This seminal work, authored by American anthropologist Fay-Cooper Cole, is an extensive study of the folklore, beliefs, and traditions of the Tinguian (Itneg) people, a pagan tribe inhabiting the mountainous regions of northwestern Luzon, Philippines. Cole collected the tales between 1907 and 1908 as part of the R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, a period of intensive American ethnographic research following the Philippine-American War. The work systematically divides the oral traditions into three parts: mythical tales of the first times, ritualistic and explanatory myths (or diams) linked to ceremonies, and ordinary stories for entertainment. As a detailed early 20th-century American ethnological account, this volume holds significant relevance for its documentation of Tinguian pre-colonial culture and is a foundational text in the study of Philippine indigenous groups and folklore.
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Traditions of the Tinguian: a study in Philippine folk-lore
Cole, Fay-Cooper
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The book is considered valuable. It is advised that researchers use digital copy rather than physical books for preservation purposes.
226 pages
Date Created 1915 (The material was collected in 1907–1908 and published in 1915.)
Fil. 991.4 C67
APA Citation:
Cole, F.-C. (1915). Traditions of the Tinguian: a study in Philippine folk-lore. Field Museum of Natural History.