Filipino Fairy Tales, Mythology and Folklore - Episode 34 - Visayan Fairy Tales Pt 3 - Why Dogs Wag Their Tails / The Hawk and the Hen
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Today I'm reading the Visayan fairy tales, Why Dogs Wag Their Tails and The Hawk and the Hen. Why Dog Wag Their Tails was the very episode I ever did, so I'm throwing it back!!
These are all in the public domain via Mabel Cook Cole's book, Philippine Folk Tales. Unlike the other episodes which I rewrote, these are pretty close to the tellings by Cole because I didn't want to steer too far from their simple tellings. I will clarify which ones I do rewrite, as I'll be performing a handful of these.
You can find all these tales on Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12814/pg12814-images.html#d0e4593
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