Philippine folk literature : the legends /
Damiana L. Eugenio
- xlviii, 488 pages : map 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-447) and indexes.
Heroic and historical legends -- Religious legends -- Legends about supernatural beings -- Miscellaneous legends -- Place name legends.
Volume III in the eight-volume Philippine Folk Literature Series. This volume focuses on the legend, which may simply be defined as an account of an extraordinary happening believed to have actually occurred. As in the other volumes in the series, the selections are given in English translation. Like them also, this collection is intended to be national in scope.