PRE-COLONIAL LITERATURE

It is a traditional sacred story which usually narrates the activities of gods and heroes and that can explain a natural phenomenon or cultural practice.

They are sayings that give advice on how life should be lived.

These are stories intended to teach human values with animals as major characters attributing human qualities.

The writing system used by Filipinos in the Pre-colonial period.

Most literary works during the precolonial period were passed down by word of mouth. This form of cultural transmission is called

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This is a long narrative paragraph of poem or stories about quests and exciting adventures of a hero with unusual strength and power.

These are stories explaining origins of person or place handed down from the past and passed through different generations. This is believed by some people but not proven as facts.

These are traditional expressions that use images or objects with veiled meanings that serve as puzzles to be guessed or solved

This is the significant turning point of the story. This is usually the most exciting part of the story.

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Elements of a narrative that refers to the speaker of the story