the Visayas hundreds of years ago. Although he was powerful, he was helpless when it came to winning the love of his young bride, Madayaw-Bayho (daughter of Tageb, king of the pirates).
Posted in Central Visayas (Region VII), Folk Literature, Folk Stories, Hiligaynon, Language/Dialect, Legends, Literary Genre, Literary Period, Pre-Colonial Era, Short Stories, Visayas, Western Visayas (Region VI), Works Written in English | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Noong unang panahon ay nasa loob ng kasoy ang abuhing buto nito. Lungkut na lungkot ang buto sapagkat madilim na madilim sa loob ng kasoy. Lalo itong nalungkot nang malamang magdaraos ng isang handaan ang Adang kagubatan. Sa gabi ng handaan ay ipinatawag ng Ada ang lahat ng hayop at halaman.
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Noong unang panahon sa bundok ng Cristobal ay may isang mabait na ina. Masipag at maalaga sa kanyang mga anak. Talagang napakabuti niya at mahal na mahal ang kanyang mga anak. Dahil sa sampu ang kanyang anak, talagang nahihirapan siya sa pag-aaruga sa mga batang ito. Isang araw, nagkasakit ang ina at bigla na lamang […]
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Alamat ng Luzon Masagana ang Kahariang Masinlok. Magandang maganda noon ang umaga. Maningning ang sikat ng araw. Sariwa ang hanging amihan. Lunti ang mga halaman sa paligid. Masigla ang awit ng mga ibon. Bughaw ang kabundukan. Subalit ang kagandahan ng umaga ay hindi nakasiya sa Datu. Wala siyang madamang kaligayahan sa lahat ng namamalas. Malungkot […]
Posted in Central Luzon (Region III), Folk Literature, Folk Stories, National Capital Region (NCR; Metro Manila), Pre-Colonial Era, Works Written in Filipino/Tagalog | No Comments »
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
When the goddess of the eastern sky Alunsina (also known as Laun Sina, “The Unmarried One”) reached maidenhood, the king of the gods, Kaptan, decreed that she should marry. All the unmarried gods of the different domains of the universe tried to win her hand to no avail. She chose to marry a mortal, Datu […]
Posted in Epics, Folk Literature, Hiligaynon, Pre-Colonial Era, Western Visayas (Region VI), Works Written in English | No Comments »
Friday, November 12th, 2010
Pabula ng Maranao Batay sa pananaliksik ni Dr. Nagsura Madale Si Lalapindigowa-i (isang putakti) ay isang masipag na magsasaka. May dalawa siyang asawa, sina Odang (hipon) at si Orak (itlog). Tulad ng ibang Maranao, hindi lamang siya masipag na magsasaka kundi isang tapat na asawa. Nagsusumikap siyang magtrabaho upang mapakain ang dalawa niyang asawa.
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Visaya (Ang Gorilya at ang Alitaptap) Ang pabulang ito ay isa lamang sa kalipunan ng mga Bisaya na naglalarawan ng paglalaban sa pagitan ng maliliit na insekto at malalaking hayop.
Posted in Central Visayas (Region VII), Eastern Visayas (Region VIII), Folk Literature, Folk Stories, Hiligaynon, Legends, Pre-Colonial Era, Short Stories, Visayas, Western Visayas (Region VI), Works Written in Filipino/Tagalog | No Comments »
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Salin mula sa Ingles ni Elvira B. Estravo ng “The Origin of the Ifugao Kodla” Noong unang panahon ay may mag-asawang naninirahan sa Lamut na nangngangalang Cabigat at Bugan. Sila ay masasaya dahil marami silang nakukuhang pagkain at mga hayop. Isang araw lumabas si Cabigat upang mamasyal na karaniwag isinasagawa sa mga kalapit na nayon. […]
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Buhat nang mapatakbo ni Toniong Tandang si Tenoriong Talisain ay humanap na ng ibang libutan at madaling nakapamayagpag na muli ang Talisain. Ang mga Katyaw na leghorn doon ay madaling nasilaw sa balitang bilis at lakas ni Tenoriong Talisain. At madali niyang naging kaibigan ang pinakamagandang sa mga banyagang manok na si Lolitang Leghorn.
Posted in Folk Literature, Folk Stories, Literary Period, Luzon, Mindanao, Post-Colonial Era, Regions, Short Stories, Visayas, Works Written in Filipino/Tagalog | No Comments »