Philippines: The Brother of the Three Marias

After cutting down a magical kolesmeloko tree for profit, Teong the folk healer, accidentally sets a giant serpent free. As punishment for his greed he must give away his three daughters, Maria Upeng, Maria Loleng, and Maria Upeng, to three powerful kings. Many years pass and the youngest child, Pedro, journeys across different realms in an effort to find his sisters and reunite his family.

© 2020 by Christine S. Bellen. Published in paper format in Singapore by World Scientific Publishing, recorded by Storyside 2020.