Palawan

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Palawan is an island province in the western Philippines. This story was told by one of its inhabitants, but no further information as to ethnic group is given.

A stingy rich man hoarded rice while others went hungry. A man who came to him begging food was turned away. He then told others in the neighborhood to go to high ground. A fierce storm came, and a flood washed everything remaining into the sea, including the rich man. He becomes a shark.

Damiana L. Eugenio, Philippine Folk Literature: The Myths (Diliman, Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 2001), 365-366.