Long time ago the Earth was fully covered with water. A titan bird coming from the sky visited the Earth and saw that it was covered with water and there was no island to where it wanted to land. So the mighty bird swooped the sea and as it swooped, the water heaved and move. As it moved the sands under the water moved with the water. The bird continuously swooped the sea and steadily the sands piled under the sea until it reached the surface of the water.
The mighty bird landed on the artificial island and there it deposited two tubes. Then the bird broke the tubes and two human creatures emerged from it. The man was called Malakas and the woman was called Maganda. Then the bird flew away toward the star leaving the two to inhabit the island that later expanded as waves brought more sands to the area.
From this two people, originated the race of the islander.
A mythology from Luzon Island, Philippines retold.
Understanding the message of the mythology.
The bird mentioned can be interpreted as a UFO spaceship from above. The spaceship sucked the sands from the bottom of the ocean to form an island. Then it landed and deposited two humans on the island then it returned to its place of origin, the distant star. (Analogy by the author.)
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