BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Manananggal
Manananggal Segmented Flying Torso
Village woman who at dusk separates at the waist, flies with bat wings and sucks fetuses from pregnant women with a proboscis tongue.
Aswang
Aswang, the witch who by day is your neighbour
By night it takes bird form and lowers its tongue through the roof to drink from pregnant women.
Tikbalang
Tikbalang, the shape-changer of the Philippine wilds
Spirit of the empty places, with outsized limbs, who changes shape and bargains with whoever tames him.
Tiyanak
Tiyanak, the newborn's cry that leads astray
Sprite of the empty places that cries like a newborn and loses the way of whoever follows it.
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