19+ Filipino Folklore Monsters
10 lesser known mythical creatures in philippine folklore 1.
Filipino folklore monsters. Sirena and siyokoy mermaid and mermen 8. Bal bal is a scavenger monster with a voracious appetite for dead human bodies. It has a combination of traits similar to ghouls and vampires such as feeding on corpses and on the blood of the living. They break into funeral homes and steal recent corpses. This is probably the most common of filipino monsters since there are so many different kinds. The aswang is a monster from philippine folklore that can shape shift from a human form into various animals. 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. Also known as maninilong. 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. Aswang philippine ghouls 2. 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 aswang are by far the most prolific monsters in filipino folklore.
In fact the term aswang itself refers to various types of creatures that belong to this group. Bakunawa is a serpentine creature in philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. Spanish colonists noted that the aswang was the most feared among the mythical creatures of the philippines even in the 16th century. 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. From aswang to the white lady. The nuno lives in a dirt mound much like an anthill and puts curses on anyone who might damage or defile it. An aswang is a vampire like witch ghoul in filipino folklore and is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories.
Mangkukulam bruha witch 3. She is believed to be the cause of eclipses and that she was transformed into a dragon like creature as punishment. Really he is a goblin who is very protective of his home.