Fansler. Filipino Popular Tales

Today's free book is Filipino Popular Tales by Dean S. Fansler. You can find out more about this book in the Filipino Popular Tales unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

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I. HERO TALES AND DROLLS.
1. (a) Suan’s Good Luck 
(b) Suan Eket 
2. The Charcoal-Maker who became King
3. The Story of Carancal
4. (a) Suac and his Adventures
(b) The Three Friends,—the Monkey, the Dog, and the Carabao
5. (a) How Suan became Rich
(b) The King’s Decisions
6. (a) The Four Blind Brothers
(b) Juan the Blind Man
(c) Teofilo the Hunchback, and the Giant
(d) Juan and the Buringcantada
(e) The Manglalabas
7. (a) Sagacious Marcela
(b) King Tasio
8. (a) The Story of Zaragoza
(b) Juan the Peerless Robber
9. The Seven Crazy Fellows
10. (a) Juan Manalaksan
(b) Juan the Poor, who became Juan the King
11. (a) Lucas the Strong
(b) Juan and his Six Companions
(c) The Story of King Palmarin
12. (a) The Three Brothers
(b) Three Brothers of Fortune
(c) Pablo and the Princess
(d) Legend of Prince Oswaldo
13. (a) The Rich and the Poor
(b) Lucas the Rope-Maker
14. (a) The King and the Dervish
(b) The Mysterious Book
15. The Miraculous Cow
16. The Clever Husband and Wife
17. The Three Brothers
18. Juan and his Adventures
19. Juan wearing a Monkey’s Skin
20. (a) How Salaksak became Rich
(b) Clever Juan and Envious Diego
(c) Ruined because of Invidiousness
(d) The Two Friends
(e) Juan the Orphan
21. Is he the Crafty Ulysses?
22. The Reward of Kindness
23. Pedro and Satan
24. The Devil and the Guachinango
25. Juan Sadut
26. An Act of Kindness
27. The Indolent Husband
28. Cecilio, the Servant of Emilio
29. Chonguita
30. The Golden Lock
31. Who is the Nearest Relative?
32. With One Centavo Juan marries a Princess
33. (a) The Three Humpbacks
(b) The Seven Humpbacks
34. (a) Respect Old Age
(b) The Golden Rule
35. Cochinango
36. Pedro and the Witch
37. The Woman and her Coles Plant
38. A Negrito Slave
39. Alberto and the Monsters
40. Juan and Maria
41. The Enchanted Prince
42. The Prince’s Dream
43. The Wicked Woman’s Reward
44. The Magic Ring
45. (a) Maria and the Golden Slipper
(b) Abadeja
46. Juan the Poor
47. The Fate of an Envious Woman
48. (a) The Monkey and Juan Pusong Tambi-Tambi
(b) Andres the Trapper
49. Juan the Fool 
50. Juan and his Painted Hat
51. Juan and Clotilde
52. The Poor Man and his Three Sons
53. The Denied Mother
54. Tomarind and the Wicked Datu

II. FABLES AND ANIMAL STORIES.
55. The Monkey and the Turtle (three versions)
56. The Monkey and the Crocodile (two versions)
57. The Monkeys and the Dragon-Flies
58. The Monkey, the Turtle, and the Crocodile
59. The Iguana and the Turtle
60. (a) The Trial among the Animals
(b) The Pugu’s Case
(c) Why Mosquitoes hum and try to get into the Holes of our Ears
(d) A Tyrant
61. The Greedy Crow
62. The Humming-Bird and the Carabao
63. The Camanchile and the Passion
64. Auac and Lamiran

III. “JUST-SO” STORIES.
65. Why the Ant is not so Venomous as the Snake
66. Why Locusts are Harmful
67. How Lansones became Edible
68. Why Cocks fight One Another
69. Why Bats fly at Night
70. Why the Sun shines more brightly than the Moon
71. (a) Why the Culing has a Tonsure
(b) The Culeto and the Crow
(c) The Hawk and the Coling
72. (a) Why the Cow’s Skin is Loose on the Neck
(b) The First Loose-Skinned Cow and the First Tight-Skinned Carabao
73. Why the Monkey is Wise
74. (a) The Lost Necklace
(b) The Cock and the Sparrow-Hawk
75. The Story of our Fingers
76. Why Snails climb up Grass
77. Why the Cuttlefish and Squids produce a Black Liquid
78. Why Cocks have Combs on their Heads 
79. (a) How the Crow became Black
(b) Why the Crow is Black
(c) The Dove and the Crow
80. Why the Ocean is Salty
81. (a) Why the Sky is Curved
(b) Why the Sky is High
82. An Unequal Match; or, Why the Carabao’s Hoof is split

Filipino Stories given in the Notes.

Pedro’s Fortunes 
Pusong 
Cabagboc 
Sandapal 
Sandangcal 
Greedy Juan 
Juan Tapon 
Dangandangan 
Tangarangan 
Kakarangkang 
How Piro became Rich 
The Cripple and the Blind Man 
Marcela outwits the King 
Cay Calabasa (C) 
Rodolfo (C) 
Juan and his Six Friends 
Edmundo (C) 
The Three Brothers 
The Priest and his Pupil 
Abu-Hasan (C) 
Don Agustin, Don Pedro, and Don Juan (C) 
The Adarna Bird (C) (two versions) 
Pedro and the Giants 
The Monkey becomes King 
Juan the Ashes-Trader 
Colassit and Colaskel 
Juan the Poor 
Juan Bachiller (C) 
Mabait and the Duende [xiii]
The Fortunes of Andoy, an Orphan 
Peter the Violinist 
Duke Almanzor (C) 
The Seven Hunchbacked Brothers 
Juan and his Father 
Pugut Negro (C) 
Juan TiƱoso (C) 
Juan and Maria (C) 
Pitong 
The Wonderful Tree 
King Asuero and Juan the Poor (C) 
Ricardo and his Adventures 
Juan and the Robbers 
The Adventure of Two Robbers 
Juan Sadut 
Juan Loco 
The Monkey and the Crocodile 
The Battle between the Birds and the Beasts 
The Bacuit’s Case 
Why the Ant is not so Venomous as the Snake 
The Origin of Locusts 
The Origin of Locusts 
The Adam and Eve of the Tagalogs 
How Lanzones became Edible 
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars 
The Sun and the Moon 
Origin of the Monkey 
The First Monkey 
The Deer and the Snail