‭Urbanization of Philippine Myths and Folklore- Filipino Mythical Creatures‬

‭●‬ ‭Amaranhig‬
‭○‬ ‭Local version of the undead‬
‭○‬ ‭Rose from the grave because it failed to transfer its vampiric state‬
‭○‬ ‭One must pass on its power to a relative before it dies‬
‭●‬ ‭Buyagan‬
‭○‬ ‭Cause certain ailments by merely commenting on anyone‬
‭●‬ ‭Manlalayog‬
‭○‬ ‭Women who are covered with wire-like hair from head to toe‬
‭●‬ ‭Busaw‬
‭○‬ ‭Ghoul and corpse thief‬
‭○‬ ‭Uses banana tree trunks to replace the corpses it steals‬
‭○‬ ‭They also trick their human neighbors in eating the carcass to turn them into a‬
‭ghoul like itself‬
‭●‬ ‭Mangmangkiks‬
‭○‬ ‭Struck dead by lightning, by a caiman or by a big knife and got buried at the food‬
‭of some tree in a tomb, from whom one has to ask permission before entering‬
‭the mountains to cut trees or plants‬
‭●‬ ‭Sarangay‬
‭○‬ ‭Half human, half bull, with a jewel attached to its ears‬
‭○‬ ‭Kill someone who dares to steal his jewel‬
‭●‬ ‭Burulakaw‬
‭○‬ ‭Women barely three feet tall with hair-like flames‬
‭○‬ ‭Flaming messengers of the encanto‬
‭●‬ ‭Iqui‬
‭○‬ ‭Male version of manananggal‬
‭○‬ ‭Lives only on the livers of men using its long tongue to suck out the bowels‬
‭●‬ ‭Tamabanakawa‬
‭○‬ ‭Crab‬
‭○‬ ‭Cause great floods in the province of Bukidnon by scuttling around the ocean‬
‭floor.‬
‭●‬ ‭Tambaluslos‬
‭○‬ ‭Tall humanoid creature with long and thin legs with big joints, hooves, long thin‬
‭arms, fingers and mane‬
‭○‬ ‭Wide protruding lips like an ape‬
‭○‬ ‭Long wrinkled male organ‬

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‭and Influences‬
‭●‬ ‭Negrito‬
‭○‬ ‭Basic forms of animism where everything is animated by a spirit‬
‭●‬ ‭Austronesian‬
‭○‬ ‭Complex animist beliefs and shamanism, ancestor worship, totemism, tattooing,‬
‭and benevolent and malevolent spirits‬
 ‭●‬ ‭Indians‬
‭○‬ ‭Epic folk stories‬
‭○‬ ‭Complex polytheistic religions‬
‭○‬ ‭Demons‬
‭■‬ ‭Ugly fierce-looking enormous creatures with two fangs‬
‭●‬ ‭Chinese‬
‭○‬ ‭Ghosts‬
‭●‬ ‭Spanish‬
‭○‬ ‭Monotheistic‬
‭○‬ ‭Biblical stories and ideals‬

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‭Community Development‬

‭●‬ ‭Folklore‬
‭○‬ ‭Narratives which are common to a community and are often retold through word‬
‭of mouth between members‬
‭○‬ ‭One theme of folklore are narratives of the supernatural, tales in which the plot‬
‭typically includes human beings interacting with those from the other-world‬
‭●‬ ‭Animism or anitism‬
‭○‬ ‭Belief system‬
‭○‬ ‭Elements of nature to contain a spirit that coexists with a physical body‬
‭○‬ ‭Kaluluwa‬