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  2. Philippine folk literature - Wikipedia

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    Eugenio classifies Philippine Folk Literature into three major groups: Folk narratives, folk speech, and folk songs. [4] Folk narratives can either be in prose - the alamat (folklore), the legend, and the kuwentong bayan (folktale) - or in verse, as in the case of the folk narrative. Folk speech includes the bugtong (riddle) and the salawikain ...

  3. Philippine epic poetry - Wikipedia

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    A study revealed that the Philippine folk epics, like those found in Asia, are often about a quest for a wife as well as the various ordeals linked to the founding of a family, hamlet, tribe or a kingdom. [2] The narratives would include voyages - on earth, sea, sky, and the underworld - to allow the hero or heroine to overcome the challenges ...

  4. Biag ni Lam-ang - Wikipedia

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    Biag ni Lam-ang (lit. ' The Life of Lam-ang ') is an epic story of the Ilocano people from the Ilocos region of the Philippines.It is notable for being the first Philippine folk epic to be recorded in written form, and was one of only two folk epics documented during the Philippines' Spanish Colonial period, along with the Bicolano epic of Handiong.

  5. Philippine literature - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine revolution brought a wave of nationalistic literary works, with propagandists and revolutionaries advocating for Filipino representation or independence from Spanish authority. Illustrados like Pedro Alejandro Paterno, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Marcelo H. del Pilar, and Jose Rizal contributed to the development of Philippine literature.

  6. Ibalong Epic - Wikipedia

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    The Ibalon Monument which shows the four (4) heroes of the epic: Tambaloslos, Baltog, Handyong and Bantong in Legazpi City. The Ibálong, also known as Handiong or Handyong, is a 60-stanza fragment of a Bicolano full-length folk epic of the Bicol region of the Philippines, based on the Indian Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata.

  7. Category:Philippine literature - Wikipedia

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  8. Philippine mythology - Wikipedia

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    Philippine mythology is rooted in the many indigenous Philippine folk religions. Philippine mythology exhibits influence from Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, and Christian traditions. Philippine mythology includes concepts akin to those in other belief systems, such as the notions of heaven (kaluwalhatian, kalangitan, kamurawayan), hell (kasamaan ...

  9. List of Philippine mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    For example, "diwata" referred to gods, goddesses, and celestial beings, while "anito" often described ancestor spirits or minor deities. These terms and their meanings varied across different regions and ethnic groups. [20] [13] [21] While mythology focused on narratives about these beings, folk religion involved rituals to honor or appease them.