Provenance: Agusan Manobo, Mindanao

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Navigating the digital weave of Agusan Manobo oral literature. Currently displaying 22 entries from the scholarly collection.

RIDDLE (ULAGING)NATURE_AND_ENVIRONMENTMORAL_LESSONS

Kahayag

The riddle refers to light's ability to transcend boundaries and enter a space without using the door.

Kunag Baja to pultahan, likat diyat gawas pero ug abot diyat suyod

RIDDLENATURE_AND_ENVIRONMENT

Uling

This riddle uses color to represent stages of coal burning: white coal, red-hot coal, and black charcoal.

RIDDLESOCIAL_CUSTOMS

Anino

A shadow is intangible and cannot be harmed by a bullet.

RIDDLEHEROIC_DEEDS

Damgo

A trick riddle; the only escape from a tiger chasing you in a forest is if it's a dream.

RIDDLECOURTSHIP_AND_MARRIAGE

Lubi

"Wheel of Eba" refers to the coconut husk. The riddle highlights the coconut's water-retaining ability.