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Overview
A mound of earth raised by ants calls to Dogedog and joins his journey to Magsingal, alongside an alligator, deer and monkey. It promises to beat a human at wrestling. After the cockfight, a large man competes with it and loses after a hard struggle. The mound itself speaks, travels and wrestles; it is not merely a metaphor for an ant colony, and no head, arms or legs are described.
Origins & earliest records
Tinguian storytelling, Philippines; particular collected witness
Records & interpretation
Complete relevant story, collection preface, regional introduction and attached notes directly read.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
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Philippine Folk Tales
Tinguian; Dogedog, pp. 92–94; note92
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Mabel Cook Cole, Philippine Folk Tales (Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1916)
Tinguian section. Dogedog, pp. 92–94; note92
Full story, relevant regional introduction and preface read; attached notes checked. Collection mediates oral accounts and earlier print sources without a named individual narrator here. No scientific taxonomy inferred.
References
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- Historical collected narrative and editorial notesCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), Dogedog, pp. 92–94; note92Research access: 2026-10-05
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