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The following myths were collected by the writer in 1907-8 during a stay of sixteen months with the Tinguian, a pagan tribe of northwestern Luzon in the Philippines. The material, for the most part gathered in texts, was partially translated in the I slands, while the balance was worked over during a brief visit to America in 1909. In this task I was assisted by Dumagat, a full blood Tinguian, who accompanied me. While not, in all cases, giving a literal rendering, I have endeavored to follow closely the language of the story-tellers rather than to offer a poH shed translation. In some cases, where it was impossible to record the tales when heard, only the substance was noted, a fact which will account for the meagemess of detail evident in a few of the stories. The Tinguian tribe numbers about twenty thousand individuals, most of whom are found in the sub-province of A bra, and in the mountains of I locos Sur and Norte. Their material culture, beliefs, and ceremonials are quite imiform and exceedingly complex. It is my intention to publish a study of this people in the near future, but realizing that it will be quite impossible for readers imacquainted with Tinguian life to understand many references in the tales, I have added such foot notes as will enable them to grasp the meaning of certain obscure passages. In the introduction, an attempt has been made to bring together the ciilture of the people as it appears in the myths, and to contrast it with present day conditions and beliefs. In this way we may hope to gain a clearer insight into their mental Ufe, and to secure a better idea of the values they attach to certain of their activities than is afforded us by actual observation or by direct inquiry. It is also possible that the tales may give us a gH mpse of the early conditions under which this people developed, of their life and culture before the ad

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