PHILIPPINE PRECOLONIAL

LITERATURE
 PHILIPPINE PRECOLONIAL LITERATURE

• Before the Philippines was colonized, it was

already brimming with a rich tradition of oral
literature. Early Filipinos weaved together
countless myths and legends to explain certain
phenomena in life.
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• They had stories on how the world

was created-why there is a sun in the
morning and the moon at night.
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

1. Proverbs
- A practical observations and
philosophy of everyday life that
are written usually in a rhyming
scheme.
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

1. Proverbs
- It is obviously meant to entertain
while teaching basic skills in
surviving local life.
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

1. Proverbs
EXAMPLE:
Kung ano ang bunga, siya ang
bunga
(Whatever the tree, so is the fruit)
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

2. RIDDLES
- It demand an answer and are used
to test the wits of those who are
listening to them
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

2. RIDDLES
- Used in a battle of wits, where
locals young and old join and/or
watch to see who is the smartest.
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

2. RIDDLES
- Another characteristic of Filipino
riddles is their flippant nature-they
seem to be referring to something
laughable, but in reality, the answer
is more serious than expected.
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

2. RIDDLES
EXAMPLE:
HETO NA SI KAKA, BUBUKA-
BUKAKA
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

3. FOLKSONGS
- Beautiful songs that are informal
expressions our ancestors’
experiences in life.
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

3. FOLKSONGS
EXAMPLES:
- HARANA
- LULLABIES
- FUNERALS
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

4. TALES
- Stories of origin for certain places,
names, and their creation
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

4. TALES
EXAMPLE:
MARIANG MAKILING
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

4. EPICS
- Long-winded poems about a hero
and his adventures and
misadventures
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• Pre-colonial Forms of Literature

4. EPICS
- Long-winded poems about a hero
and his adventures and
misadventures
 The Hinilawod

is an epic poem orally transmitted from early

inhabitants of a place called Sulod in central Panay
, Philippines.
 The Hinilawod

The term "Hinilawod" generally translates to

"Tales From The Mouth of The Halawod River".
The Hinilawod
 The Hinilawod

One of these Westerners' accounts says that the

adventures of this ancient hero of Panay were
recalled during weddings and in songs.
 The Hinilawod

It was noted that there were still native Mondos of 

Dingle, Iloilo who worshipped Labaw Donggon
even until the last years of the Spanish rule in the
Philippines.
 The Hinilawod

These worshippers would stealthily enter a certain

cave in Dingle in the evening of a certain day of
the year, in order to render homage and to offer
chickens, doves, rice, bananas, and pigs to the
ancient Visayan god.
 The Hinilawod

Hinilawod is the first discovered "by accident" in

1955, when Filipino anthropologist F. Landa
Jocano became interested in native folklore.
 The Hinilawod
He travelled the hinterlands of his home island of
Panay with two colleagues collecting folk songs,
stories, and riddles. It was during one of those trips
to the upland barrios of Lambunao, Maasin,
Janiuay, and Calinog in Iloilo that his attention
was called to a long and popular tale called
Hinilawod. Portions of the story were sung to him
and his colleague by an old man called Ulang
Udig.
The Hinilawod

ULANG UDIG
The Hinilawod

ULANG UDIG

UDUNGAN
The Hinilawod

ULANG UDIG

UDUNGAN

HUGAN-AN
The Hinilawod only recount the
Epic of Labaw
Donggon

ULANG UDIG

UDUNGAN

HUGAN-AN
The Hinilawod only recount the
Epic of Labaw
Donggon

only chant
ULANG UDIG little portions
of the
Humadapnon
Epic

UDUNGAN

HUGAN-AN
The Hinilawod only recount the
Epic of Labaw
Donggon

only chant
ULANG UDIG little portions
of the
Humadapnon
Epic

UDUNGAN taped recounting

both her story
and the
Hinilawod

HUGAN-AN
The Hinilawod
ALUNSINA
UNMARRIED
The Hinilawod
GOD UNMARRIED
ALUNSINA GOD
UNMARRIED UNMARRIED
GOD GOD
UNMARRIED UNMARRIED
GOD GOD

DATU PAUBARI
UNMARRIED
The Hinilawod
GOD UNMARRIED
GOD
UNMARRIED UNMARRIED
GOD GOD
UNMARRIED UNMARRIED
GOD GOD

DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

 The Hinilawod
UNMARRIED UNMARRIED
GOD GOD
UNMARRIED
UNMARRIED
GOD
GOD
UNMARRIED MAKLIUM-SA-
GOD T’WAN

DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

 The Hinilawod
UNMARRIED UNMARRIED
GOD DGOD
ESTROY THE
UNMARRIED
UNMARRIED HALAWOD BY
GOD FLOOD
GOD
UNMARRIED MAKLIUM-SA-
GOD T’WAN

DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

 The Hinilawod
UNMARRIED UNMARRIED
GOD DGOD
ESTROY THE
UNMARRIED
UNMARRIED HALAWOD BY
GOD FLOOD
GOD
UNMARRIED MAKLIUM-SA-
GOD T’WAN

SUKLANG
MALAYON

DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

 The Hinilawod

ALUNSINA
DATU PAUBARI

SUKLANG
MALAYON

FLOOD
The Hinilawod

ALUNSINA
DATU PAUBARI
 The Hinilawod
DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

