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  1. I. HERO TALES AND DROLLS.
    1. 1. (a) Suan’s Good Luck 1
    2. (b) Suan Eket 2
    3. 2. The Charcoal-Maker who became King 10
    4. 3. The Story of Carancal 17
    5. 4. (a) Suac and his Adventures 29
    6. (b) The Three Friends,—the Monkey, the Dog, and the Carabao 31
    7. 5. (a) How Suan became Rich 35
    8. (b) The King’s Decisions 37
    9. 6. (a) The Four Blind Brothers 42
    10. (b) Juan the Blind Man 43
    11. (c) Teofilo the Hunchback, and the Giant 46
    12. (d) Juan and the Buringcantada 47
    13. (e) The Manglalabas 49
    14. 7. (a) Sagacious Marcela 53
    15. (b) King Tasio 55
    16. 8. (a) The Story of Zaragoza 64
    17. (b) Juan the Peerless Robber 69
    18. 9. The Seven Crazy Fellows 75
    19. 10. (a) Juan Manalaksan 79
    20. (b) Juan the Poor, who became Juan the King 81
    21. 11. (a) Lucas the Strong 89
    22. (b) Juan and his Six Companions 92
    23. (c) The Story of King Palmarin 98
    24. 12. (a) The Three Brothers 116
    25. (b) Three Brothers of Fortune 118
    26. (c) Pablo and the Princess 120
    27. (d) Legend of Prince Oswaldo 122
    28. 13. (a) The Rich and the Poor 137
    29. (b) Lucas the Rope-Maker 140
    30. 14. (a) The King and the Dervish 144
    31. (b) The Mysterious Book 145
    32. 15. The Miraculous Cow 150
    33. 16. The Clever Husband and Wife 152
    34. 17. The Three Brothers 155
    35. 18. Juan and his Adventures 171
    36. 19. Juan wearing a Monkey’s Skin 178
    37. 20. (a) How Salaksak became Rich 183
    38. (b) Clever Juan and Envious Diego 186
    39. (c) Ruined because of Invidiousness 188
    40. (d) The Two Friends 190
    41. (e) Juan the Orphan 192
    42. 21. Is he the Crafty Ulysses? 197
    43. 22. The Reward of Kindness 207
    44. 23. Pedro and Satan 211
    45. 24. The Devil and the Guachinango 214
    46. 25. Juan Sadut 223
    47. 26. An Act of Kindness 227
    48. 27. The Indolent Husband 231
    49. 28. Cecilio, the Servant of Emilio 237
    50. 29. Chonguita 244
    51. 30. The Golden Lock 248
    52. 31. Who is the Nearest Relative? 257
    53. 32. With One Centavo Juan marries a Princess 262
    54. 33. (a) The Three Humpbacks 265
    55. (b) The Seven Humpbacks 267
    56. 34. (a) Respect Old Age 271
    57. (b) The Golden Rule 271
    58. 35. Cochinango 276
    59. 36. Pedro and the Witch 279
    60. 37. The Woman and her Coles Plant 285
    61. 38. A Negrito Slave 287
    62. 39. Alberto and the Monsters 291
    63. 40. Juan and Maria 295
    64. 41. The Enchanted Prince 301
    65. 42. The Prince̵

      [Only stories from my own manuscript collection are listed here. Titles of those given in full are printed in Roman; of those given merely in abstract, in Italics. A “(C)” after a title indicates that the story is taken from one of the native corridos, or metrical romances printed in the vernacular.]

      1. Pedro’s Fortunes 15
      2. Pusong 23
      3. Cabagboc 23
      4. Sandapal 23
      5. Sandangcal 23
      6. Greedy Juan 23
      7. Juan Tapon 23
      8. Dangandangan 23
      9. Tangarangan 23
      10. Kakarangkang 29
      11. How Piro became Rich 41
      12. The Cripple and the Blind Man 51
      13. Marcela outwits the King 56
      14. Cay Calabasa (C) 57
      15. Rodolfo (C) 60
      16. Juan and his Six Friends 78
      17. Edmundo (C) 87
      18. The Three Brothers 127
      19. The Priest and his Pupil 148
      20. Abu-Hasan (C) 154
      21. Don Agustin, Don Pedro, and Don Juan (C) 169
      22. The Adarna Bird (C) (two versions) 169
      23. Pedro and the Giants 175
      24. The Monkey becomes King 182
      25. Juan the Ashes-Trader 195
      26. Colassit and Colaskel 195
      27. Juan the Poor 202
      28. Juan Bachiller (C) 202
      29. Mabait and the Duende 217
      30. The Fortunes of Andoy, an Orphan 241
      31. Peter the Violinist 241
      32. Duke Almanzor (C) 251
      33. The Seven Hunchbacked Brothers 268
      34. Juan and his Father 275
      35. Pugut Negro (C) 280
      36. Juan TiÑoso (C) 283
      37. Juan and Maria (C) 298
      38. Pitong 299
      39. The Wonderful Tree 318
      40. King Asuero and Juan the Poor (C) 322
      41. Ricardo and his Adventures 347
      42. Juan and the Robbers 348
      43. The Adventure of Two Robbers 349
      44. Juan Sadut 351
      45. Juan Loco 352
      46. The Monkey and the Crocodile 377
      47. The Battle between the Birds and the Beasts 381
      48. The Bacuit’s Case 389
      49. Why the Ant is not so Venomous as the Snake 399
      50. The Origin of Locusts 399
      51. The Origin of Locusts 400
      52. The Adam and Eve of the Tagalogs 402
      53. How Lanzones became Edible 402
      54. The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars 405
      55. The Sun and the Moon 406
      56. Origin of the Monkey 413
      57. The First Monkey 413
      58. The Deer and the Snail 429

      APPENDIX 431

      INDEX 447

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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