aswang

While removing her bloodied gloves, Angeli glanced at her handy work through the mirror. Her latest victim - a freshman student in the university - lay dead on the comfort room floor with her blood spilled on the tiles from the gaping incision in the girl’s belly. Through this incision, Angeli...

Distinct from ordinary cannibals, aswang refers to men and women who feed on the blood, flesh, and life force of people through supernatural means. Most appear as normal persons by day but at night they turn into terrifying creatures. Some don’t attack people but prefer to s†éál and eat corpses...

The blood-sucking mandurugo of Philippine folklore use their beauty to attract and prey on men. In the olden days a mandurugo would get married to a healthy, plump youth to ensure a constant supply of blood every night. The tip of her hollow tongue tapers to a needle point and pierces the...

According to Waray and Western Visayan folklore, the amalanhig or maranhig (a.k.a. amamanhig, amaranhit) are flightless aswang that came back to life after death. They rise from their grave after failing to pass their power to a relative. Upon rising from the grave, these amalanhig lurk in the...

Werewolves, persons who turn into wolves are the stuff of legend in Europe and in North America. First used before the 12th century the word werewolf is a combination of the two Old English words “wer”, meaning “man” and “wulf” which means “wolf”. Tales of persons turning into wolves, especially...

Another self-segmenter related to the manananggal could be found in Kapampangan folklore. The Magkukutud had the appearance of your classic manananggal but this one was said to lay eggs. Yes, eggs! It laid eggs in a secluded area and just left them there. Those who found the eggs were shocked to...

The fetus-eaters are aswangs or creatures in Philippine folklore that specialize not only in extracting and devouring a person’s internal organs but also in drawing out or feeding on a yet to be born child from inside a mother’s womb. They are the principal suspects for strange noises or...

As psychic vampires, the aswang na gala feed off the energy of sick, weary, stressed, and dying persons. They appear as normal people - some work in hospitals to prey on the patients. But staring into their eyes reveals their true nature because it is believed everything is reflected upside-down...

In Bicolano folklore, when some aswang no longer want to hunt for human prey themselves, they move and live by the swamp or the river. There, the hayopan raise crocodiles as servants which will follow their bidding. When their craving for human flesh kicks in, they simply order these crocodiles...

Anananggals are self-segmenting aswangs in the Visayas region of the Philippines. Unlike their cousins, the manananggals of Luzon, anananggals are wingless like the Indonesian penanggal, and have the ability to render themselves invisible - an ability which gives them freedom to enter any house...

Abat 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...

In Philippine folklore the ungga-ungga or unga-unga of Negros (known as wuwug or wowog in Eastern Visayas) is a manananggal relative that appears similar to the penanggal or penanggalan of Indonesia and Malaysia. Like the latter, it separates at the neck and the wingless head hovers off with its...

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