The document contains summaries of folktales and myths from various ethnic groups in the Philippines, including the Waray, Bukidnon, Ivatan, Tiruray, Tinggian, Panay-Visayan, Subanon, Bilaan, and Maranaw peoples. It provides settings, characters, and brief overviews of the stories and their cultural significance to each group.

2. AN BALUD
Waray

3. The Waray are an ethnoliguistic group of people
geographically inhabiting in
the islands of Samar, Leyte
and Biliran - commonly
referred to as theEastern
Visayas region of
the Philippines.

4. PAMUWA SA
BATA
Bukidnon

5. Bukidnon
a predominantly pagan
people inhabiting central
northern Mindanao,
Philippines

6. MUYIN PARU
ÑINU
Ivatan

7. The Ivatans are a Filipino
ethnolinguistic
group predominant in
the Batanes Islandsof
the Philippines

8. DUMHEB AKO A
DUMAÑIS
Ivatan

9. Myth – a story of
supernatural being

10. THE SECOND
CREATION
Tiruray

11. The Tiruray are a traditional hill
people of southwestern Mindanao.
They live in the upper portion of a
river-drained area in the
northwestern part of South
Cotabato, where the mountainous
terrain of the Cotabato Cordillera
faces the Celebes Sea.

12. Setting: Land of Tullus (Sualla)
Characters:
Lagey Lingkuwos – Tiruray’s greatest legendary hero

14. The Tinggian is a group of
pagan people inhabiting the
interior hills of Abra.
TheTinggian have their own
version of the flood, which in
this case also functions as a
myth of the origin of human
beings.

15. Setting: towering rock – home of Tau-mari-u
Characters:
Aponi-tolau
Aponi-tolau – god-hero of the Tinggians
Humitau – sea-maiden guard of Tau-mari-u
Tau-mari-u – lord of the sea
Lang-an – mistress of the wind and rain; mother of

16. TUNGUNG
LANGIT AND
ALUNSINA
Panay-Visayan

18. Setting: beginning of the world
Characters:
Tungkung Langit – an industrious, loving and kind god
Alunsina – a lazy, jealous and selfish goddess

19. Folk Tale – story
handed from
generation to
generation through oral
communication

20. THE STORY OF
THE ORPHAN
GIRL
Subanon

21. Subanon is a tribe indigenous to
the Zamboanga Peninsula area,
particularly living in the
mountainous areas
of Zamboanga del
Sur and Misamis Occidental.

22. THE MONKEY
AND THE TURTLE
Bilaan

23. The Bilaan are a tribal
community of Southern
Mindanao, the name of
this indigenous group
comes from the
words Bla and An,
meaning Opponent
People.

24. Setting:
Characters:
Monkey
Turtle
Three monkeys
Lizard

25. HOW THE
ANGELS BUILT
LAKE LANAO
Maranaw

26. Maranaw means "People of
the Lake," referring to the
indigenous people who
inhabited the lands
around Lake Lanao whose
principal town is Marawi
City.

27. Setting: Mantapoli
Characters:
Archangel Diabarail (Gabriel to the Christians)
Lord
Sultan Abdara Radawi