How the Moon and Stars Came to Be
A Bukidnon story explains that the sky once hung close to the earth until a woman’s pounding raised it; her comb became the Moon and scattered beads became stars.
The woman’s pestle repeatedly strikes the low sky, so she asks it to rise. When it lifts suddenly, objects caught in her hair are carried upward and transformed into lights of the night.
The concise account is presented as recorded in 1916, with its material imagery—pestle, comb, and beads—kept central rather than generalized into an abstract creation myth.
Optional reflection
Remember this story?
From how moon and stars came to be
What become the stars in the recorded story?
Follow the thread
Connected lore
Curated relationships invite comparison without implying that distinct traditions are the same.
Sources & citations
Cole, Mabel Cook. Philippine Folk Tales. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1916. p. 124.
Mabel Cook Cole · A. C. McClurg & Co.; digital edition by Project Gutenberg · 1916
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