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What is an Aswang?
What is an Aswang?
The Aswang is one of the more pervasive folkloric concepts in Philippine culture. In terms of popularity, it is the Philippine equivalent of the Western Werewolf/Vampire. It is difficult to encapsulate in one sentence what an aswang is but a lot of people across different ethnicites agree on a lot of things about it : (1) that its diet consists mainly of human liver and blood, (2) that it has an unholy preference for unborn children. (3) that it is also known to prey upon children and sick...
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Published at 2018-01-27 by Puerto Parrot
Aswang Lore: Transferring the Black Chick
Aswang Lore: Transferring the Black Chick
Amongst the many difficulties in mapping Philippine Mythology are the blanket characteristics that have been applied to the various creatures. In reality, the aswang from Bicol is very different from the aswang in the Visayas, which is very different from the aswang in Mindanao, and so on.
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Published at 2018-01-25 by Puerto Parrot