Archive for the 'Pre-Colonial Era' Category

Ang Mga Epiko sa Pilipinas

Sunday, June 16th, 2013

Mga Anda ng Epiko: 1. Ang pag-alis o paglisan ng pangunahing tauhan sa sariling tahanan. 2. Pagtataglay ng agimat o anting-anting ng pangunahing tauhan. 3. Ang paghahanap ng pangunahing tauhan sa isang minamahal. 4. Pakikipaglaban ng pangunahing tauhan. 5. Patuloy na pakikidigma ng bayani. 6. Mamamagitan ang isang bathala para matigil ang labanan. 7. Ang […]

Mina ng Ginto

Sunday, June 9th, 2013

Alamat ng Baguio Sa isang nayon sa Baguio na kung tawagin ay Suyuk, naninirahan ang mga Igorot na pinamumunuan ni Kunto. Si Kunto ay bata pa ngunit siya ang pinakama-lakas at pinakamatapang sa kanilang nayon kaya siya ang ginawang puno ng matatandang pantas. Ang mga naninirahan sa nayong ito ay namumuhay nang tahimik . Maibigin […]

The Woman and the Squirrel

Monday, October 15th, 2012

One day a woman went out to find water. She had no water to drink, because all the streams were dried up. As she went along, she saw some water in a leaf. She drank it, and washed her body. As soon as she had drunk the water, her head began to hurt. Then she […]

The Crow and the Golden Trees

Saturday, October 6th, 2012

The liver of the crow is “medicine” for many pains and for sickness. On this account the Bagobo kills the crow so that he may get his liver for “medicine.” The liver is good to eat, either cooked or raw. If you see a crow dead, you can get its liver and eat some of […]

How Jackyo Became Rich

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

A long time ago there was a young man whose name was Jackyo. He was very poor, and by his daily labor could earn barely enough for his food and nothing at all for his clothes. He had a little farm at some distance from the village in which he lived, and on it raised […]

Samal Genesis

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

In the beginning, when there were no creatures yet, there was only the sea. Floating on this sea was a thing resembling a ball. This was the abode of God the Most High. When he wanted to bring out his creations, the ball split; one half of it rose and became heaven (with seven levels) […]

How the World Was Created (Panayan)

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

1 One of the stories about the creation of the world, which the old folks of Panay, especially those living near the mountain, do not tire relating, tells us that in the beginning there was no heaven or earth—only a bottomless deep and a world of mist. Everything was shapeless and formless—the earth, the sky, […]

The Story of the First Durian (The Hermit’s Three Wishes)

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).

Alamat ng Bundok Pinatubo

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 […]

HINILAWOD

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 […]