ASK: 1. Who is Bathala? 2. What was the world like in the beginning, according to the poem? 3. How did Bathala create the land and seas? 4. What natural elements were formed to light up the world? 5. What do you mean by parallel? Use it in a sentence? 6. Where did the first men and women come from, according to the poem? 7. What do you think Bathala felt after creating all those things?