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Damiana Ligon Eugenio was a Filipino female

author and professor who was known as the Mother
of Philippine Folklore, a title she received in 1986.

Born: 27 September 1921, San Miguel

Died: 10 October 2014, Philippines
Books: Philippine Folk Literature: The Legends, 
Awit and Corrido: Philippine Metrical Romances
Education: University of the Philippines, 
Mount Holyoke College, 
University of California, Los Angeles
Awit' is the Tagalog word for song while
the Spanish word 'corrido' means "a
metrical story, usually sung to the
accompaniment of a guitar, in fandango
style (Fansler 1916:204).