Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Week 9: Reading Notes: Part B: Philippines

Why the Ocean is Salty
Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)
Bora Bora Ocean View: Pexels
  • Tall giant named Ang- ngalo, only son of the God of building
  • lived in mountains, and dug many caves
  • Caves protected God of Wind, Angin 
  • One day saw a Goddess across the ocean, purest water, water was made of her tears
  • Ang- ngalo walked across the water to her, his footprints are the deep caverns 
  • Beautiful maid was Sipgnet, Goddess of darknesses, wished for a mansion white as snow
  • Went to Asin God of salt, and got bricks as white as snow
  • Could not have her deep and quiet slumber disturbed, sent waves over the little tunnels and bridges the men were making
  • This caused the water to become salty, with the salt washing in it
Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)
  • Antonio asked his grandfather why the thumb was far away from the other fingers, he told this story
  • Little finger was hungry and asked the ring finger
  • Continued to ask other fingers, thumb said we should steal
  • All disagreed and pushed the thumb away
  • This is why the thumb is far from the others, was willing to steal, while the others were honest
  • Willing to die than to steal
Story source: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler (1921)
Hens in the grass: Pixabay
  • Crow bought a fine necklace from a merchant, so proud immediately started wearing it
  • An old friend, a hen admired the necklace, and wished to borrow it for a day
  • The Crow liked the hen, so he allowed her to borrow it for the day
  • When the crow returned the hen and her chicks had their faces in the ground
  • The Hen explained that they lost the necklace that the chicks took it, and that they had been searching forever
  • The crow said the hen needed to pay him back or else he was going to take one chick a day until the necklace was paid off
  • She had nothing to say but agree
  • To this day, this is why chicks and hens put their faces in the ground, they are said to still be looking for this necklace

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