This collection brings together general lectures and specific researches conducted among the Sama and Sama Dilaut in Tawi-Tawi; the Tala-andig Bukidnon in Mindanao; and the Ifugao, the Itneg, and the Ilocano in Northern Luzon. An anthology of excerpts from seventeen epics in their original languages is presented together with an English or Filipino translation. A video-CD contains performances of epic poetry of the Tala-andig Bukidnon, Kalinga, and the Sama Dilaut.