MARIANG MAKILING
A Filipino Legend

In the province of Laguna, there is a beautiful mountain which is known as Mt.
Makiling. The folks believe that the people in Laguna are enjoying a good life because a
nice and beautiful lady helps them get a good harvest.
Mariang Makiling is a lady in a white flowing gown, beautiful face, and long black
hair that touches the ground. Sometimes, they said Mariang Makiling would appear and
show herself to some people with pure hearts.
One day, a couple living in Mt. Makiling is getting married. Mariang Makiling
wanted to help the couple, so she promised to help them. She told them to invite the
town to go to the cave's entrance the day before the wedding. The couple followed, they
went inside the cave, and they were surprised to see so much food, pigs, chickens,
ducks, goats are lying atop the big stones. They are so thankful for her promise.
A group of men heard this and thought of Mariang Makiling as a rich lady keeping
all her riches inside the cave. So, they decided to enter it and take everything they see
there. The men, never seen again after that. Mariang Makiling was very angry by their
actions, and from then, she rarely appears to the people of Laguna.
Source: Suarez, Josefina. New Dynamic Series in English. JO-ES Publishing House, Inc.,2004

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