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The Tikbalang in Philippine Folklore: A Shapeshifting Trickster
The Tikbalang in Philippine Folklore: A Shapeshifting Trickster
In Philippine folklore, a tikbalang is a bizarre, shape-shifting, trickster spirit that haunts certain places in the wildlands of the country. It is said to be a tall humanoid creature that dwells in the forests and mountains of the Philippines and often described as a reverse form of a centaur. Where the centaur has the body of a horse and the torso and head of a man, the tikbalang has the head of a horse and the body of a human.
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Published at 2018-03-02 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Mythology & folklore
Tikbalang?
Tikbalang?
One of the most popular and enduring mythical creatures in Filipino lore. The tikbalang is said to be a half human, half horse creature in the mold of the Greek Pan, that is, having an upper body of a human and lower limbs of a horse. There are two known versions of the creature’s appearance: the more popular and oft portrayed version has the tikbalang with the head of a horse while the lesser known version has it sporting a human visage.
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Published at 2018-01-28 by Puerto Parrot
10 Philippine Cryptids You've (Probably) Never Heard of
10 Philippine Cryptids You've (Probably) Never Heard of
Cryptozoology is the study of creatures whose existence has yet to be—or else cannot entirely be—proved or disproved by science. These creatures are known collectively as cryptids. Around the world, these include the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Mothman, the Himilayan Yeti and others.
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Published at 2018-01-22 by Puerto Parrot
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Visayan Folklore - the Great Battle of Mythical Creatures
Visayan Folklore - the Great Battle of Mythical Creatures
The following story was documented by John Maurice Miller in his 1904 collection “PHILIPPINE FOLKLORE STORIES”. It is of particular interest to me because it encompass the entire Philippine region and let’s us know the regions in which popular mythical creatures were believed to come from at the turn of the 20th century.
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Published at 2018-01-26 by Puerto Parrot
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Philippine Mythology: A Chart of the Deities, Creatures & Heroes
Philippine Mythology: A Chart of the Deities, Creatures & Heroes
I’m a very visual person. My office wall is plastered with thumb tacks, maps and strings from when I charted out the history and evolution of the Tikbalang and Kapre for the Creatures of Philippine Mythology web series I am working on. As I began researching future episodes (Bakunawa, Diwata, Tiyanak, and Manananggal), I realized that I was stuck in a labour intensive repetition of the research I had done previously.
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Published at 2018-01-26 by Puerto Parrot