[1001] Filipino Folklore Monsters Kostenlos
From aswang to the white lady.
[97] Filipino Folklore Monsters Kostenlos herunterladen. Mangkukulam bruha witch 3. Top 10 scariest local filipino monsters in the philippines. The aswang is a monster from philippine folklore that can shape shift from a human form into various animals.
The aswang is probably the most common of filipino monsters since there are so many different kinds. Inarguably the local version of latin america s chupacabra sigbin has varying descriptions linked to its. The angongolood or angunguluod is a creature in bicolano folklore said to look like a gorilla and inhabits swamps and riverbanks where it attacks fishermen and boatmen.
10 lesser known mythical creatures in philippine folklore 1. Sirena and siyokoy mermaid and mermen 8. She is believed to be the cause of eclipses and that she was transformed into a dragon like creature as punishment.
It has a combination of traits similar to ghouls and vampires such as feeding on corpses and on the blood of the living. Bakunawa is a serpentine creature in philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. In general they are shape shifters who are human by day and then at night turn into a dog a pig a bat cat snake the type of animal depends on the regional lore.
Bal bal is a scavenger monster with a voracious appetite for dead human bodies. The nuno is depicted in the philippine mythology stories as a tiny elderly man usually with a long beard. Bakunawa was a beautiful diwata a type of deity or spirit of the sea.
An aswang is a vampire like witch ghoul in filipino folklore and is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories. Aswang philippine ghouls 2. In fact the term aswang itself refers to various types of creatures that belong to this group.
This is probably the most common of filipino monsters since there are so many different kinds. Spanish colonists noted that the aswang was the most feared among the mythical creatures of the philippines even in the 16th century. The nuno lives in a dirt mound much like an anthill and puts curses on anyone who might damage or defile it.
Portrait of the first man malakas and woman maganda who came out from a bamboo pecked by the bird form of the deity of peace amihan in tagalog mythology the maranao people believe that lake lanao is a gap that resulted in the transfer of mantapoli into the center of the world. Really he is a goblin who is very protective of his home. The aswang are by far the most prolific monsters in filipino folklore.