She was alarmed by her ogima servant’s news. Haguesina adventurers have ventured near the edge of her domain, threatening the peace and tranquility she and her subjects have enjoyed for centuries. Who knows what inconvenience these humans from the coast bring. She could turn the trespassers into pigs, she mulled.
Category: philippine mythology
‘Pisting Yawa’ and Nagmalitong Yawa
Is the Bisayan pejorative ‘pisting yawa’ the result of Spanish missionaries demonizing a female figure from precolonial Ilonggo mythology?
Aswang with hair to die for
…when her victim is near her, she forcibly inserts her long hair into the nostrils and mouth of the victim…
Fun facts about Bulan, Libulan, Sidapa, Haliya & Mayari from Filipino myths
The love story of Sidapa and Bulan/Libulan being proliferated online is modern fan fiction.
The Lost Explorer
The Aragonese explorer slowly approached the house in the middle of the field, wondering. It is the only stone dwelling he has seen on the island; very different from the bamboo and straw houses of the natives. What if it belongs to a bruxa? He thought.
Giant Remains
Upon emerging from the thick woods, onto the edge of a ravine the young warrior gazed upon the gigantic form that slumped stone-cold beside a towering mountain. It was shrouded by trees and other manner of plants and vegetation while a steady waterfall gushed forth from a fissure in its chest. While the young warrior…
Bungisngis
He has superb hearing. His thighs are extremely long that when he squats his knees are two spans higher than his shoulders. He dwells allegedly in the forests of Meluz, Orion, Bataan and carries a club, which he uses to kill prey.
The Tiyanak
Described in Tagalog and Bicolano folklore as a small bald-headed “goblin” with small horns, sharp teeth, pointed ears, bloodshot eyes, and disproportionate legs (the left leg is shorter while the right one in unusually longer), the tiyanak disguises itself as a baby abandoned in the forest or in the field. It wails loudly to attract…
Monsters & other supernatural beings from Filipino folklore & myths
This list aims to reintroduce Philippine folklore and mythology’s myriad creatures and other beings that were obscured by centuries of colonialism and modernity.
Art & Fiction + Philippine Folklore & Mythology 