Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about Traditions of the Tinguian.

Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 393 pages of information about Traditions of the Tinguian.

[377] Songs.

[378] A similiar incident is found in the Northern Celebes and among the Kenyah of Borneo.  See Bezemer, Volksdichtung aus Indonesien, p. 304. (Haag, 1904.) Hose and McDougall, Pagan Tribes of Borneo.  Vol.  II, p, 148, London, 1912.

[379] A variant of this tale is told by the Bagobo of southern Mindanao.  See Benedict, Journal of American Folklore, Vol.  XXVI, 1913, p. 59.

[380] The gold or silver wire worn by women or men about their necks.

[381] A little bird.

[382] A kind of bamboo.

[383] For other versions of this tale see p. 29, note 3.

[384] A shell.

[385] A shell.

[386] See p. 29, note 4, for Borneo parallel.

[387] See p. 11.

[388] Bamboo sprouts.

[389] The fruit of a wild vine.

[390] The chief incidents in this tale resemble those in the Sea Dayak story of Simpang Impang.  See Hose and McDougall, Pagan Tribes of Borneo, Vol.  II, p. 144 ff. (London, 1912.)

[391] A town in Ilocos Sur.

[392] A mound of earth raised by the ants.

[393] Same idea is held by the Ilocano.  See Reyes, El Folklore Filipino, p. 34, Manila, 1889.  See also p. 29, note 7.

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