Philippine folk literature / [compiled and edited by] Damiana L. Eugenio.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDiliman, Quezon City : University of the Philippines Press, -2001Description: 8 volume : map 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789715422888 (v.4)
  • 9789715422895 (v.6)
  • 9789715422901 (v.5)
  • 9789715422918 (v.2)
  • 9789715422949 (v.8)
  • 9789715423571 (v.3)
  • 9789715425360 (v.1)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GR 325 .P538 2001 v.
Contents:
v. 1. An anthology -- v. 2. The myths -- v. 3. The legends -- v. 4. The folktales -- v. 5. The riddles -- v. 6. The proverbs -- v. 7. The folk songs -- v. 8. The epics.
Summary: This book focuses on myths that are simply defined as "sacred narratives", explaining how the world and man came to be in their present form. The introduction distinguishes myth from legend, with which it is usually confused, and offers a system of classification of myths, which follows the arrangement of mythological motifs in Stith Thompson's Motif-index of Folk Literature.
List(s) this item appears in: SLIT111_21ST CENTURY LITERATURE FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND THE WORLD
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Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Filipiniana Reference GR 325 .P538 2001 v.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3SHS2016000062
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Filipiniana Reference GR 325 .P538 2001 v.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3SHS2016000063
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Filipiniana Reference GR 325 .P538 2001 v.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3SHS2016000064
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Filipiniana Reference GR 325 .P538 2001 v.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3SHS2016000065
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Filipiniana Reference GR 325 .P538 2001 v.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3SHS2016000066
Filipiniana Reference Filipiniana Reference DLSU-D HS Learning Resource Center Filipiniana Reference GR 325 .P538 2001 v.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3SHS2016000067

Volume 1 published in 2007.

Volume 2,4 and 8 published in 2001.

Volume 3 and 5 published in 2005.

Volume 6 published in 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

v. 1. An anthology -- v. 2. The myths -- v. 3. The legends -- v. 4. The folktales -- v. 5. The riddles -- v. 6. The proverbs -- v. 7. The folk songs -- v. 8. The epics.

This book focuses on myths that are simply defined as "sacred narratives", explaining how the world and man came to be in their present form. The introduction distinguishes myth from legend, with which it is usually confused, and offers a system of classification of myths, which follows the arrangement of mythological motifs in Stith Thompson's Motif-index of Folk Literature.

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