‘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…

Manananggal

One of the most popular monsters in Philippine folklore and a staple of Pinoy horror movies is the manananggal. Almost every Filipino knows what a manananggal is but to those who don’t, well, a manananggal is a variant of the aswang. By day, is just a normal person, usually a woman, but come sundown she…

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.

Gumon: Locks of death

Habang nakikipagbuno ay hihigupin ng aswang ang dugo at lakas ng biktima hanggang sa maging isang buto’t balat na bangkay ang biktima.

Amamarang

She blocks paths and attacks anyone who encounters her.
While tackling the unfortunate person, the amamarang’s hair slithers into the victim’s eyes, ears, nose, and mouth until the latter faints or suffocates to death.

Mangkukulam

Flames then engulfed the mangkukulam’s body, which caused the victim to become ill and finally die when the mangkukulam put out the flames. The flames can’t be extinguished even by water and only the mangkukulam can quell it.

Amalanhig

Upon rising from the grave, these amalanhig lurk in the woods and live as blood and life essence suckers. At night they go to nearby villages to prey on the residents using their sharp, pointed tongue.

Ungga-Ungga: The bloodsucking floating head

The ungga-ungga or ongga-ongga from Visayan and Mindanaoan folklore in the Philippines (also known as bog-bog, oka-oka, ug-ug, wowog, wuwug or wugwug, and yog-yog) is an aswang variant and a manananggal relative which appears similar to the penanggal or penanggalan of Malay folklore, the kuyang, balan-balan, leyak and palasik of Indonesian folklore, and the krasue…

Ang Biktima ni Angeli

NOTE: English version of story below. Habang hinuhubad ang pares ng duguang gwantes napatingin si Angeli sa salamin upang sulyapan ang kanyang ginawa. Walang buhay na nakahandusay sa sahig ng comfort room ang pinakahuli nitong biktima – isang freshman sa unibersidad – na ang dugo ay nagkalat sa tiles mula sa nakangangang hiwa sa tiyan…