BIRDS OF PHILIPPINE MYTH

MANAUL AND THE SEVEN THOUSAND ISLANDS

A long, long time ago, when the world was very young, there was a bird called Manaul. Manaul had been flying for as long as he remembered, and he was growing very tired. Unfortunately, there was no place for him to land and rest in this young world because there was no earth—only sky and sea.

Manaul went to Kaptan, the god of the sky, and to Maguayan, the goddess