Bakayauwan
As the offering was set below the tree a silent spirit gave its blessing. A sense of strength surged through the young man and he took his hunting spear to…
The Mute Spirit (Pehaq)
Categorizing spirits is a futile task. Each one has their own personality, their own rituals and their own rules. Trying to force some imagined grouping is arbitrary at best. But…
Dawinde
Once there was an angry girl with nowhere to go. A great sickness enveloped the land, and the people in her province had no choice but to close themselves off…
The Headless Priest of Pindangan Ruins
It’s a good place to pray. His parent’s words rang hollow in Alfonso’s heart. The first time his parents said they were going to La Union Alfonso had already thought…
White Lady – Waray Translation
*Note this story is in Waray Ha akon hinigugma nga anak, Diri ako maaram kun hain ka yana nahihimumutang. Kunta maaram ako. Kunta makit-an ko ikaw bisan makausa nala. Diri…
Tomawo
(1994) Nichter, M. Anthropological approaches to the study of ethnomedicine. Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. Wait, no, that isn’t right. Nichter, M. (1994). Anthropological approaches to the study of…
Pili
Aguihao avoids the gaze of the mumbaki* as he clutches the fabric covering his right arm. “I am amused by the nerve you have coming to me to ask for…
Sangkabagi
She came in the night. It’s funny, looking back I think it was the window I left open that might have been a sign for her to enter. I remember…
Kulariut
Once when I was a child I wondered what it was to be wild To live in the forests and in the trees To befriend the boars and the bees…
Atros
“Mama, she’s doing it again,” Justo says as he pulls his mother’s dress. “It’s okay anak*just leave her alone. Now help me with breakfast, we have to go to the…