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Cole’s Philippine Folk-Tales (Cole 1916) contained 58 legends and folktales from 11 ethnolinguistic groups, thus becoming the first collection that aimed at a national representation.
The Tagalog for ‘folktale’ is kuwentong-bayan. kaalamang-bayan. folklore. If our children are growing up totally unfamiliar with Philippine folk literature, it is not because our people lack a rich oral tradition to draw from. Rather, it is because these collections of tales have largely been available only to Filipiniana scholars in archives.
12 gru 2012 · The word folklore was coined in 1846 by the English antiquary William John Thoms to replace the term popular antiquities.
12 paź 2024 · Folktales in general include legends, fables, jokes, tall stories and fairy tales. Many of the folktales in the Philippines involve mythical creatures and magical transformations. Filipino folktales reflect the traditions of the people.
This study investigates Philippine folklore of saltwater crocodiles to understand the relationships that people have with them from an anthropological perspective. The collected folklore was … Expand
12 lis 2013 · Philippine folk literature refers to the traditional oral literature of the Filipino people. Thus, the scope of the field covers the ancient folk literature of the Philippines' various...
This document analyzes Philippine English vocabulary from a semantic perspective. It examines 44 words and phrases classified into groups like people, places, things, actions and expressions. Each item's definition in Philippine English is compared to standard English definitions.
