Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore
The following myths were collected by the writer in 1907 - 8 during a stay of sixteen months with the Tinguian, a pagan tribe of northwestern Luzon in the Philippines. The material, for the most part gathered in texts, was partially translated in the Islands, while the balance was worked over during a brief visit to America in 1909. In this task I was assisted by Dumagat, a full blood Tinguian, who accompanied me.
While not, in all cases, giving a literal rendering, I have endeavored to follow closely the language of the story-tellers rather than to Offer a polished translation. In some cases, where it was impossible to record the tales when heard, only the substance was noted, a fact which will account for the meagerness of detail evident in a few of the stories.
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