Filipino Popular Tales. Various

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       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.

      Filipino Stories given in the Notes.

       Table of Contents

      [Only stories from my own manuscript collection are listed here. Titles of those given in full are printed in Roman; of those given merely in abstract, in Italics. A “(C)” after a title indicates that the story is taken from one of the native corridos, or metrical romances printed in the vernacular.]

      1 Pedro’s Fortunes 15

      2 Pusong 23

      3 Cabagboc 23

      4 Sandapal 23

      5 Sandangcal 23

      6 Greedy Juan 23

      7 Juan Tapon 23

      8 Dangandangan 23

      9 Tangarangan 23

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