Manananggal
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# Manananggal
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###### About
Also-Called:: Abat or Awok (Eastern Visayan), Aswang na lupad (Bikolano), Mangalok (Cuyonen), Buruka (Ilokano), Wakwak (Hiligaynon or Waray)
Origin:: Visayan, Bikolano, Cuyonen, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray
Related:: Wakwak
###### Appearance
Forms:: Winged Creatures, Flying Creatures, Humans, Humanoid
Gender:: Female
###### Nature
Dwelling:: Land
Character:: Harmful
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###### Taxonomy
Ramos-Taxonomy::
Samar-Taxonomy:: Aswang
A Manananggal is a type of Aswang that has the ability to halve its body at night during the full moon. They grow wings, fangs and very sharp nails, with legs and feet that look like banana trees 1
During the day, the manananggal appears as an attractive woman with long hair and light skin. 1
Characteristics and Behavior¶
- The upper half of its body flies to the house of its prospective victims. They use their tongues as fine as thread to sip the blood of babies from pregnant women’s wombs. 1
- The lower half of its body is left on the ground, often among banana trees because its legs and feet look like them. 1
- There are also manananggals who prey from under the roof of old houses which is why they have hunched backs. 1
- They usually marry young men that will also be their victims. After they kill the man, they move to towns with many pregnant women to find a new husband and victims.
Survival¶
Signs¶
- One can hear a manananggal coming by the noise from wakwaks, believed to be a manananggal’s pets 1
Defeating them¶
- Moving or sprinkling ash, vinegar or salt over the lower half of its body will make it impossible for the manananggal to return to its whole form. 1
- Manananggals are also afraid of knives, flavorings, fire or any sources of light, as well as buntot-pagi (stingray tail) 1
- The easiest way to slay the manananggal is by stabbing it in the back with the sharpened end of a bamboo 1
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References¶
Sources:: Mga Nilalang na Kagila-gilalas
Created : 6 septembre 2023