Filipino Popular Tales
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Chapters (685)(click to expand)
- Filipino Popular Tales Collected and Edited with Comparative Notes
- Preface.
- Filipino Stories given in the Notes.
- Bibliography.
- Filipino Popular Tales. Hero Tales and Drolls.
- Suan’s Good Luck.
- Suan Eket.
- 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.
- The Story of Zaragoza.
- Juan the Peerless Robber.
- Notes.
- The Seven Crazy Fellows.
- Notes.
- Juan Manalaksan.
- Juan the Poor, Who became Juan the King.
- Notes.
- “Edmundo.”
- Lucas The Strong.
- Juan and His Six Companions.
- The Story of King Palmarin.
- 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.
- The Rich and the Poor.
- Lucas the Rope-maker.
- 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.
- Juan Sadut.
- 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.
- The Enchanted Prince.
- Notes.
- The Prince’s Dream.
- Note.
- The Wicked Woman’s Reward.
- Note.
- The Magic Ring (“Ang Singsing Nga Tantanan”).
- Note.
- 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.
- Juan and his Painted Hat.
- 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.
- The Turtle and the Monkey.
- The Monkey and the Turtle.
- The Monkey and the Turtle.
- Notes.
- The Monkey and the Crocodile.
- Tagalog Version.
- Zambal Version.
- Notes.
- The Monkeys and the Dragon-Flies.
- Notes.
- The Battle between the Birds and the Beasts.
- The Monkey, the Turtle, and the Crocodile.
- 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.
- Why the Ant is not so Venomous as the Snake.
- Notes.
- Why Locusts Are Harmful.
- Notes.
- The Origin of Locusts.
- The Origin of Locusts.
- How Lansones Became Edible.
- Notes.
- Why Cocks Fight One Another.
- Note.
- Why Bats Fly at Night.
- Note.
- Why the Sun Shines more Brightly than the Moon.
- Notes.
- The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars.
- Why the Culing has a Tonsure.
- The Culeto and the Crow.
- The Hawk and the Coling.
- Notes.
- Why the Cow’s Skin is Loose on the Neck.
- The First Loose-Skinned Cow and the First Tight-Skinned Carabao.
- Note.
- Why the Monkey is Wise.
- Notes.
- Origin of the Monkey.
- The First Monkey.
- The Lost Necklace.
- The Cock and the Sparrow-Hawk.
- Note.
- The Story of our Fingers.
- Note.
- Why Snails Climb up Grass.
- Why the Cuttle-Fish and Squids Produce a Black Liquid.
- Why Cocks have Combs on their Heads.
- Note.
- How the Crow became Black.
- Why the Crow is Black.
- The Dove and the Crow.
- 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.
- Notes.
- The Deer and the Snail.
- Appendix.
- Supplementary Bibliography.
- Supplementary Notes.
- Colophon
- Availability
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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