Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The Batibat, the nightmare-demon of Philippine (Ilocano) folklore — a huge, fat, tree-dwelling female spirit who, when her tree becomes a house-post,
The Wakwak, a vampiric bird-creature of Philippine folklore — a winged monster of the night with sharp talons that snatches and devours its victims, named
The Sigbin, a strange and dreaded nocturnal creature of Philippine folklore — a goat-like beast that walks backward, claps its great ears, sucks blood
The Bakunawa, the great moon-devouring serpent-dragon of Philippine myth — a colossal sea-serpent that rises to swallow the moon and cause the eclipses,
The Tiyanak, a demonic infant of Philippine folklore that takes the form of a crying, abandoned baby to lure compassionate travelers into the wild, then
The Kapre, the giant tree-dwelling being of Philippine folklore — a tall, dark, hairy, cigar-smoking creature who lives in the great old balete and acacia
The Tikbalang, the horse-headed trickster-creature of Philippine folklore — a tall, gangly demon with the head and hooves of a horse who haunts the
The Manananggal, one of the most horrifying monsters of Philippine folklore — a vampiric creature, usually a beautiful woman, who by night severs her body
The Aswang, the most feared monster of Philippine folklore — a shapeshifting, flesh-eating, blood-drinking creature that by day passes as a human and by
Maria Makiling, the most beloved diwata of Philippine myth — the beautiful guardian-goddess of Mount Makiling, a benevolent protectress of the forests and
