Hailejade N. Ilagan
7-unity
Group 6
Bernardo Carpio
The story of
a young man with superhuman strength who becomes trapped between two mountains
of stone, Bernardo Carpio was the most beloved metrical romance in the
eighteenth and nineteenth century Philippines. So popular was the tale, in
fact, that the legend of Bernardo Carpio grew with each retelling. By the dawn
of the twentieth century, generations of Filipinos—the revolutionary leader
Andres Bonifacio among them—believed that the hero would one day break free
from his underground prison and deliver them from enslavement and oppression.
In Bernardo Carpio, thus, do Filipinos find a parallel and counterpart to King
Arthur, Montezuma and other incarnations of kings who are to come.
Over the
years, his legend has been recast in folktale, comic book, scholarly study and
film. Yet all these retellings can be traced to a single source: the Historia
famosa ni Bernardo Carpio, an awit based on Spanish legend and purportedly
penned by the Tagalog poet Jose de la Cruz (“Huseng Sisiw”). The original poem
is reproduced in this electronic edition, along with the essay “Bernardo
Carpio: Awit and Revolution” by Reynaldo C. Ileto, which tackles the impact of
the Bernardo Carpio narrative on popular perceptions of anti-colonial revolt.
This e-book also features the essay “Metrical Romances in the Philippines,”
which explores the variety and popularity of metrical romances in early twentieth-century
Philippine literature
Conclusion: The conclusion was enormous
footsteps he has reputedly left behind in the mountains of Montalban. Others
say he was the size of an ordinary man. However, all versions agree he had a
strength that was similar to that of Hercules.
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