Lolid
It’s been days since I got sick. They tell me that it’s because I did something to anger the spirits, but I know I would never do that, not knowingly…
Engkantada – Tagalog Translation
*Note this story is in Tagalog “Sandali lang! ang bilis niyong maglakad!” habol-hiningang sabi ni Reymark sa mga kasamahan. “Akala ko ba simpleng paglalakad-lakad lang ‘to, para kayong kasama sa…
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…
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…
Anggitay – Hiligaynon Translation
*Note this story is in Hiligaynon Halin sa taguangkan sang kalibutan ako nagdaku Naga-inggat kapareho sang adlaw kung agaSa imo mga kamot ginahilu-an ko ang mga kalag Kag idul-ong ang…
Aghoy – Tagalog Translation
*Note this story is in Tagalog Dapat kang magtiwala at maniwala sa mga tao, dahil kung hindi, mahihirapan kang mabuhay. Anton yata ang pangalan ng taong nagsabi n’on. Kung sino…
Appeasing the Moon Serpents
Every night the bakunawas come. It started a month ago. Our village was no stranger to the moon serpents, and we readied our gongs and our chants to safeguard the…
Engkantada
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,…
Idlivun
“I still look for her In the forests In empty fields Through the sky Beside the horizon On barren rocks And falling stars I wonder where She could be now…
The King of the Fireflies
One night by the anislag tree the fireflies began their nightly ritual. For as long as any of them could remember they would light up the sky with dances that…