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It is a product of collective Filipino genius. Dr. José Rizal is the most famous translator who wrote down a specific version, but the story belongs to the anonymous storytellers of pre-colonial Philippines. Any report on the story should credit the Filipino oral tradition first, and Rizal second as its archivist.

used the characters to represent the struggle between the weak (the oppressed Filipinos) and the powerful (the Spanish colonizers). pagong at matsing author