As part of a screenplay Iβm developing, Iβve researched ancient folklore legends from all around the world. And out of all the countries, I can definitely state that the Philippines has the darkest and creepiest list of folklore creatures/Boogeymen.
The Aswang, the Manananggal, the Batibat, and the Tiyanakβ¦ not only do they look horrific, but reading about what they do made me terrified, even as a 33 year old man. And thatβs just naming a few monsters out of a long list!
Itβs like if Hell were a real place, the gateway would surely lie somewhere in the Philippine mountains.
So why are the Philippine folklore legends so damn scary?! You must really want to frighten your children into behaving well lol
There was a book I read as a child that was almost like a field guide to strange and fantastical creatures, similar to William T. Cox's "Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods," or the more contemporary version by Hal Johnson. It's full of strange and bizarre creatures with descriptions that were a few pages long for each and an illustration of each creature. I've purchased both versions of the aforementioned Lumberwoods book, and while Johnson's version was similar, it wasn't what I had read.
The book I had read had numerous creatures, but three that I remember distinctly. The first was a creature that hid in hollowed out trees and flung logs at passing lumberjacks. It was mentioned that there was a recorded incident of one throwing a brick of cheese at a passerby. No one knows what it looks like because it is constantly hiding in the tree, and they've only ever seen its eyes. The illustration of it was a pair of eyes inside a hollow tree, with a bear's paw emerging from within, throwing a log at a passing mustachio'd lumberjack.
The second creature was a bird that was in constant flight usually traveling in the cover of an icy snowstorm, born without feet and therefore unable to ever land. It cries constantly because it can't build a nest on the ground, so the eggs it lays are forced to tumble into the frozen tundra several miles below, inevitably never hatching. It was written that if you ever encounter patches of ice after a snow storm that were shaped like a perfect circle, that meant that the bird had passed overhead. The illustration was of the legless, long necked bird flying in profile, sad and weeping with tears streaming down its face and falling below.
The third and final creature I remember resembled either an old, curved brick pottery kiln from ancient times or a curved pitcher like the kind used to serve lemonade in. It had a grimace on its face, wrinkled and conveying an emotion of either unease, terror, or dread. It was said to wander around forests, and would spontaneously combust without much warning or provocation. Its explosions were responsible for forest fires. The entry for it mentioned that a famed cryptozoological photographer had taken a photo of it along with many other cryptids, including the aforementioned log-chucker that hides in a tree. While he was developing his photos, the photographer's lab spontaneously burst into flames and burnt down, destroying all his photos, film, and camera equipment.
I read this book when I w
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I have been very invested in the myths and legends of my own country and i stumbled on a Latam iceberg where it mentioned pretty common stuff like La llorona, la planchada, el Charro negro.
you know the stuff
but then it talked about the witches, the massive balls of fire, the peruvian jarjacha, the Ahuizotl, the Supai, La santa CompaΓ±a, thinsg i didnt knew that much, so it got me thinking, what kinda montser have you heard of that arent that well known?
what leyends run through the little towns in the outskirts of the mountains and the deep valleys?
and most importantly, do you think they would fit in some sort of movey or videogame? i mean, imagine monster hunter Pampa Edition.
So tell me, what terrors are you aware of?
For instance a dragons tooth can supposedly raise an army from the ground. What are some other favorite parts/powers?
MhachkayΒ (Turkish:Β MeΓ§key,Tatar:Β ΠΣΡΠΊΣΠΉΒ andΒ MÀçkΓ€yΒ orΒ ΠΣΡΠ΅ΠΊΣΠΉΒ sometimesΒ ΠΣΡΠ΅ΠΊ, Azerbaijani:Β MΙΓ§kΙy) is a creature somewhat similar to a vampire in Turkic (and especially Tatar) folklore.
A person born with two hearts and two souls was believed to be a Mhachkay. When one was recognized it was chased away from human habitations. Mhachkays were usually people who died at a young age, but only one soul passed on, and the other soul caused the deceased Mhachkay to come alive and prey upon other living beings. These undead creatures fly at night in the form of an owl and attack night-time travelers and people who wander off into the woods, sucking out their blood and eating out their insides. A Mhachkay could also be satisfied with animal blood, for a short period of time. When a person recognized as a Mhachkay dies, decapitating the corpse and burying the head separate from the rest of the body is said to prevent a Mhachkay from rising back from the dead; burying the body face down with a sickle around its head is said to work as well. Anyone found wandering the forests with fresh soil and blood covering their hands, and possibly torn fingernails were believed to be a Mhachkay as well.
A Mhachkay event in the Turkish Empire
Ahmed ΕΓΌkrΓΌ Efendi,Β kadΔ±Β (judge) ofΒ TΔ±rnova, reported an event to the capital city. With a letter he published the happenings in the journalΒ Takvim-i VakayiΒ (date: 19 Rebiulahir 1249 /1833):
βThere have been manifestations of vampires in Tirnovo. (...) A huge crowd went to the graveyard. As he turned the painted piece of wood on his finger, the painting stood in front of the graves of two brigands, TetikoΔlu Ali and Apti Alemdar, formerly members of the Janissary corps, and bloody tyrants. The graves were dug up. The cadavers were found to have grown by a half, their hair and nails had grown longer by three or for inches. Their eyes were inundated by blood, and looked terrifying. All of the crowd assembled at the graveyard saw it. When alive, these men had committed all kinds of mischief, including rape, theft and murder; when their corps was abolished, they had not been delivered to the executioner, interestingly, as evidenced by their age they had died a natural death. Unsatisfied by their mischievous life, they now harassed people as evil spirits. According to the description of Nikola the exorcist, in order to expel such evil spirits, one has to drive a wooden stake into the belly of their cadavers and pour boiling water o
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How would your world come into existence? What races would your would have? How would those races change over time? How would your races relate to each other and how would those relations change over time?
I think both are very similar
Once you make a choice, you are forbidden from wielding any other weapon type. Say, for example, you were to pick the bow & arrow. You may no longer wield swords, spears, axes, etc. Also, you do not have an infinite supply of arrows, you must craft them or aquire them through different methods such as looting them or buying them. Also, you are still allowed to used hand-to-hand combat, but you are no master. Meaning, you can't snap a neck, but you can certainly choke someone out to survive. If you practice any martial arts, your knowledge applies to you when you spawn. Feel free to leave specific variations down below. And yes, a two-handed warhammer still goes under hammer for the sake of the poll, same concept applies for the other options. Just don't stretch your variations out of proportion and remember: NO HYBRIDS!!
I've been doing lots of research lately on mythological creatures, cryptids, and the like. I've found this one that goes by the incredibly non-descriptive name of "Animalito". This page on A Book of Creatures seems to be the only online source that knows anything about it.
The primary source seems to be from the works of Prosper MΓ©rimΓ©e, who Wikipedia tells me was both a fiction writer and a historian, so that's not much help. And it's academic to me anyway, since I can't speak French.
I'm just trying to figure out if this creature is "real", in the sense of being an actual bit of superstition or folklore. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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