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Tales of long ago in the Philippines / Maximo D. Ramos

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Quezon City : Phoenix Publishing House, [1990]Description: xii, 155 pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
DDC classification:
  • 398.259
Contents:
Origin myths
How the earth was created
why the sky rose high
How the sun and the moon came to be
Why the sea is salt
The first monkey
The origin of the owl and other creatures
Legend of the black cat
All-head Juan
Why the snail tastes bitter
How the crocodile learned to hunt
why the egret rides on the carabao
Animal tales
The tortoise and the Ban-og
The crocodile and the monitor lizard
The monkey, the tortoise, and the banana tree
The guest who broke his promise
The tortoise and the lizard
Bobowaya and amomo-ay
The lizard's treachery
The monkey and the tortoise
Tales to laugh over
The foolish fishermen and the carabao
The tale of padol
How monsai enslaved his master
The foolish farmer and his carabao
The hunter and his wife
The ginger of Aunt Guinampang
Adventure tales
The tow neighbors and the crocodile
Tale of the white squash
Datu Omar and the elf
The woodcutter and the phython
Mangosparos and the monkeys
Six brother and a cat
The boy and the crocodile
The magic ring
Tale of two women
Hero tales
The magic tree
The love of Rajah MaƱgandiri
The bird that stole the Sultan's beard
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Book Book Main Library Filipiniana Section NLP F 398.259 R175t 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 473264pl

Origin myths

How the earth was created

why the sky rose high

How the sun and the moon came to be

Why the sea is salt

The first monkey

The origin of the owl and other creatures

Legend of the black cat

All-head Juan

Why the snail tastes bitter

How the crocodile learned to hunt

why the egret rides on the carabao

Animal tales

The tortoise and the Ban-og

The crocodile and the monitor lizard

The monkey, the tortoise, and the banana tree

The guest who broke his promise

The tortoise and the lizard

Bobowaya and amomo-ay

The lizard's treachery

The monkey and the tortoise

Tales to laugh over

The foolish fishermen and the carabao

The tale of padol

How monsai enslaved his master

The foolish farmer and his carabao

The hunter and his wife

The ginger of Aunt Guinampang

Adventure tales

The tow neighbors and the crocodile

Tale of the white squash

Datu Omar and the elf

The woodcutter and the phython

Mangosparos and the monkeys

Six brother and a cat

The boy and the crocodile

The magic ring

Tale of two women

Hero tales

The magic tree

The love of Rajah MaƱgandiri

The bird that stole the Sultan's beard

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