Philippine, Visayan and Tagalog Folk-Tales, and Bagobo Myths

by Clara Kern Bayliss, Berton L. Maxfield, W.H. Millington

Philippine, Visayan and Tagalog Folk-Tales, and Bagobo Myths is a collection of works which originally appeared in the Journal of American Folk-Lore, an academic journal published by the American Folk- Lore Society. The journal has been published since the society's founding in 1888. Philippine Folk-Tales (1908) is by Clara nee Kern Bayliss (1848-? ). She was the author of many works, including: In Brook and Bayou; or, Life in the Still Waters (1897), Lolami in Tusayan (1903), Old Man Coyote (1908), A Treasury of Indian Tales (1921) and A Treasury of Eskimo Tales (1922). Visayan Folk-Tales (1906) is by Berton L. Maxfield and W. H. Millington. Tagalog Folk-Tales (1907) is by Fletcher Gardner. He worked amongst the Tagalogs and also wrote Philippine Indic Studies (1943). Bagobo Myths (1913) is by Laura (Estelle) Watson Benedict (1861-1932). She was an anthropologist who spent some time in the Philippines teaching schoolchildren. She also wrote a Study of Bagobo Ceremonial: Magic and Myth (1916).

184 pages, Paperback

First published November 27, 2009

About the author

Clara Kern Bayliss (March 5, 1848 – March 1, 1948) was an American writer and educator.

Clara Marie Kern was born on her family's farm near Kalamazoo, Michigan, the daughter of Manasseh Kern (1809–1892) and Caroline Herlan Kern. She was the first woman to graduate from Hillsdale College in Michigan, in 1871. She later earned a master's degree from the same school, in 1874.

Clara Kern married educator and editor Alfred Bayliss in 1871. They had two daughters, Zoe and Clara, born 1872 and 1874. Alfred Bayliss died in 1911. Clara Kern Bayliss died in 1948, just before her 100th birthday, at a hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.