PRE-COLONIAL

LITERARY
WORKS
 Literary means
concerned with or
connected with the
writing, study, or
appreciation of
literature.
What are the types of
literary works during
Pre-colonial?
Philippine folk tales, epics,
poems, and chants existed
in most ethnolinguistic
groups and were passed
from generation to
generation through word
of mouth.
 Pre-colonial literary pieces
transferred in traditional
narratives, speeches, and
songs include Tigmo in
Cebuano, Bugtong in Tagalog,
patototdon in Bicol, and
paktakon in Ilonggo.
 Literary forms
• Riddles • Folk songs
• Epigrams • Myth
• Maxims • Epic
• Chant • Legend
• Tanaga • Ancient
• Ambahan metrical tales
Riddles are like proverbs
with one main difference:
they demand an answer
and are used to test the
wits of those who are
listening to them.
Example:
 Epigrams (Salawikain).
These have been
customarily used and
served as laws or rules on
good behavior by our
ancestors.
Example:
1. Ano ang gamit ng damo kung patay
na ang kabayo?(What's the use of
grass if the horse is dead?)

2. Matibay ang walis, palibhasa'y

pinagbigkis.
Example: