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Philppine Mythology

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finsih it on time !! I join this Engkantober. is an online art challenge that aims to spread the knowledge of creatures from Filipino mythology to the world through art.
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creature/spirits of the forest protect your homeland

31. Engkanto - The Engkantos are elvish spirits that take the form of beautiful men and women at day, luring lovers to the forest at night, before showing their true forms. That of a sleek humanoid, with pointy ears and pale yellowish skin, wearing leaves

31. Engkanto
- The Engkantos are elvish spirits that take the form of beautiful men and women at day, luring lovers to the forest at night, before showing their true forms. That of a sleek humanoid, with pointy ears and pale yellowish skin, wearing leaves

30. Tamawo - The Tamawo are forest spirits that are elvish in nature. Sporting long white hair, golden teeth, and claws. They are said to be very beautiful humanoids but are very territorial.

30. Tamawo
- The Tamawo are forest spirits that are elvish in nature. Sporting long white hair, golden teeth, and claws. They are said to be very beautiful humanoids but are very territorial.

29. Oryol - The Oryol is a serpent that can transform its upper-half to that of a beautiful lady with a hypnotic voice.

29. Oryol
- The Oryol is a serpent that can transform its upper-half to that of a beautiful lady with a hypnotic voice.

28. Mameleu - The Mameleu is a draconic beast as big as a cow, with horns like a bull and fangs as long as one’s fingers. They live in the deepest parts of the ocean and are said to wail loud noises in the night.

28. Mameleu
- The Mameleu is a draconic beast as big as a cow, with horns like a bull and fangs as long as one’s fingers. They live in the deepest parts of the ocean and are said to wail loud noises in the night.

27. Dalakitnon - The Dalakitnon are tree spirits of the Dalakit tree. They are elvish humanoids who wears the leaves and vines of the tree as clothing.

27. Dalakitnon
- The Dalakitnon are tree spirits of the Dalakit tree. They are elvish humanoids who wears the leaves and vines of the tree as clothing.

26. Berkakan - The Berkakan is a large fish that has a mouth big enough to swallow a fully grown man. It has a keen sense of smell, especially for that of blood from a fish called Rarang.

26. Berkakan
- The Berkakan is a large fish that has a mouth big enough to swallow a fully grown man. It has a keen sense of smell, especially for that of blood from a fish called Rarang.

25. Tahamaling - The Tahamaling are forest spirits that take the form of beautiful women with red complexion. It is said that one has to offer betelnut leaves to the Tahamaling before hunting, otherwise, suffer from their mischief.

25. Tahamaling
- The Tahamaling are forest spirits that take the form of beautiful women with red complexion. It is said that one has to offer betelnut leaves to the Tahamaling before hunting, otherwise, suffer from their mischief.

24. Minokawa - The Minokawa is a monumental draconic bird-spirit that was said to be able to eat the sun, thus causing solar eclipses.

24. Minokawa
- The Minokawa is a monumental draconic bird-spirit that was said to be able to eat the sun, thus causing solar eclipses.

23. Lampong - The Lampong is a nature spirit that herds the wild deer of the forest. It is a small old man that are not too dissimilar from the Nunos, but their treasure is their herd. They turn into an astral white deer when hunters are nearby, gaining t

23. Lampong
- The Lampong is a nature spirit that herds the wild deer of the forest. It is a small old man that are not too dissimilar from the Nunos, but their treasure is their herd. They turn into an astral white deer when hunters are nearby, gaining t

22. Kiwig - The Kiwig is a a creature that attacks humans from behind, lunging at their neck before consuming the whole body. It takes the form of a raging boar, and curiously, will not attack humans with long loosed hair.

22. Kiwig
- The Kiwig is a a creature that attacks humans from behind, lunging at their neck before consuming the whole body. It takes the form of a raging boar, and curiously, will not attack humans with long loosed hair.

21. Bakunawa - The Bakunawa is a monumental draconic serpent-spirit that was said to have eaten many moons and then finally being driven away before the last moon, our current one, was devoured. It is said that when the moon turns blood red during a lunar

21. Bakunawa
- The Bakunawa is a monumental draconic serpent-spirit that was said to have eaten many moons and then finally being driven away before the last moon, our current one, was devoured. It is said that when the moon turns blood red during a lunar

20. Nuno sa Punso - The Nuno sa Punso is a dwarvish spirit that owns a bounty of treasure in its earth mound home. It is said that disturbing its mound will bring the Nuno’s curses upon you.

20. Nuno sa Punso
- The Nuno sa Punso is a dwarvish spirit that owns a bounty of treasure in its earth mound home. It is said that disturbing its mound will bring the Nuno’s curses upon you.

19. Mansalauan - The Mansalauan is a viscera eater that punctures its prey’s stomach with its sharp tongue before eating. It has a lizard like head, batlike wings, and a monkey’s body. It uses its contracted tongue to hunt, like that of a chameleon’s.

19. Mansalauan
- The Mansalauan is a viscera eater that punctures its prey’s stomach with its sharp tongue before eating. It has a lizard like head, batlike wings, and a monkey’s body. It uses its contracted tongue to hunt, like that of a chameleon’s.

18. Sirena - The Sirena are female merfolk that are half-man-half-fish. They dwell in both fresh and saltwater habitats and normally go out of their way to avoid humans… aside from the occasional youth luring in fisherfolk with their voice.

