Ang kwento ay nagsimula sa nakatakdang kasal nina Ya-u at Dulaw nang makapulot ng nganga o ua (na tawag ng taga-Kalinga). Ang magkasintahan ay naanyayahan sa isang pistahan sa Madogyaya. Nang sila ay nasa Madogyaya, naakit ang pansin ni Dulliyaw si Dulaw hanggang si Dulaw ay magkagusto sa kanya.
(“Myth of Bohol”) Salin ni Patrocinio V. Villafuerte Ang mga tao noon ay naninirahan sa kabila ng ulap. Isang araw, ang kaisa-isang anak na babae ng datu ay nagkasakit. Hindi mapalagay ang datu. “Tanod, may sakit ang anak ko. Humayo ka, papuntahin mo rito ang manggagamot. Ngayon din!”
Antonio K. Abad Akasia Jose Abreu Kaibigan Macario Adriatico Amaori, C. Amabri and Felipe Malayo Faustino Aguilar Sinag-Ina
Listen then while I narrate at length
The life of Lam-ang
Because his mother conceived him that month.
She did not abstain from any edible fruit:
Tamarind fruits tender and thin as bamboo strings,
Kamias, daldaligan,
Oranges and pomelos;
an epic from Bicol ni Estelito Baylon Jacob Ibalon, kaipuhan mo an luma mong ngaran. Dai mo na ipatangro siring sa pinabakal na Ibal An Ibalyo o Ibaylo mong ngaran. Dai mo itugot na an simong daga magkabaranga. Dai mo itugot na magkaralapo an saimong tulang Asin magkaralanog an saimong laman.
(Ang Kasaysayan ng Sampung Datu ng Borneo) Sinugbuhan, isang pulo sa Panay na ang nakatira ay ang mga Ita, pinamumunuan ni Datu Pulpolan. Sa katagalan ng panahon at dahil na rin sa kanyang katandaan upang pamahalaan ang isang pulo, napagpasyahan niya na isalin ang kanyang kapangyarihan sa kanyang anak na si Datu Marikudo. Tinataglay ng […]
Bukidnon (Mindanao) A long time ago there was a very big crab which crawled into the sea. And when he went in he crowded the water out so that it ran all over the earth and covered all the land. Now about one moon before this happened, a wise man had told the people that […]
Narrated by Anicio Pascual of Arayat, Pampanga, who heard the story from an old Pampangan woman. Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a brave and powerful datu who had only one son. The son was called Pedro. In the same place lived a poor wood-cutter whose name was Juan Manalaksan. Pedro […]
One day a little boy named Elonen sat out in the yard making a bird snare, and as he worked, a little bird called to him:
“Tik-tik-lo-den” (come and catch me).
One day a man who had been to gather his coconuts loaded his horse heavily with the fruit. On the way home he met a boy whom he asked how long it would take to reach the house.