Origin Myths among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines

The peoples of the Philippines have a rich and varied mythology as yet but little explored but which will one day command much attention. Among the Christianized peoples of the plains the myths are preserved chiefly as folk tales but in the mountains their recitation and preservation is a real and living part of the daily religious life of the people. Very few of these myths are written; the great majority of them are preserved by oral tradition only.