The document describes different origin stories for how the world and humans came to be. According to a Chinese story, the world originated from the grandchildren of Maguayan and Captan, while a Filipino story says the earth was formed from the characteristics of their deceased grandchildren. A Christian story attributes the origin of the world to Jesus. The first life forms are described as deities in a Chinese account and humans are said to have formed when a man and woman emerged from a bamboo tree in a Filipino origin story.
The document describes different origin stories for how the world and humans came to be. According to a Chinese story, the world originated from the grandchildren of Maguayan and Captan, while a Filipino story says the earth was formed from the characteristics of their deceased grandchildren. A Christian story attributes the origin of the world to Jesus. The first life forms are described as deities in a Chinese account and humans are said to have formed when a man and woman emerged from a bamboo tree in a Filipino origin story.
The document describes different origin stories for how the world and humans came to be. According to a Chinese story, the world originated from the grandchildren of Maguayan and Captan, while a Filipino story says the earth was formed from the characteristics of their deceased grandchildren. A Christian story attributes the origin of the world to Jesus. The first life forms are described as deities in a Chinese account and humans are said to have formed when a man and woman emerged from a bamboo tree in a Filipino origin story.
Earth and Captan died and their formed characteristics formed the earth e.g. Licalibutan had a body of rock so he became the land. 4. First life Deities are the first life forms such as forms Maguayan and Captan.
Maguayan planted a seed
5. How then abamboo tree grew up, and humans are from the hollow of one of its formed branches a man and a woman came out.