Tinguian

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When the god Kaboniyan sent a flood to cover the earth, fire hid itself deep inside bamboo, stone, and iron. Men later learned how to retrieve it from these places.

Cole, Fay-Cooper, 1915. "Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore", Field Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Series 14(1), Publication 180, 189; Eliot, Alexander, The Universal Myths (New York: Truman Talley Books/Meridian, 1976), 223-224.