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    Our ancestors in the Philippines had their own literature and alphabet before the arrival of Spanish colonizers. This early literature was passed down orally and included folk stories, plays, and short stories that showed their customs and traditions. However, many of the written records of this early literature were destroyed by Spanish friars who saw them as the work of the devil. Some works survived orally and were later published. The literature included legends about the origins of things, as well as folk tales that taught lessons about life. Our ancestors also had epics that told heroic stories.

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    Our ancestors in the Philippines had their own literature and alphabet before the arrival of Spanish colonizers. This early literature was passed down orally and included folk stories, plays, and short stories that showed their customs and traditions. However, many of the written records of this early literature were destroyed by Spanish friars who saw them as the work of the devil. Some works survived orally and were later published. The literature included legends about the origins of things, as well as folk tales that taught lessons about life. Our ancestors also had epics that told heroic stories.

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    Our ancestors in the Philippines had their own literature and alphabet before the arrival of Spanish colonizers. This early literature was passed down orally and included folk stories, plays, and short stories that showed their customs and traditions. However, many of the written records of this early literature were destroyed by Spanish friars who saw them as the work of the devil. Some works survived orally and were later published. The literature included legends about the origins of things, as well as folk tales that taught lessons about life. Our ancestors also had epics that told heroic stories.

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    Pre-Spanish Period

    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

    Long before the Spaniard and other


    foreigners landed on Philippine shores, our
    forefathers already had their own literature
    stamped in the history of our race.

    Our ancient literature shows our customs


    and traditions in everyday life as trace in our
    folk stories, old plays and short stories.
    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

    Our ancestors also had their own alphabet


    which was different from that brought by the
    Spaniards.

    The first alphabet used by our


    ancestors was similar to that of the Malayo
    Polynesian alphabets.
    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
    Whatever record our ancestors left were either
    burned by the Spanish friars in the belief that
    they were works of the devil or were written on
    materials that easily perished, like the barks of
    trees, dried leaves and bamboo cylinders which
    could not have remained undestroyed even if
    efforts were made to preserve them.
    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

    Other records that remained showed folk songs


    that proved existence of a native culture truly
    our own.
    Some of these were passed on by word of mouth
    till they reached the hands of
    some publishers or printers who took interest
    in printing the manuscripts of the ancient
    Filipinos.
    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

    The Spaniards who came to the Philippines


    tried to prove that our ancestors were really
    fond of poetry, songs, stories, riddles and
    proverbs which we still enjoy today and
    which serve to show to generations the true
    culture of our people.
    Pre-Spanish Literature

    1. LEGENDS. Legends are a form of prose


    the common theme of which is about the
    origin of a thing, place, location or name.
    The events are imaginary, devoid of truth
    and unbelievable. Old Filipino customs are
    reflected in these legends. Its aim is to
    entertain. Here is an example of a legend is
    THE LEGEND OF THE TAGALOGS.
    Pre-Spanish Literature
    2. FOLK TALES
    -Folk tales are made up of
    stories about life, adventure, love, horror and
    humor where one can derive lessons about life.
    These are useful to us because they help us
    appreciate our environment, evaluate our
    personalities and improve our perspectives in
    life. An example of this is THE MOON AND
    THE SUN
    Pre-Spanish Literature

    C. THE EPIC AGE. Epics are long narrative


    poems in which a series of heroic
    achievements or events, usually of a hero, are
    dealt with at length. Nobody can determine
    which epics are the oldest because in their
    translations from other languages, even in
    English and Spanish. We can only determine
    their origins from the time mentioned in the
    said epics

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