The aggressive aled are one of the spirits most dreaded by the Gaddang. To turn into an alasip is called nag-aalasip and is done by an aswang. In Tagalog lore the alasip is a person who at night becomes a creature that preys on people, killing them in their sleep to eat their liver. They collect items that belonged to their victims, which they store in jars. They are capable of creating a child out of blood from miscarriages or menstruation or discarded placenta. Although known to prey on people, they sometimes keep and raise children who strayed into their domain or infants left in the forest. They spend much of their time hanging upside-down from trees deep in the forest with their backward-pointing, clawed feet tightly holding onto a branch, waiting for a potential prey to pass below. The alan of Tinguian folklore are humanoid in appearance but have winged arms and skin as tough as carabao hide. They are also known as bambanig in other areas. This presence is said to warn the relatives to pray for the souls of the deceased or suffer misfortunes. These may be also present when pigs grunt, dogs howl, or chickens crow at night. Sometimes, they help fishermen by revealing spots in the river or sea where fish are plenty.īelieved by Ilocanos as spirit doubles of people, the alalia or al-alia manifest during a person’s death as the groans of the dying, the cracking of glass, the rattling of beds, or the banging of doors. The agta are fond of children and beautiful women. They could only be seen by bending over and looking down backward between the open legs. In Western Visayas, the agta are small man-like creatures with very dark complexion. It lures women with a shower of petals to abduct them for its personal entertainment. The agta sometimes plays pranks on people like toppling trees on the path of travelers or steal clothes and firewood. In other times it’s seen smoking a tinostos (cigar). to 4 a.m., wandering alone or standing still in a particular place or following people. It’s active during dark hours between 8 p.m. Sometimes aghoy play pranks on their friends by changing their positions while they are asleep.Ī huge black being according to Waray lore. An honest friend is rewarded with a magic purse that never runs out of gold while a dishonest one is abandoned forever, never to see the aghoy again. An aghoy will present to a friend an object of great value, pretending it has no idea what the missing object is. They are good at finding lost things belonging to friends but often use this skill to test their friends’ honesty. They will only enter a friend’s house if they are invited. They come out after dark and call their human friends through whistles. The trees serve as their gateway to the human world. They have golden to blond hair, deep-set eyes of blue, green, or brown, and high bridged noses. Waray folklore describes them as attractive-looking men and women in their early twenties often seen barefoot although it is said they are actually small in size. When their craving for human flesh kicks in, they simply order these crocodiles to go kill a person and bring the corpse back to them so they may feast on the victim’s meat. There, the hayopan raise crocodiles as servants which will do their bidding. In Bicolano lore, when some aswang no longer want to hunt for human prey themselves, they move and live by the swamp or the river. Its big, fiery eyes almost bulge out of their sockets. It doesn’t grow wings on its back, instead, its arms are the ones that turn into leathery bat-like wings. The abat or awok is a variant of the manananggal from some parts of Visayas, especially among the Waray. because they belong to some of the listed beings below (e.g.: Maria Makiling is a diwata). I’ve excluded popular characters such as Maria Makiling, Teniente Gimo, Tarabusaw, etc. While majority of Filipinos today think of the entries listed here are mere figments of the imagination, those who claim to have encountered them would say otherwise. A chance encounter with something supernatural when I was in my junior year in high school strengthened my interest with Philippine folklore and mythology. When I was a kid I was fascinated with stories involving such beings and entities and started researching on them ever since. These creatures and beings have a link to our beliefs and traditions which in turn affect our way of life. The following are the creatures, beings, and entities found in various folktales and mythology stories all over the Philippines as taken from many sources such as posts on the internet, books, and stories from individuals. NOTE: This post will be updated if I come across another creature or entity not yet included in this list. (Last updated: 20 October 2016) Iya Villania & Pogs Yrana
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