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Myth, Fantasy, History and Sci-Fi News | Manananggal
Found in Philipine Folklore
June 25, 2008 | Most everyone has heard of dragons, unicorns and bigfoot. Now it's time for the weird and obscure...
Manananggal
(a.k.a. wakwak or penanggalan in Malay folklore)
 From the folklore of the Philippines we find the Manananggal that terrorizes the Visayan islands. Locals hang large amounts of garlic around their houses as a deterrent which brings to mind vampires.
With the face and body of a beautiful older woman all normality ends there. This creature features leathery wings but most impressive, and disturbing of all, is able to detach its torso and fly away leaving its legs behind. The severed lower torso is left standing and it is said to be the more vulnerable of the two halves. Sprinkling salt or smearing crushed garlic or ash on top of the standing torso is fatal to the creature. The upper torso then would not be able to rejoin and will die at daybreak.
 Known to feed on pregnant women, using their hideous proboscis-like tongue to suck out the hearts of fetuses or the blood of an unsuspecting, sleeping victim. Legend also says the manananggals propagate themselves by spewing a black chick into someones mouth.
If you find yourself infected by a manananggal, your friends can dispel the chick inside you by hanging you upside down from a tree and fumigating you, or they could spin you round and round until you vomits the chick due to dizziness. Either way it sounds like you're in for a lot of fun! | Posted in categories: [Folklore] | Comments | Added by Tony on December 20, 2008 | | My mom told me abaut this when i was a kid so I'd behave. Its like the same thing exept the head was the only thing that flyes.
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| Added by michael on December 11, 2008 | | that is really freaky.I like werewolves better. |
| Added by mary grace on December 08, 2008 | | im not believing in this creature because no manananggal can go out in morning because they are afraid in light.......... your welcome |
| Added by Phyllip on November 03, 2008 | | thats not fake. there are things in this world thats
unexplainable which it makes it so interesting. |
| Added by Lynn Debassige on November 01, 2008 | | & To get rid of the manananggal your suppose to put spices on it or anything like garlic or pepper. |
| Added by Lynn Debassige on November 01, 2008 | | Heeey,
Im actually looking up the mananaanggal
We got this student from the phillippines
& she saw one
She told me yesterday & she explained what it was & what you have to do to get rid of the aswang( Monster)
& ever since yesterday I Am so terrified ones going fly to my country:P
&
kill my baby
Lmao |
| Added by eli ward on October 28, 2008 | | Ummmmmm...... Yeah? This is retarded
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| Added by g,reth on October 28, 2008 | | this is my least favorite!its soooo mean
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| Added by creature hunter on October 28, 2008 | | these things are real my job is to hunt them at night its a hard job but ive caught 5 of them in the last 5 years |
| Added by DC on October 27, 2008 | | manananggal are for real...
They are peaceful regular people by day.You wont even recognize them.they do not stay long in one place,they do not have a permanent address.So people will not suspect them.
Aswang filipino calls them.People who have powers to change their images like animals,Dogs,cat,etc...and they can Mimic your personality
Vampires and warewolves have No match
Added by Lucy on October 23, 2008
So Mean!!!! I like Vampires and werewolves BEtter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Added by abc on October 26, 2008 | | hmm theres something similar in indonesian tale about this creature, except the flying part is only the head, but the rest is the same. |
| Added by Lucy on October 23, 2008 | | So Mean!!!! I like Vampires and werewolves BEtter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Added by Devil Hunter on October 20, 2008 | | This is probably the most retarded thing I've ever seen. |
| Added by Miranda on October 17, 2008 | | Cool. Never heard of 'em before. Awesome!!! I need to go to the Philippines!!! ;) |
| Added by Kuno on October 16, 2008 | | Wooow. This is new. Never heard of it. Fairly cool though. Might add it in my latest story-type thing. |
| Added by bill on October 03, 2008 | | Creeepppyyy
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| Added by amber on September 13, 2008 | | ok this iz just weird!!! i hate this creature if it kills pregnat women!!!! HOW MEAN!!!! |
| Added by lateris on September 09, 2008 | | all of the mthical creatures may exist in other planets , galaxies , other times , even dimensions... but thats just a theory :) |
| Added by sherry on September 06, 2008 | | i think that this creature is one of the most feared amoung most people in Philippines region. Cool picture, it defines the meaning and what to do if your ever approached by this,mythical creature in the night, if you believe in this kind of folk lure. |
| Added by "Tobi" on September 04, 2008 | | whay isn't cthulu on this site, he has to be, or it
i saw this vampire thing on a funny commercial involving wearing a seatbelt, it was funny |
| Added by Patricia on September 02, 2008 | | So it's kind like some disgusting version of a vampire. Niiice, I won't be visiting the Philippines any time soon. :) |
| Added by lauren on September 02, 2008 | | i allways visit this site to look up mythical creatures ( mainly the gryphon -thats my favorite)
i'd never heard of this mythical creature before, its kinda discusting...
im 13 btw |
| Added by WG on 00, 0000 | | Wow this creature is pretty cool, I'm trying to find a creature to draw for my art class, I may have found it. Thank you!!! |
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