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The legend of why sea became salty says that a long time ago, there was a giant that used
to live in one of the islands next to the nice people, this giant was very generous and always
gave them salt to prepare very tasty meals.
One day, the ocean was very agitated and the people could not go to the giant's island for
some salt, the days passed by and the sea was still very rough, eventually they ran out of
salt for their food and started to find a way to go and get it. A child gave them the idea to
ask the gentle giant to stretch one of his legs so they could cross the ocean and get the salt
they needed.
The giant accepted the idea, but when he stretched his leg, he didn't notice that landed on
an anthill. This made the ants furious and started to bite the poor giant's leg, the giant, in
pain, asked the people to hurry.
As soon as the people made it to the other side, the giant gave them sacks full of salt.
When they were done the giant stretched his leg one more time, landing, again on the
anthill.
The giant in more pain than before, begged to the people to hurry because the ants were
biting him again, but the sacks were so heavy that slowed down the people. Sadly before
the people were able to reach their own village, the giant in a scream of pain moved his leg
to the ocean so the ants won't bite him anymore, throwing the people and the sacks of salt
in it.
The giant saw the people drowning and in a quick move save them, but the salt melted in
the ocean, that at that time didn't have any taste, making it salty.
And this is the Legend of how the sea has the salty taste.
COCONUT TREE
The coconut tree or palm is consider on the Philippines the second national tree, also is the
only one that is 100% usable (people use the fruit, leafs and the trunk). Let me tell you the
Coconut tree legend.
One legend says that a long time ago, in the kingdom of Bangonansa Polangui (Kingdom by
the River), used to have a kind Ruler, but the kingdom was better know for her beautiful
daughter Putri Timbang-Namat.
From all over the seven seas admirers came to see Putri, but she wanted no one. When the
Ruler saw all the pretenders, but not interest from her daughter, he told her:
"I want a baby boy to take my place when I die, I would love to carry him and see him
before I'm gone". And so, he decided to create a contest to decided who would marry Putri.
But what the Ruler didn't know, it's that Putri met a young gardener in the Palace garden
with the name of Wata-Mama. One day Wata told his past to Putri, that he was a royal
descent, but that his father was killed by his uncle and he was vanished out of his kingdom
when he was three. Putri answered: "We love each other, that's all matters".
One of Putri's pretenders saw her with wata and got jealous, so one night he hid on a dark
corner and waited for the lovers, when he saw them walking near him, he struck Wata's
head, cutting it off. Putri, fearless, picked up his lover's head.
Putri buried Wata's head and aftewr a few days she noticed a tiny plant growing on the spot
the head was buried, and suddenly grew into a big tree, reaching Putri's window, also it
produced a fruit of the size of a man's head.
FIRST GARLIC
The legend of the first garlic says that there was upon a time, a Maiden with beauty never
seen before. When she was old enough, her mother arrange her wedding with the richest
Datus in the village. So beautiful she was that she had a few men after her, and one of them
murderer her fiance, who also was killed by the fiance's loyal slave.
When the Maiden knew about this deaths, sad and broken hearted ran to the very top of the
Sacred Mountain, where she prayed on her knees to Bathala to take her with him,so her
beauty would not be reason for any more deaths. Bathala listening to her prayers, decided
to call her forth, and with a lightning, she was killed.
With pain in her soul, her mother buries her, watering the tomb of her beloved daughter
with her tears. Then one day the Mother notices some grass-like plants growing on her
daughter's grave. Trying to clean it, she pulls them out and realize that the seeds looked like
her daughter's teeth. While she was admiring them, a voice out of nowhere said to her:
"Those are your daughter's teeth"
In her heart, the Mother knew it was Bathala giving her a memento to remind her of her
daughter. The next day the Mother plants the seeds all over the land, in a way to spread the
memory of her daughter.
And this is the Legend of the Garlic.