Myths and Folklore - Philippines Guide

Philippine Folklore: The Kind and the Pure

Needing money is not the problem, but loving money is. A Philippine folklore on money stewardship reminds readers of the need to use money to serve us, rather than letting it use us to subservience. And there's one gauge to check this out: just watch how our families have been doing lately with mone...

The Myth about the Sugarcane

The Philippine myth about the sugarcane is a story on searching for meanings in life. Life can only have meaning, says this myth, if our experience of it is sweet. Without this, the myth avers that achievements, no matter how grand, lose meaning. The myth suggests that the best things in life are sw...

Hidden Treasures in the Philippines

Tales of the Yamashita treasures have been going around the country immediately after the Second World War. But a lot about it still remains vague--despite numerous claims of discovery. Truth or tale, the various versions remain exciting stories of Hollywood caliber....

Folklore on the Sugarcane Plant

Everything created has a purpose. A Filipino folklore on the sugarcane suggests something similar. Every plant has a use. The folklore on the sugarcane shows that regardless of make or appearance trees have their own usefulness....

The Folklore About Tabaco, Albay

Though provoked, some people have the discipline and propensity to choose peace than violence. A man from Tabaco, Albay in Legaspi City, according to a folklore, showed this character though faced with a perceived threat. This folklore says, raised up in a culture of bladed weapons, the man still op...

Philippine Myth on Ant Hills

Mytical ant hills, says a Philippine myth, can reveal two vital things to the curious. They can either teach one to behave or pinpoint where house repair problems originate....

The Myth about Water in Coconuts

A popular folk myth about coconuts is about the selfishness of a native boy from somewhere in southern Luzon. The popular folk myth goes that the boy, hoarding a precious commodity in time of drought was condemned violently by the people. It should teach us never to deprive folks of a necessity the ...

Philippine Tale on Arnis De Mano

Arnis is fast gaining worldwide renown and yet it's origin has not been established. Often, tales shed light to how something originated--they mirror some truth. A good story handed down from of old can give some leads the imagination can play with....

The Maiden Who was Turned into a Myth

Alurring beauty can sometimes seem like a curse. Without intending to, one can be the object of malicious gossip, lust, envy, and wrath. In fact, even a local myth tells of an innocent young virgin turned into the townfolks' odium, suffering the lustful appetite of men and the irrational ire of inse...

Philippine Myth on Mango Fruits

The succulent mango has an interesting love story to tell. This Philippine myth is a local, and probably better, version of a Romeo and Juliet love story, but which ends sweet. A myth ought always to end as sweet....