A collection of myths and folk tales from Asia / the Philippines.
The book is in good shape with minor wear to cover and some soiling/ staining inside. 1969. Ex library with dust jacket. No markings to text. Ships in a box.
ONCE IN THE FIRST TIMES Folk Tales from the Philippines
Retold by ELIZABETH HOUGH SECHRIST
Here, for the first time, are the folk tales of the Philippine Islands, collected and retold for younger readers by one of America's foremost authors.
All amusing and charming, they describe strange birds and beasts, curious customs and beliefs, and how the Filipino people thought things were, back in the beginning-in the first times. They will give the reader a better understanding and feeling of kinship for other boys and girls of a faraway, friendly land who love these stories too-some of whom still live in bamboo huts and ride on the placid water-buffalo.
Some of the stories deal with the legends and myths of the coming of the first people to the Islands: others show the influence of Spanish and American folklore upon the imagination of native Filipinos.
Librarians and teachers will find this book an important aid in showing students the lives, ideas and ideals of primitive peoples of the Pacific Islands and pointing out similarities in the simple, unchanging stories that all nations hold dear.