This list aims to reintroduce Philippine folklore and mythology’s myriad creatures and other beings that were obscured by centuries of colonialism and modernity.
Tag: philippine lower mythology
Mandurugo: A vampire from Filipino folklore
The tip of her hollow tongue tapers to a needle point and pricks the sleeping victim’s neck and sucks a bit of his blood.
Tiyu-an, the aswang with an immortal puppy
By day, the tiyu-an is a normal girl or woman but by late night the puppy licks her legs as a way of telling her that it’s time for her to hunt.