Philippine Folk-Tales

An early American anthropologist and folklorist, she is remembered for pioneering fieldwork among the Bagobo people in the Philippines and for turning that research into vivid studies of ritual, myth, and daily life.

Fletcher Gardner

1869–1952

Best known for collecting and publishing Philippine folk traditions, this American physician and army officer brought together folklore, linguistics, and field research in work that still draws interest today. His writing ranges from traditional tales to studies of scripts, religion, and public health.

Berton L. (Berton Lewis) Maxfield

1873–1937

Best known for collecting and retelling traditional stories from the Philippines, this early 20th-century writer helped bring regional folk narratives to a wider English-language audience. His surviving published work suggests a range that also reached into legal writing.

Best known as a contributor to early collections of Philippine folklore, this little-documented writer helped preserve traditional Visayan stories for later readers. The surviving record is sparse, which gives the work itself an added sense of mystery.