Mga Halimaw sa Mitolohiyang Pilipino
Beasts in Philippine Mythology 🧟♀️
wakwak, manananggal, batibat, pirotso, bal-bal, sigbin, bakunawa, berberoka, tambaloslos, kapre, tikbalang, kiwig, bungisngis
MANDURUGO
root word: dugo (meaning: blood)
Filipino monsters
PIROTSO
Ano ang pirotso?
Halimaw na may dalang kaldero.
Monster that carries a pot.
SINTAW
In Philippine mythology… Continue reading “SINTAW”
ASWANG
Spelling variations: asuáng, asuwáng
Aswang is a native Tagalog word for a mythological creature. It’s been noted though that it’s likely derived from the Sanskrit word asura which means ‘demon.’
An aswang is scarier than the Spanish-derived word multo, which sort of calls to mind harmless ghosts like Caspar.
In other parts of the the Philippines, an aswang is called tik-tik or wak-wak. Continue reading “ASWANG”
BAKUNAWA
The bakunawa is a dragon in Philippine mythology often represented as a gigantic sea serpent.
BAL-BAL
Ang bal-bal ay isang halimaw na nagnanakaw at kumakain ng mga bangkay mula sa libingan.
A monster that steals and eats corpses from cemeteries.
May matalas itong pang-amoy para sa mga patay na katawan.
It has a sharp sense of smell for dead bodies.
Sa oras na makain nito ang bangkay, pinapalitan nito ng puno ng saging ang katawan na nasa kabaong.
When it eats a corpse, it replaces the body inside the coffin with a banana trunk.
KIWIG
This is not a standard Tagalog word but it refers to a werebeast (like the werewolf or lycanthrope of the West) in the Visayan province of Aklan.
Instead of turning into a wolf, a kiwig changes into a black dog or a wild boar at midnight.
TIKBALANG
A tikbalang is a creature with the head of a horse and the body of a man. (To compare, the Western centaur has the legs of a horse and the upper body of a man.) It is usually black and tall with long hair.
tik·bá·lang
the Filipino centaur