Origin Myths among the Mountain Peoples of the Philippines

ORIGIN MYTHS AMONG THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLES OF THE PHILIPPINES [1]

By H. Otley Beyer

(From the Division of Ethnology, Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I.)

Four plates

Beliefs as to the origin of the earth, and of the men, animals, plants, and various topographical features found in it, seem to survive with greater persistence than any other trait of primitive culture. These ...