The Riddle of the Fowl and the Eagle

• Main Author: Benitez, Christian Jil R
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: ecogothic; tropical; Philippines; culture; nature; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/19; https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3705
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Alvin Yapan’s “The Riddle of the Fowl and the Eagle” (Filipino: “Ang Bugtong ng Manok at Agila”) teases at the boundaries between the cultural, the natural, and the supernatural, in order to foreground a contemporary Philippine conundrum that elucidates an ethical concern. The story questions what i...