The document discusses various traditional narrative forms, including legends, myths, folktales, fables, and parables, highlighting their definitions and characteristics. It explains how these stories often involve supernatural elements and are integral to preserving cultural history and morals. Additionally, it mentions Baybayin, an ancient script used by the Tagalog people.

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2. LEGEND (Alamat)
 A traditional story or group of stories told
about a particular person or place. Formerly
the term legend meant a tale about a saint.
 Legends resemble folktales in content;
they may include supernatural beings,
elements of mythology, or explanations of
natural phenomena, but they are associated
with a particular locality or person and are
told as a matter of history.

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5. MYTH (Mito)
 a traditional story, especially one
concerning the early history of a people or
explaining some natural or social
phenomenon, and typically involving
supernatural beings or events.
 a widely held but false belief or idea.
 The main characters in myths are usually
gods, demigods or supernatural humans.

7. FOLKTALE
(Kwentong Bayan)
 A folktale is an old story that's been told
again and again, often for generations.
 Folktales are stories in the oral tradition, or
tales that people tell each other out loud,
rather than stories in written form.
 It is an important way of passing along
knowledge, information, and history.

9. FABLE (Pabula)
 a short moral story often features
animal characters.

11. PARABLE
(Parabula)
 a simple story used to illustrate a
moral or spiritual lesson, as told by
Jesus in the Gospels.

12. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP

13. THE PARABLE OF THE LOST COIN

14. THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON

15. BAYBAYIN
 is an ancient script used primarily by the
Tagalog people.
 Baybayin is an indigenous Indic script that
has been widely used in traditional Tagalog
domains. It is one of many suyat scripts in the
Philippines.

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