The Legend of the Philippines
The
universe was once made up of the Sky (on top), the Sea (at the bottom), and a
large Bird which flew constantly between the first two. The Bird grew tired of
flying since he didn't have any place to rest, so he started an argument
between those two best of friends, the Sky and the Sea.
The
Bird told the Sky that the Sea wanted to drown him with her mighty waves. Then
the Bird told the Sea that the Sky wanted to hit her with stones. The Sea
reacted by throwing waves of water towards the Sky.
The
Sky moved even higher, but when he saw the Sea's waves rising some more, he
then threw soil towards the sea. The soil quieted the Sea and also made the Sky
lighter. The soil turned into 7,000 islands and that is how the Philippines
came to be.
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