Filipino Fairy Tales Episode 2 - The Legend of Mount Kanlaon
Filipino Fairy Tales, Mythology and Folklore
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Show Notes
The Legend of Mount Kanlaon is a fairy tale that has everything - a dragon, a hero, and animals!
I've been thinking about animism and our connection with the earth and animals. In my telling of this story, I wrote more into the hero Laon abilities to ground himself and tune into nature.
There are actually many tellings of this story. I read this story the first time from Maximo D. Ramos, but if you use good ol' Google, you can find variations of the myth online pretty easily.
Also - sorry all, I was sick this week, so I sounded like a croaky frog -ribbit-