Philippine folk literature : an anthology / Damiana L. Eugenio

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Abbrevations Used -- Introduction -- Myths -- Heroic Narratives: Folk Epics -- Legends -- Ethnological Legends -- Non-Ethnological Legends -- Religious Legends -- Obando Legends -- Legends about Supernatural beings -- Sunken City Legends -- Folktales -- Animal Tales -- Fables -- Marchen -- Trickster Tales -- Numskull Tales -- Folk Speech -- Proverbs -- Riddles -- Folk Songs -- Narrative Folk Songs -- Ballads -- Non-Narrative Folk Songs -- Lullabies -- Love, Courtship, and Wedding Songs -- Work Songs -- Drinking Songs -- Humorous Songs -- Occasional Songs -- Songs of Mourning.

"Philippine Folk Literature: An anthology, a pioneering work in Philippine folkflore studies, is the first volume of an eight-volume Philippine Folk Literature Series. This first volume presents a bird's-eye view of the whole range of Philippine folk literature anf offers a sampling of this rich and varied branch of the Filipino cultural heritage. The "Introduction" gives a helpful discussion of folk literature in general, define terms, and briefly surveys the different types of Philippine folk literature. The slections which follow are presented in systematic order, according to types: Folk Narratives, under which are given myth, heroic narratives (mostly folk epics), legends, and folktales; Folk Speech, represented by proverbs and riddles; and Folk Songs, of the narrative, lyric, and miscellaneous types. Within each type, selections are presented in geographic order, from north to southl; i.e.., from Luzon, through the Visayas, to Mindanao. "Representativeness" was aimed at in the choice of selections for inclusion in the anthropology. Selections chosen represent not only the various types of Philippine folk literature but also as many ethnolinguistic groups as possible -- from the Ivatan of the Batanes Islands to the Tausug of the Sulu Archipelago."