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Overview
Elonen catches a bird that calls to him, but while he goes swimming his grandmother eats it. Grieving, he walks into the forest and asks a great stone to open its mouth and swallow him. It does so. When his grandmother searches, the stone calls out to reveal his location, but she cannot open it. Horses kick it, carabao break their horns against it, chickens peck and thunder shakes it, all unsuccessfully. The title describes a boy becoming a stone, but the narrated action is the existing stone swallowing him; the ending supplies neither release nor an explicit account of his bodily transformation.
Origins & earliest records
Philippines; Tinguian narrative in Cole’s collection
Records & interpretation
Complete named tale and any attached footnotes directly read.
Selected bibliography
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Philippine Folk Tales
Tinguian: The Boy who Became a Stone, pp. 84–85
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Philippine Folk Tales
Tinguian section. The Boy who Became a Stone, pp. 84–85
Complete short narrative and attached notes where present directly read. Speech, agency and narrative outcome distinguished from inferred identity or transformation. Original paraphrase; individual storyteller not assigned.
References
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- Historical collection / primary recorded narrativeCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), The Boy who Became a Stone, pp. 84–85Research access: 2026-10-05
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