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    Melu, a giant man who lived on the clouds, rubbed off his pure white skin which piled up. He used this skin to create the earth. He then made the first two men but Tau Tana interfered and gave them upside-down noses. A big rain later flooded the earth, but Melu turned the men's noses right-side up to save them. The men were grateful but unhappy without companions, so Melu had them collect shed skin and hair to later create more people for them.

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    THE BILAAN (MINDANAO) CREATION MYTHS

    From Philippine Folk Tales. Compiled by Mabel (Cook) Cole 1916

    In the beginning, there lived a very big man named Melu.


    He is so big that he could occupy the space on the clouds
    which is his home. He had teeth that were pure gold. He
    continuesly rubbed his skin that made him to have pure
    skin white skin. The dead skin he rubbed off his body piled
    on one side that it became so huge and was annoyed
    thinking of what he could do with it.

    He then decided to make the earth out of the piled dead skin. He was happy of what
    he had made. And then he made two beings smaller than him to live in the earth he
    made. He made two men and made them so beautiful except their noses. Tau Tana
    who appeared from below the earth interfered and made the noses of the images
    upside down. Then Melu and Tau Tana whipped on the images and gave life. And
    they saw that everything went well. Melu returned to the clouds while Tau Tana
    went back below the earth. Then the people lived well.

    Until one day, a big rain came and flooded the people. And the people were then
    drowning because of their noses. Melu heard their cries and went down to help them
    and turned their noses the other side up. And the people were saved.

    The men were very grateful to Melu and said that they would do anything for him.
    However, they said that they were unhappy because they have no other
    companions. Because of this, Melu told them to collect and save all their hairs and
    the skin that would shred off their bodies and when he would return, he would them
    companions.

    Melu made his promise. And thus, came more people on earth.

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