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Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang featured the character Lola Basyang who is characterized as an elderly woman fond of telling stories to her grandchildren. [2] The character is based on Gervacia Guzman de Zamora a neighbor of author Severino Reyes who was a matriarch of the Zamora family of Quiapo, Manila. [3]
A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles.It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, whereas parables have human characters. [1]
A sample of Rizal's illustration of The Monkey and The Turtle. The Turtle and the Monkey (Tagalog: Ang Pagong at ang Matsing or Si Pagong at si Matsing) also known as The Monkey and the Turtle is a Philippine fable.
Ang Singsing nang Dalagang Marmol ("The Ring of the Marble Maiden" [1]), contemporarily rendered as Ang Singsing ng Dalagang Marmol in the Tagalog language, is a historical novel written by Filipino novelist, scholar, and labor leader Isabelo Florentino de los Reyes (also known as Isabelo de los Reyes, Sr.) before 1905.
Mga Kwento ni Lola Basyang (lit. ' "The Stories of Grandma Basyang" ') was a withdrawn fantasy action-adventure film produced by Unitel Productions. The film is composed of two stories, "Pedrong Walang Takot" and "Mariang Alimango" derived from the short stories of Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang written by Severino Reyes.
There is no precedent in the scriptures of the Bible for a debtor paying debts from prison. However, there is a very relevant aspect of Roman law that may have been the cultural reference this parable is built around considering the Judeans of Jesus day were ruled by Rome.
The following is the list of episodes for Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang (The Folktales of Grandma Basyang), a Filipino live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular Severino Reyes' classic tales.
Parable - The Leaven by John Everett Millais, ca.1860, Aberdeen Art Gallery. Ben Witherington suggests that this parable is part of a pair, [4] and shares its meaning with the preceding parable, that of the mustard seed, namely the powerful growth of the Kingdom of God from small beginnings. [2]