LABAW
DONGGON HUMADAPNON DUMALAPDAP
The Hinilawod

LABAW
DONGGON
 The Hinilawod

LABAW ANGOY
DONGGON HANDUG
GINBITINAN
 The Hinilawod

LABAW ANGOY
FATHER
DONGGON GINBITINAN
 The Hinilawod

FATHER ANGOY
GINBITINAN

LABAW MANALINTAD
DONGGON
 The Hinilawod

LABAW GROUP OF
DONGGON HOUSE YOUNG MEN
ANGOY
GINBITINAN
 The Hinilawod

LABAW
DONGGON ALUNSINA
ANGOY
GINBITINAN
 The Hinilawod

LABAW
DONGGON TARAMBANG BUROK
 The Hinilawod

LABAW ABYANG
DONGGON TARAMBANG BUROK
DURUNUUN
 The Hinilawod

LABAW ABYANG
SIKAY BUROK
TARAMBANG
DONGGON DURUNUUN
PADALOGDOG
The Hinilawod

LABAW ABYANG
DONGGON DURUNUUN
 The Hinilawod

ANGOY
LABAW GINBITINAN
DONGGON
ABYANG
DURUNUUN
 The Hinilawod

LABAW MALITONG
GADLUM YAWA
DONGGON
 The Hinilawod

LABAW MALITONG
GADLUM YAWA
DONGGON
 The Hinilawod

LABAW MALITONG
DONGGON YAWA
SARAGNAYAN
 The Hinilawod
WHO ARE
YOU AND
WHY ARE
YOU HERE?

LABAW MALITONG
DONGGON YAWA
SARAGNAYAN
 I AM LABAW The Hinilawod
DONGGON, SON OF
DATU PAUBARI AND WHO ARE
GODDESS ALUNSINA YOU AND
OF HILAWOD
WHY ARE
YOU HERE?

LABAW MALITONG
DONGGON YAWA
SARAGNAYAN
 The Hinilawod
I CAME FOR THE
BEAUTIFUL
MALITONG YAWA
SINAGMALING
DIWATA

LABAW MALITONG
DONGGON YAWA
SARAGNAYAN
The Hinilawod

LABAW SARAGNAYAN
DONGGON
The Hinilawod

MALITONG
YAWA

SARAGNAYAN

LABAW
DONGGON
 The Hinilawod

ANGOY
LABAW GINBITINAN
DONGGON
ABYANG
DURUNUUN
 The Hinilawod

ANGOY ASO MANGGA

LABAW GINBITINAN
DONGGON
ABYANG
ABYANG
DURUNUUN
BARANUGON
 The Hinilawod

ABYANG
ASO MANGGA
BARANUGON
 The Hinilawod

ABYANG SARAGNAYAN
BARANUGON

ASO MANGGA
 The Hinilawod

ABYANG
BARANUGON SARAGNAYAN

ASO MANGGA
 The Hinilawod

HUMADAPNON

BUYONG
MATANAYON
 The Hinilawod

BUYONG
HUMADAPNON MATANAYON
BIDAY NGA
RUMBA-RUMBA
 The Hinilawod

BUYONG PIGANUN
HUMADAPNON MATANAYON
 The Hinilawod

BUYONG
HUMADAPNON MATANAYON
BIDAY NGA
RUMBA-RUMBA
 The Hinilawod

DATU UMBAW
BUYONG
HUMADAPNON PINAUMBAW
MATANAYON
The Hinilawod

DATU UMBAW
PINAUMBAW

HUMADAPNON DAUGHTER
 The Hinilawod

HUMADAPNON BURIGADANG PADA SINAKLANG BULAWAN

 The Hinilawod

HUMADAPNON BUYONG
BURIGADANG PADA SINAKLANG BULAWAN
MAKABAGTING
 The Hinilawod

HUMADAPNON BUYONG
BURIGADANG PADA SINAKLANG BULAWAN
MAKABAGTING
 The Hinilawod

HUMADAPNON GODDESS
The Hinilawod
DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

DUMALAPDAP
 The Hinilawod

LUBAY-LUBYOK
DUMALAPDAP BURUTLAKAN-KA-ADLAW HANGINUN si
MAHUYOKHUYOKON
DUMASIG
 The Hinilawod

BALANAKON
DUMALAPDAP TARAMBUAN-KA-BANWA (TWO HEADED
MONSTER)
DUMASIG
 The Hinilawod

BALANAKON
DUMALAPDAP TARAMBUAN-KA-BANWA (TWO HEADED
MONSTER)

DUMASIG
 The Hinilawod

DUMALAPDAP TARAMBUAN-KA-BANWA UYUTANG

DUMASIG
 The Hinilawod

DUMALAPDAP TARAMBUAN-KA-BANWA UYUTANG

DUMASIG
The Hinilawod

LUBAY-LUBYOK
DUMALAPDAP HANGINUN si
MAHUYOKHUYOKON
 The Hinilawod
DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

LABAW
DONGGON HUMADAPNON DUMALAPDAP
 The Hinilawod
DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

LABAW
DONGGON HUMADAPNON DUMALAPDAP

NORTH
 The Hinilawod
DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

LABAW
DONGGON HUMADAPNON DUMALAPDAP

NORTH SOUTH
 The Hinilawod
DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA

LABAW
DONGGON HUMADAPNON DUMALAPDAP

NORTH SOUTH WEST

 The Hinilawod
DATU PAUBARI ALUNSINA
EAST

LABAW
DONGGON HUMADAPNON DUMALAPDAP

NORTH SOUTH WEST

 MORAL LESSON
True and faithful love shall and always
prevail. Deference to your parents and
elders will always be rewarded.