Malilipeng and the Alan
Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore, Fay-Cooper Cole (1915) · Source
Fay-Cooper Cole collected these tales among the Tinguian of Abra in 1907 to 1908 and worked from texts told to him. He says some tales are only the gist, so details may be thin. The alan are spirits that live in the trees.
In the old times Malilipeng was walking along the trail in the woods when he heard the alan in the trees. He laid down on his face as if dead and the alan who saw him began to wail, for they thought he was dead. When they brought gold and beads to place on him, he sprang up and drove them away. "Give us the one bead which is nagaba, or we will burn your house," said the alan. The man refused. When he reached home his house was burned, but he still had the bead.
Public domain. Fay-Cooper Cole, Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore, 1915.
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