Classification :
Folklore
Appearance :
No determined appearance.
Ability :
Shapeshifting
Superhuman strength and agility
Habits :
Walks in the day as a normal human being;
Seduces their prey; and
Changes into a fast animal in order to scape.
Tendencies :
Once cornered it may go berserk;
Tricks it's slayer into thinking that their true head is the head itself; and
Hiding their head in specific place in their body.
Weakness :
Garlic
Salt
Holy Water
Bamboo Spear
Buntot Pagi ( Sting Ray Whip )
Lana ( Holy Oil )
Description :
Shapeshifts into its prey's liking usually a beautiful woman or a handsome man.
They usually can't walk under the sunlight when they are in their true form.
Comparable to that of a western mythology of vampires, lycans and ghouls.
Can walk under the sun if transform into normal human or animal.
Aswang is a man-eating demon.
They live in clans or tribes.
Can be contracted if one is black sorcerer in Philippines known as mambabarang, mangkukulam and babaylan.
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PHILIPPINE MYTHOLOGY
ParanormalThis is a re-compilation of Philippine Mythology that is well known and not well known. This is dedicated to those who are curious and those who want to know more a out the Philippine Myths.
