WHY SEA BECAME SALTY

The legend of why sea became salty says that a long time ago, there was a giant that used
to live in one of the islands next to the nice people, this giant was very generous and always
gave them salt to prepare very tasty meals.
One day, the ocean was very agitated and the people could not go to the giant's island for
some salt, the days passed by and the sea was still very rough, eventually they ran out of
salt for their food and started to find a way to go and get it. A child gave them the idea to
ask the gentle giant to stretch one of his legs so they could cross the ocean and get the salt
they needed.
The giant accepted the idea, but when he stretched his leg, he didn't notice that landed on
an anthill. This made the ants furious and started to bite the poor giant's leg, the giant, in
pain, asked the people to hurry.
As soon as the people made it to the other side, the giant gave them sacks full of salt.
When they were done the giant stretched his leg one more time, landing, again on the
anthill.
The giant in more pain than before, begged to the people to hurry because the ants were
biting him again, but the sacks were so heavy that slowed down the people. Sadly before
the people were able to reach their own village, the giant in a scream of pain moved his leg
to the ocean so the ants won't bite him anymore, throwing the people and the sacks of salt
in it.
The giant saw the people drowning and in a quick move save them, but the salt melted in
the ocean, that at that time didn't have any taste, making it salty.
And this is the Legend of how the sea has the salty taste.

Goddess of Mount Makiling

Maria Makiling is the goddess of mount Makiling..Many people said that maria was very
beautiful and very kind to her people who lived in her mountain.
Many said that Maria Makiling used to play with the animals in the mountain, but now Maria
Makiling its gone. The elder said that she was hiding in the mountain because of the bad
people who came in and steal her belongings like golden pots, and silver spoons and forks,
killed her animal friends.
Now Mount Makiling is enchanted. Many hikers have gone missing, and accidents in the
mountain like flash floods, sickness in the trees,vand if you are one of those me who did not
respect the mountain and Maria's kingdom, maybe you will get got lost, or she will gave you
an unknown disease. Many elders said that it was the revenge of the goddess of Mount
Makiling.
Hope you like the legend of my favorite place THE ENCHANTED MOUNTAIN MT.MAKILING

THE FIRST RAINBOW LEGEND

The Rainbow legend says that a long time ago, there was a farmer that had a small farm.
One day he realizes that one of the walls he built a couple of days ago keeps getting
knocked down by someone or something, tired of this happening he decided to wait and
catch the responsible.
One evening while he was in guard he heard something strange near that wall, then he ran
and surprises three star maidens. When they saw the farmer they ran trying to escape, two
were able to do it while one was left behind.
The farmer then got a hold of the star maiden and felt in love with her, afraid that she would
run away from him, he thinks in a way to stop this from happening, which is hide her
magical wings.
Time went by and the farmer and star maiden got married and were blessed with the birth
of a beautiful baby boy. They were happy for a long time, until one day that in one of the
star maiden's walk she found her magical wings near their house. She then thinks on her
sisters and how much fun they use to have, and with this in mind she wears her wings back
and with her son next to her, she flew back to her sisters leaving the farmer heart broken.
The gods saw this and felt pity for the tears of the farmer, so they decided to build a way for
him to climb to the sky and see his son and wife, making a bridge of different colors.
Another version of the rainbow legend says that one day Bathala planned a journey to Earth
to visit his faithful people. He called his children to bid them farewell. All of them came but
Bighari, the Goddess of Flowers.
Bathala, who valued promptness, became angry because this was not the first time that
Bighari missed their gathering. Thus, he banished her from their heavenly kingdom.
Bighari, at that time, was at her garden on Earth. She wept bitterly when she was told of
her banishment. But she sought to cope with her sorrow by causing her garden to bloom
profusely.
The legend of the rainbow says that the people that used to live around her garden grew to
love her more and more for bringing beauty to their lives. They resolved, after a time, to
build her a bower so that they could see her garden even from a long distance.
And so they built it, and decked it all over with colorful blooms. Thereafter, whenever
Bighari would travel, people would see her colorful bower against the sky.
These are the version of the first Rainbow Legend.

Why Marinduque is shaped like a heart

A long time ago there was a woman named Mariin and a man named Gatduke. They both
love each other so much that they decided to get married.
One day Mariin's father heard about, the weeding, and he was not very pleased. He told
Mariin that she should not marry Gatduke because he was not the right man for her.
Mariin got so mad that she left her father. A few days after, Mariin's father heard that both
Mariin and Gatduke had passed away. Some people say that when the father visited their
grave an island was forming.
The people named the island Marinduque to represent the couple who would rather die then
to be separate from each other. The island was soon getting its shape of a heart.

COCONUT TREE
The coconut tree or palm is consider on the Philippines the second national tree, also is the
only one that is 100% usable (people use the fruit, leafs and the trunk). Let me tell you the
Coconut tree legend.
One legend says that a long time ago, in the kingdom of Bangonansa Polangui (Kingdom by
the River), used to have a kind Ruler, but the kingdom was better know for her beautiful
daughter Putri Timbang-Namat.
From all over the seven seas admirers came to see Putri, but she wanted no one. When the
Ruler saw all the pretenders, but not interest from her daughter, he told her:
"I want a baby boy to take my place when I die, I would love to carry him and see him
before I'm gone". And so, he decided to create a contest to decided who would marry Putri.
But what the Ruler didn't know, it's that Putri met a young gardener in the Palace garden
with the name of Wata-Mama. One day Wata told his past to Putri, that he was a royal
descent, but that his father was killed by his uncle and he was vanished out of his kingdom
when he was three. Putri answered: "We love each other, that's all matters".
One of Putri's pretenders saw her with wata and got jealous, so one night he hid on a dark
corner and waited for the lovers, when he saw them walking near him, he struck Wata's
head, cutting it off. Putri, fearless, picked up his lover's head.
Putri buried Wata's head and aftewr a few days she noticed a tiny plant growing on the spot
the head was buried, and suddenly grew into a big tree, reaching Putri's window, also it
produced a fruit of the size of a man's head.

FIRST GARLIC
The legend of the first garlic says that there was upon a time, a Maiden with beauty never
seen before. When she was old enough, her mother arrange her wedding with the richest
Datus in the village. So beautiful she was that she had a few men after her, and one of them
murderer her fiance, who also was killed by the fiance's loyal slave.

When the Maiden knew about this deaths, sad and broken hearted ran to the very top of the
Sacred Mountain, where she prayed on her knees to Bathala to take her with him,so her
beauty would not be reason for any more deaths. Bathala listening to her prayers, decided
to call her forth, and with a lightning, she was killed.
With pain in her soul, her mother buries her, watering the tomb of her beloved daughter
with her tears. Then one day the Mother notices some grass-like plants growing on her
daughter's grave. Trying to clean it, she pulls them out and realize that the seeds looked like
her daughter's teeth. While she was admiring them, a voice out of nowhere said to her:
"Those are your daughter's teeth"
In her heart, the Mother knew it was Bathala giving her a memento to remind her of her
daughter. The next day the Mother plants the seeds all over the land, in a way to spread the
memory of her daughter.
And this is the Legend of the Garlic.