DESCRIPTIONS

It is hoped that the myths and tales included in this book will help the reader get acquainted with the cultural past of the Philippines. And it is hoped that these stories will fire the reader's imagination as all good narratives, no matter where they originated, should do. At the end of each myth are workshops with questions to help improve reading skills and develop understanding of the text. The myths and folk tales put together in this little book are from all over the Philippines. Some are from the llocos region and the Mountain Province in north. Many are from the provinces in the rest of Luzon and in the Visayan islands. The others are from Mindanao and the Sulu group in south. Represented here are the people of the plains and coastal areas, of the foothills and mountains, of the swamps and rain forests. These stories were originally told in Bikol, Bontok, Ilocano, Kalinga, Maranao, Pampango, Tagalog, Tausug, Tinguian, Visayan, and half a dozen other Philippine vernaculars.