3 Philippine Creation Stories
3 Philippine Creation Stories
3 Philippine Creation Stories
CREATION
STORIES
LIT 1
OBJECTI
VES
01 02
INTRODUCTION
stories of how the world began. Such stories 3
are almost infinitely varied in detail.
INTRODUCTION
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Lihangin
Lisuga
Liadlaw
HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
The three brothers head for
the gates in the sky to attack 11
Captan
HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
Lisuga looked for her three 12
brothers
HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
The golden Liadlao became
the sun, and copper Libulan 13
the moon
HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
The silver Lisuga shine as the 14
stars of heaven
HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
Licalibutan’s body was made
to support a new race of 15
people
HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE
Soon a bamboo tree grew up,
and from the hollow of one
of its branches Sicalac and 16
eat clay.
On this account their children
and their children's children
have always been yellow in
color.
The
Creation
Tagalogs’ account
THE CREATION STORY
When the world first began
there was no land, but only 25
the sea and the sky, and
between them was a kite.
THE CREATION STORY
One day the bird which had
nowhere to light grew tired of 26
flying about, so she stirred up
the sea until it threw its
waters against the sky.
Now at this time the land
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REFERENCES
Ashliman, D. L. (2003). Creation myths from the
Philippines.
https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/creation-phil.html
REFERENCES
Caballes, M. J. (2020, April 27). The Boxer Codex:
The Bisayan chapter (Part 2).
https://thepinaywriter.com/the-boxer-codex- 33
the-bisayan-chapter-part-2/
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