Treasury of Stories, Filipino Myths & Folktales
Description
We have always been awed by fairytales and epics from other lands, have in fact an inferiority complex about own. Why? Because us cityfolk grew up with other peoples' stories and have never really known our oldest tales, those that are Philippine and Asian, that trace back thousands of years before Christ to their cradle in Central Asia. Many of our stories in fact, are older than Western fairytales. They are without snow or fir trees or cinders; in these stories the sun is always shining, the gods are rice-eating, the heroines ride rattan baskets and the values are Philippine. Treasur...
ISBN(s)
9712703487, 9789712703485
