Filipino Popular Tales | Page 3

Fellows 75 10. (a) Juan Manalaksan 79 (b) Juan the Poor, who became
Juan the King 81 11. (a) Lucas the Strong 89 (b) Juan and his Six
Companions 92 (c) The Story of King Palmarin 98 12. (a) The Three
Brothers 116 (b) Three Brothers of Fortune 118 (c) Pablo and the
Princess 120 (d) Legend of Prince Oswaldo 122 13. (a) The Rich and
the Poor 137 (b) Lucas the Rope-Maker 140 14. (a) The King and the
Dervish 144 (b) The Mysterious Book 145 15. The Miraculous Cow
150
16. The Clever Husband and Wife 152 17. The Three Brothers 155 18.
Juan and his Adventures 171 19. Juan wearing a Monkey's Skin 178 20.

(a) How Salaksak became Rich 183 (b) Clever Juan and Envious Diego
186 (c) Ruined because of Invidiousness 188 (d) The Two Friends 190
(e) Juan the Orphan 192 21. Is he the Crafty Ulysses? 197 22. The
Reward of Kindness 207 23. Pedro and Satan 211 24. The Devil and
the Guachinango 214 25. Juan Sadut 223 26. An Act of Kindness 227
27. The Indolent Husband 231 28. Cecilio, the Servant of Emilio 237
29. Chonguita 244 30. The Golden Lock 248 31. Who is the Nearest
Relative? 257 32. With One Centavo Juan marries a Princess 262 33. (a)
The Three Humpbacks 265 (b) The Seven Humpbacks 267 34. (a)
Respect Old Age 271 (b) The Golden Rule 271 35. Cochinango 276 36.
Pedro and the Witch 279 37. The Woman and her Coles Plant 285 38.
A Negrito Slave 287 39. Alberto and the Monsters 291 40. Juan and
Maria 295 41. The Enchanted Prince 301 42. The Prince's Dream 304
43. The Wicked Woman's Reward 309 44. The Magic Ring 310 45. (a)
Maria and the Golden Slipper 314 (b) Abadeja 316 46. Juan the Poor
319 47. The Fate of an Envious Woman 323 48. (a) The Monkey and
Juan Pusong Tambi-Tambi 326 (b) Andres the Trapper 332 49. Juan
the Fool 338
50. Juan and his Painted Hat 353 51. Juan and Clotilde 355 52. The
Poor Man and his Three Sons 359 53. The Denied Mother 361 54.
Tomarind and the Wicked Datu 363 II. FABLES AND ANIMAL
STORIES. 55. The Monkey and the Turtle (three versions) 366 56. The
Monkey and the Crocodile (two versions) 374 57. The Monkeys and
the Dragon-Flies 379 58. The Monkey, the Turtle, and the Crocodile
382 59. The Iguana and the Turtle 383 60. (a) The Trial among the
Animals 385 (b) The Pugu's Case 386 (c) Why Mosquitoes hum and try
to get into the Holes of our Ears 387 (d) A Tyrant 388 61. The Greedy
Crow 391 62. The Humming-Bird and the Carabao 393 63. The
Camanchile and the Passion 394 64. Auac and Lamiran 395 III.
"JUST-SO" STORIES. 65. Why the Ant is not so Venomous as the
Snake 398 66. Why Locusts are Harmful 399 67. How Lansones
became Edible 401 68. Why Cocks fight One Another 403 69. Why
Bats fly at Night 404 70. Why the Sun shines more brightly than the
Moon 404 71. (a) Why the Culing has a Tonsure 407 (b) The Culeto
and the Crow 407 (c) The Hawk and the Coling 408 72. (a) Why the
Cow's Skin is Loose on the Neck 410 (b) The First Loose-Skinned Cow
and the First Tight-Skinned Carabao 411 73. Why the Monkey is Wise

412 74. (a) The Lost Necklace 414 (b) The Cock and the
Sparrow-Hawk 415 75. The Story of our Fingers 416 76. Why Snails
climb up Grass 417 77. Why the Cuttlefish and Squids produce a Black
Liquid 419 78. Why Cocks have Combs on their Heads 420
79. (a) How the Crow became Black 420 (b) Why the Crow is Black
421 (c) The Dove and the Crow 422 80. Why the Ocean is Salty 425 81.
(a) Why the Sky is Curved 426 (b) Why the Sky is High 426 82. An
Unequal Match; or, Why the Carabao's Hoof is split 428

Filipino Stories given in the Notes.
[Only stories from my own manuscript collection are listed here. Titles
of those given in full are printed in Roman; of those given merely in
abstract, in Italics. A "(C)" after a title indicates that the story is taken
from one of the native corridos, or metrical romances printed in the
vernacular.]
Pedro's Fortunes 15 Pusong 23 Cabagboc 23 Sandapal 23 Sandangcal
23 Greedy Juan 23 Juan Tapon 23 Dangandangan 23 Tangarangan 23
Kakarangkang 29 How Piro became Rich 14 The Cripple and the Blind
Man 51 Marcela outwits the King 56 Cay Calabasa (C) 57 Rodolfo (C)
60 Juan and his Six Friends 78 Edmundo (C) 87 The Three Brothers
127 The Priest and