![]() To scare off the Filipinos, stories of Aswangs living in the outskirts of the forests were spread in towns to keep everyone in groups and maintain control. Through the encomienda system, a town is arranged into easy-to-manage layers, and labeling those who lived too far away as tulisans (dissenters). Other regional names for the aswang include "tik-tik", "bayot", "wak-wak", "sok-sok" and "kling-kling".Īnthropologists believe that the Aswang belief came from the mythmaking of the Spaniards to keep the population under control. It is especially popular in the Visayas, southern parts of Luzon, and parts of Mindanao. The myth of the aswang is well known throughout the Philippines. Spanish colonists noted that the Aswang was the most feared among the mythical creatures of the Philippines, even in the 16th century. It is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() An aswang, Mikael Reyes, leading an aswang platoon to eliminate Philippine Army soldiers who were trying to eliminate various aswang platoons.Īn a swang (or asuwang) is a shapeshifting monster in Filipino folklore usually possessing a combination of the traits of either a vampire, a ghoul, a warlock/witch, or different species of werebeast, or even all of them together.
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