Revisiting Subanen History through Analyses of Flora and Fauna in Subanen Folklore

Paul Omar Gangoso

doi:10.55927/eajmr.v2i4.3702

Authors

Paul Omar Gangoso Southeast Asian Institute of Public Management

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/eajmr.v2i4.3702

Keywords:

Subanen, Indigenous People, Subanen Folklore, Lumads

Abstract

Given the limited number of available literature on Subanen culture and history, scholars and researchers are drawn to study the monologues of Subanen folklore to extract truthful historical accounts, separating myths from facts. Through the three published epics subject to this study, significant characteristics of Subanen history are identified through the lens of the key flora and fauna. These factual historical references add up to the whole Subanen identity in the Philippines’ diverse cultural and socio-political landscape.

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