This shelf begins with two complete public-domain studies: Fay-Cooper Cole's Tinguian narratives from northern Luzon and Dean S. Fansler's comparative collection of tales gathered across several Philippine language communities. Both books preserve substantial records, but both are English-language works shaped by early twentieth-century collectors, editors, and comparative folklore theory. Their historical terminology and broad cultural conclusions require critical reading; neither volume substitutes for living community practice, vernacular-language witnesses, or present-day custodianship.