Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Philippine folk
literature refers to the traditional oral literature of the Filipino
people. Thus, the scope of the field covers the ancient folk literature
of the Philippines' various ethnic groups, as well as various pieces of
folklore that have evolved since the Philippines became a single
ethno-political unit. While the difference between Philippine folk
literature and Philippine mythology is a fine one, this article
distinguishes folk literature as the source from which Philippine
mythology derives. Damiana Eugenio, a professor from the University of
the Philippines, defined Philippine folk literature as a specific branch
under the broader field of folklore, which "refers to the traditional
lore of the "folk", which can be any group of people bound together by
some common factor such as language, religion, occupation, etc."
