6.2 Pre-Spanish Literature

• Jose Ma Pavon is the collector of Las antiguas leyendas de la isla de Negros during the Spanish period.
• Fay-Cooper Cole is the collector of Traditions of the Tinguian, 1915.
• Mable Cook Cole is the collector of Philippine Folk Tales, 1916.
• Dean S Fansler is the collector of Filipino Popular Tales, 1921, during the early part of the American regime.
• Mythology is the study of myths in general.
• Myth: an account of the deeds of a god or of a supernatural being; a kind of imaginative precursor of scientific investigation.
• Myths express the beliefs and values about these subjects held by a certain culture.
• The Origin of Bagobo myth deals with love, war, sin, tyranny, courage, and faith; all in the same way in relation to man.
• Legend: a widely-accepted but unverified story of the origin of things, persons or places.
• Legends are a form of prose, its aim is to entertain.
• The common theme of legend is about the origin of a thing, place, location or name.
• The Legend of the Tagalogs is an example of a legend, where the events are imaginary, devoid of truth and unbelievable.
• Myths and legends deal largely with gods, their deeds, adventures, dealing with supernatural beings and culture heroes with origins and explanation of things and phenomena in the surrounding world.
• Folktale: a pure fiction that seems to have no other origin than a desire to amuse and interest.
• A folklore brings knowledge and understanding of men’s motives and tolerance that recognizes faith where ignorance would only see superstition.
• Folk tales are shaped by the thoughts and the actions, the aspirations and fears of a people.
• Folk tales are a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
• Folk tales are made up of stories about life, adventure, love, horror and humor where one can derive lessons about life.
• Folk tales are useful to us because they help us appreciate our environment, evaluate our personalities and improve our perspectives in life.
• The Moon and the Sun is an example of folklore.