…when her victim is near her, she forcibly inserts her long hair into the nostrils and mouth of the victim…
Tag: vampires
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.
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…
Another manananggal cousin
The abat or awok is the Eastern Visayan variant of the manananggal in Philippine folklore. Like the latter, an abat detaches from its lower half of the body at the waist but instead of growing wings on its back, its arms are the ones that transform into bat-like wings. It has bloodshot eyes which almost…
Manananggal’s wingless cousin
The anananggal are self-segmenting aswang in the Eastern Visayan folklore of the Philippines. Unlike their cousins, the manananggal of Luzon, anananggal are wingless like the Indonesian penanggal, and can render themselves invisible – an ability which gives them freedom to enter any house unnoticed. Aside from preying on pregnant women and attacking children or those…
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.
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.