Reading Notes: Philippines Folktales

When reading this weeks readings there were several that were similar to ones that I have read in earlier weeks. The one that was the most similar was "The Devil and the Guachinango" this had the same last couple of paragraphs as the turkish folktale, "The Imp of the Well" The devil jumps into the young women and the Guachinango scares the devil out of her. This is the excat same ending in the turkish tale.

Tagalog couple, wikipedia

Also "The Enchanted Prince" was very similar to the fairy tale classic beauty and the beast. This followed the ideas very close. with a witch turning the prince into a creature for a current amount of time until a maiden could break the curse.

I think for this week I may use the story of the three friends or the three brothers. these two stood out to me. If i would retold this, I would change the ending in both. The second one I felt like there was no lesson learned. And in the first one I am not a fan of the ending. I need to read the second part to see if I want to use those stories instead, but I really enjoyed reading theses tales this week.

Bibilography: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Fansler. Link to source