Kura Sambalani
White wings. A woman’s face. A horse’s body. The radiance that emanated from her flashed upon the walls of the house like dancers of flame turning towards their audience. Her…
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Creatures that inhabit the celestial realms of the Skyworld.
White wings. A woman’s face. A horse’s body. The radiance that emanated from her flashed upon the walls of the house like dancers of flame turning towards their audience. Her…
The flutter of wings breaks the stillness as the maya birds scatter from their fountain perch. Alberto always liked to see the birds fly away. He would point at their…
*Note this story is in Ibanag Ta gafu na, naggian yuri dakal a dios a si Gamhanan, i makapangwa ta ngamin a dios, i manolay, manaron anna manangngal ta ngamin…
*Note this story is in Bisaya Moabót ang mgá tigsugílon susáma sa mgá bitúon. Naglíngkod kó sa tábay nagpaábot níla. Nasáyod kó sa sáysay, kiníng gamayóng mgá babáyë mgá tigsugílon…
It was the last evening of the year and the rain still wouldn’t leave Danica alone. The sound of her chattering teeth joined the raindrops in a melancholy symphony. She…
“A spark of Gugurang’s fire.” The lambana knew this would end badly if she didn’t follow proper procedure. The last time something tried to take the fire of Gugurang without…
The sun shone with an unforgiving glare, but this did not stop the two friends from resting their wings upon a tree and greeting each other warmly. One had just…
The messengers come like the stars. I sit by the well and I wait for them to come. I know the legends, how the small women, messengers all would come…
In the beginning, there was the great god Gamhanan, the most powerful of all the gods, the giver of life, security and livelihood. He dwelt with the other gods of…
In the Land of Dreams Part 2 The dream stares at me with its hundred eyes and I stay frozen on my bed. I don’t know what it wants, but…