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Overview
Three hunters sleep outdoors in their blankets. Two have customary blue-and-white designs, while the third has red and yellow stripes. Two approaching spirits mistake the striped sleeper for a young wild pig and discuss eating him. Overhearing them, he switches blankets with a sleeping companion, whom the spirits then consume. The story concludes with an avoidance of such blankets when sleeping where spirits might reach the wearer. No names or bodily descriptions are given for the pair; the ending is Cole’s recorded explanation of a precaution, not proof of universal or current practice.
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 Striped Blanket, p. 73
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Philippine Folk Tales
Tinguian section. The Striped Blanket, p. 73
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 Striped Blanket, p. 73Research access: 2026-10-05
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