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Overview
Seven armed men meet the widow’s son, each wearing a different colour with matching eyes. The red-clad leader says they kill every living thing they encounter. Helped by mysteriously arriving weapons, the boy fights them for three days and nights; on the fourth day the leader falls, followed by the others. A friendly spirit later identifies them as the stone spirit’s agents and promises their restoration, after which all attend the concluding feast. The tale does not name them individually, call their weapons enchanted, or describe them as seven incarnations of one being.
Origins & earliest records
Philippines; Subanun account as grouped by Cole
Records & interpretation
Complete relevant story, collection preface, regional introduction and attached notes directly read.
Selected bibliography
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Philippine Folk Tales
Subanun, The Widow’s Son, pp. 147–152 and notes 25–27
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Mabel Cook Cole, Philippine Folk Tales (Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1916)
Subanun section. Subanun, The Widow’s Son, pp. 147–152 and notes 25–27
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References
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- Historical collected narrative and editorial notesCole, Philippine Folk Tales (1916), Subanun, The Widow’s Son, pp. 147–152 and notes 25–27Research access: 2026-10-05
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