[Paulo]

HeLLo everyone,


I would like to share some of the mythical creatures of the Night which some consider them as "folklore myths or legends" but deep in the far flung areas of the Visayan islands...these "NightWalkers" do exist.

As I said before, our country was part of Mu...and so here is why we have many dieties, nature spirits, dwarves etc. etc.

Some of these Night walkers exist since time immemorial.....they are as follows:

#1) Sigbin ...many say that this are Human shape shifer who can transformed themselves into cat or dogs.

http://www.shackelfo...op=Print&sid=60

#2) Tikbalang....a Humanoid whose face is a Horse.

http://onmyoshi.free.../tikbalang.html


#3) Kapre ...the philippines version of Bigfoot.

http://www.n2.net/pr...tures/kapre.htm

#4) Manananggal ...a female shapeshifter who eats unborn fetus and sometimes devours human flesh and blood.

http://elfwood.lysat...anggal.jpg.html
http://malignosrealm...anananggal.html
http://onmyoshi.free...anananggal.html

#5) Aswang...daywalkers who can shapeshift into NightWalkers...Vampires who feed on blood & human organs

http://www.pantheon....s/a/aswang.html
http://www.romedome....tories/alarena/

[Paulo]

taken from this site... http://litera1no4.tr...ynon_frame.html


The Supernatural World

Hiligaynon religious belief system revolves around two kinds of orientation: the indigenous and the Christian. Both systems do not only exist side by side, they also influence each other. Many elements identified with the indigenous or traditional system are manifestly Christian in origin as in the use of the crucifix in agricultural rituals. Similarly, many beliefs associated with Christianity (both Roman Catholic and Protestant) are traceably indigenous in character as in bathing the image of the Santo Niño for rain or good luck. In other words, both systems have borrowed from each concepts and practice but modify these elements to fit their respective teleological, as well as theological, system in order to make religious experience relevant and satisfying.


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[Benjo Koolzooie]

Thanks for taking the time to post all this information Paulo.

[Athlon64]

Nice amount of information, but I see no concrete proof that these creatures really do exist..........

Chris Low.

[Paulo]

Hey,

Thanks Chris for the reply...

I would admit its hard to proved to you and to everybody. But all of this information are not folkloric stories. But are the collective stories being told by the elders in the provinces.

Maybe if you have time and the money, why don't you visit Siquijor? Maybe you can experienced the paranormal and witchcraft arts over there.

[Engulf]

Well it'll certainly be an excellent idea to go over but if you're talking about witchcraft stuff here,thanks but, no thanks.Just don't wanna be a victim of any sort of evil stuff if you know what I mean.

[pinoyboy13]

Dude but i no the kapre is real i saw it

[endlessgirl]

ummm...ok?...Not to be rude but, I'm filipino myself and I don't believe all those so called "creatures" even existing in the Provinces of the Philippines, or even exists at all. To me, those are just folkloric/urban legends....Some stories that many filipinos claim to say they saw such creatures are way too far fetched. IF those creatures ever existed, don't you think it would've been official by now?...hmmm....rrrrrriiiiiight.

But I must say, some stories seem rather, freaky!! Thanks for sharing Paulo.

This post has been edited by endlessgirl: 26 September 2005 - 12:58 AM

[DemonWatcher]

something you need to remember about humans

1. if was official they would be dead, humans fear what they don't really understand.
2. governments would deny they exist.
3. majority would those that claim to have proof are either drunk, crazy, really tired, or suffering from illness and therefore would not believe them.

[MysteryVy]

yeah my old friend used to tell me stories of vampires in the philipines. some were so superstitious or wutever the word that they had their roofs layed out with contraptions that give off garlic fumes. or something like dat

[Charlie_0978]

hi paulo , can you tell me the diference between penangalan and malangalan? and the pontianak is philipin too right? can you tell me more about them and the aswang too please, those are very interesting creatures of vampiric folk believe, i know certain things about them , some i dont remember some i did but is diferent from the point of view of someone who knows this folklore from its own country.thanks.oh...and is it true that a aswang was seen in the i think 1995 presidential elections? i dont remember the exact date.

This post has been edited by Charlie_0978: 26 September 2005 - 06:38 AM

[khrazie_firefly]

hellow evryone! my home town is philippines!!yeah dude! wakekeke well.....u said pontianks?? is tiayanaks called here..sorry 4 my bad english.... 4 me even dow i never see them....but im beliveng that they exist! WHITE LADY: this are spirits that maybe seek a justice.meybe....but u cant see her face some say that is blank! they wear long dress.......somtimes they see at a tree floating!!! waahahaha....another is KAPRE: is a giant man and has a cigaretes(wrong spell) wahahah...and usually seen in large,old trees in the philippines.....sometimes they fall in love w/ human and they not stop following the girl...TIYANAKS or pontianaks: watever... maybe they are the fetus or baby died and thers no Bless of a priest. MANANANGAL: some say that only head flying...or half of a body fly with a like bat wings...they can make their tounge long....another kind of mananagal is WAKWAk, these are more large than mananagal...TIKBALANG: is a half human half horse....some say that that its face look like a human,and their feet are reverse.(baliktad ba!) ASWANG: many pipol say that its exist....bcoz my uncle had a neigbor of ASWANG.....they say they change into a any kind of animals...TIKTIK: its a big bird.they say that its not harmless bcoz...when u hear the tik,tik,tik....its just a sign of ASWANG..somewhere.DWARVES,SANTELMO, AND MANY CREATURES...ARE HERE IS THE PHILIPPINES...wahehehe....witchcraft are presence here.. i also had a neigbor that has a skill of witchcraft...hehehe...but they live like a simple pipol..even though these scares me....its beautiful to visit philippines.....come and visit!!! sorry 4 my english....someday i will add information about creatures......wahohohohhoho....

[khrazie_firefly]

How to know that pipol is ASWANG well..

#1: when you see his/her face w/out tunnel between nose and lips...

#2: they dont have shadows.....

#3: they cant look straight to you or anybody...

#4: you will feel something strange if they pass by...

thats all i know.......

[Kitsune]

The choice is on anyone to decide whether they're real or not. ^^; Some I believe in, some I don't. Admittedly. I haven't met an aswang face to face. That, or I was just not aware of their presence. Kapre? Yeah. They're there. They're not evil, though. ^^ They're actually lucky... folks here believe it's good fortune for the lucky person if the latter sneaks a peek into his room. Ahahaha~ that is, if they won't be horrified mad... ghosts, spirits, name them. They're around, too. We have our share of them back at our country house and it's in our luck to get the most mischievious ones! We're spared from their onslaught, because we're of their caretaker's blood.. (my grandpa's a shaman). And about tamawos, there are about three tamawo races. White, black, red. They could be either benevolent, malevolent or neutral. I was thankful, I wasn't black, though I wish I'd have been white. But I guess red is okay. Disadvantageous thing is, we get so quick tempered. Additional thing on tamawos.. they're the opposing side of babaylans, soranos. I had a friend who's descended of the former, and pulling a strand of my hair burned her. Owch. I'm glad it wasn't serious. It was a surprise. I'm trying to find out more about tamawos...

[Conspiracy]

mananggal sounds brutal