Kelita’s Engkanto – Tagalog Translation
*Note this story is in Tagalog Hindi niya napansin ang nagdurugo niyang paa, o ang katotohanang muntik na siyang matutong sa init. Ang tanging naiisip niya ay ang binatang naglalakad…
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These are spirits usually called ‘encanto’, ‘tamawo’ or ‘diwata’. In texts they are described alternately as ‘fairies’ or ‘elves’ in the Western sense. Supernaturally beautiful and sometimes malevolent, they are both awe-inspiring and frightening to cross.
*Note this story is in Tagalog Hindi niya napansin ang nagdurugo niyang paa, o ang katotohanang muntik na siyang matutong sa init. Ang tanging naiisip niya ay ang binatang naglalakad…
“Stop! The child can’t handle the cold!” the woman shouted across the river. It was a strange sight to her, a deviation from her daily routine. Earlier this morning she…
*Note this story is in Bicol “Kagayon kaining babayi.” Nakatukaw si Sisoy sa tahaw kan kadlagan, pig-huhurop-huropan an saiyang mga sala. Aram niya na kaipuhan niya gibuhon an tama. Guinirumdon…
“Aren’t you tired yet? I’ve never met humans as stubborn as you,” The beautiful woman said to Cirilo and me. “Why it could already be a hundred years since you’ve…
Maria clutched her rosary tight. She said her prayers in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary with an almost manic fervor. She prayed for the soul of Juan,…
*Note this story is in Cebuano “Wala pa man ‘ko gikapoy!” “Shhh, kinahanglan na ka magpahulay kay ting-katulog na.” “pero wala pa man ‘ko gikapoy! Mama, sulti-i ko ug istorya?…
Everyone needs stories in their lives. It’s what makes them more human. Anyone that disagrees might need to have their hearts reexamined. That’s what Jaime’s lolo tells everyone, or at…
It was a day just like any other when lola got sick and could not go up the mountain to harvest crops. One of the youngest, a girl of eight…
In the small sitio of Tinamnan Gabe, there is a deep cave next to the rice field of the late Capitan Colas Jumawan. There were many stories about this cave,…
Wisps of light streaked through the night sky, standing silent witness to a sight both strange and not: a daughter of moonlight and a son of man sitting across from…