PHIn some parts of Mindanao, the mantianak or manti-anak is the vengeful spirit of a *******t woman who died before giving birth. Thinking that she could have lived had she not been impregnated by a man, she blames all men for her untimely demise. She returns as a wraith with a hole or slit in her bloated belly–the unborn child tucked inside. She exacts revenge by attacking any man she chances upon at night and savagely rips off the victim’s ***** or testicles, causing him to bleed to death. In the middle of the night or the wee hours a mantianak could be heard humming a lullaby to her wailing baby. When such sound is heard within a residence, the men in the house must stay still and avoid making noise to be safe from the mantianak. In order to discourage the mantianak from attacking, a man must wear a woman’s skirt. In other areas in Mindanao, the mantianak takes the form of a flying head that bites off the ***** and testicles of men.
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