PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

ACTIVITY 3.

A. Please go over your module and locate the Philippine folklore “Tungkung Langit and Alunsina”
(Panay-Visayan). Read it and answer the following questions in the dropbox.

1. Who are the god and the goddess mentioned in the story? Are these names literal or figurative in

meaning? If figurative, what do these mean?

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2. What is the line in the story which shows where the main characters live?

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3. Should the line referred to in number 2 be taken literally or figuratively? Why? If your answer is

figuratively, what does it mean?

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4. What is the role of Tungkung Langit as a god? What made you say so? Should the line you cited

be taken literally or figuratively? Why?

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5. What does the line “The whole place, once vibrant with Alunsina’s sweet voice, suddenly became

cold and desolate” mean?

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6. Should the line above be taken literally or figuratively? Why?

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 7. One of the lines in the story is “he would feel the same loneliness creeping deep in his heart.”

Should this be understood literally or figuratively? Why? If it is to be taken figuratively, what is

the figure of speech used?

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8. What are the origins of the sun, the star, the moon, the thunder, and the rain based on the story?

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9. What type and kind of folklore is “Tungkung Langit and Alunsina?”

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B. Choose a partner among your classmates and characterize a scene in Tungkung Langit and
Alunsina. You may do it through a voice recorder or a video. Let one of you in your section
create a google drive to house your outputs. Feel free to ask in our messenger if you want to be
clarified further.

Goodluck and Godbless!

Sir Eric G. Buenafe