18. Sirena
- The Sirena are female merfolk that are half-man-half-fish. They dwell in both fresh and saltwater habitats and normally go out of their way to avoid humans… aside from the occasional youth luring in fisherfolk with their voice.

17. Sarangay - The Sarangay is a huge half-man-half-water buffalo creature resembling a minotaur. It has in its possession a gemstone earring that it protects with its life. It is said that if one acquires the earring, it will give you the strength equiva

17. Sarangay
- The Sarangay is a huge half-man-half-water buffalo creature resembling a minotaur. It has in its possession a gemstone earring that it protects with its life. It is said that if one acquires the earring, it will give you the strength equiva

16. Daligmata - The Daligmata is a bestial spirit that only comes out at night. It takes the form of a quadruped with countless wide eyes dotting its body. It is said that if one is kind enough, it will help in finding whatever you have lost.

16. Daligmata
- The Daligmata is a bestial spirit that only comes out at night. It takes the form of a quadruped with countless wide eyes dotting its body. It is said that if one is kind enough, it will help in finding whatever you have lost.

15. Tiyanak -The Tiyanak is the fiendish spirit of a stillborn child. It takes the form of a helpless infant crying under a tree, and when its victim picks it up, it then bites their neck, cursing them.

15. Tiyanak
-The Tiyanak is the fiendish spirit of a stillborn child. It takes the form of a helpless infant crying under a tree, and when its victim picks it up, it then bites their neck, cursing them.

14. Wirwir - The Wirwir are nomadic ghouls that scavenge for dead bodies. They usually inhabit their prey so that other ghouls would not take it, sort of like a hermit crab.

14. Wirwir
- The Wirwir are nomadic ghouls that scavenge for dead bodies. They usually inhabit their prey so that other ghouls would not take it, sort of like a hermit crab.

13. Manananggal - The Manananggal are vampiric beings that prey on the unborn child of a pregnant woman. They take the form of a beautiful woman at day, and at night sport batlike wings, sharp claws, and a long proboscis like tongue. They severe their low

13. Manananggal
- The Manananggal are vampiric beings that prey on the unborn child of a pregnant woman. They take the form of a beautiful woman at day, and at night sport batlike wings, sharp claws, and a long proboscis like tongue. They severe their low

12. Siyokoy - The Siyokoy are male merfolk that are half-man-half-fish. They dwell in both fresh and saltwater habitats and normally go out of their way to avoid humans.

12. Siyokoy
- The Siyokoy are male merfolk that are half-man-half-fish. They dwell in both fresh and saltwater habitats and normally go out of their way to avoid humans.

11. Markupo - The Markupo is a serpentine creature with a crimson red crest on its head, two white tusks in its mouth, and a long bladelike tongue. Its breath is so deadly that even the trees that are contaminated with it become blighted and birds will di

11. Markupo
- The Markupo is a serpentine creature with a crimson red crest on its head, two white tusks in its mouth, and a long bladelike tongue. Its breath is so deadly that even the trees that are contaminated with it become blighted and birds will di

10. Bungisngis - The Bungisngis is a huge cyclops with two large tusks in its mouth. It loves to laugh while pestering people, hence its name “bungisngis” (fiendish laughter).

10. Bungisngis
- The Bungisngis is a huge cyclops with two large tusks in its mouth. It loves to laugh while pestering people, hence its name “bungisngis” (fiendish laughter).

9. Sigbin female - The Sigbin is a shapeshifting beast that can turn into a variety of animals, most notably a frog, a locust, and a hornless goat. In its true ghoulish form, it is a quadruped with its hind legs and hips longer than its front,

9. Sigbin female
- The Sigbin is a shapeshifting beast that can turn into a variety of animals, most notably a frog, a locust, and a hornless goat. In its true ghoulish form, it is a quadruped with its hind legs and hips longer than its front,

8. Ikugan - The Ikugan is an enormous primate with a disproportionally long tail. It usually make’s its nest in the tallest tree in the forest and uses its long tail to snatch its prey from below, strangling them in the process.

8. Ikugan
- The Ikugan is an enormous primate with a disproportionally long tail. It usually make’s its nest in the tallest tree in the forest and uses its long tail to snatch its prey from below, strangling them in the process.

7. Mandurugo - The Mandurugo is a vampiric being that marries their prey first before sucking their blood. They take the form of a beautiful man/woman by day, and a fiendish being with bat-like wings and a sharp tongue at night.

7. Mandurugo
- The Mandurugo is a vampiric being that marries their prey first before sucking their blood. They take the form of a beautiful man/woman by day, and a fiendish being with bat-like wings and a sharp tongue at night.

6. Tikbalang - The Tikbalang is a forest spirit that commonly takes the form of a half-horse- half-man creature. It has a horse head, a human torso, and a pair of bipedal equine legs.

6. Tikbalang
- The Tikbalang is a forest spirit that commonly takes the form of a half-horse- half-man creature. It has a horse head, a human torso, and a pair of bipedal equine legs.

5. Aswang - The Aswangs are malevolent ghouls that could shapeshift into a menagerie of forms. From cats, dogs, to bats, and “huklubans” (old hags). They eat raw meat and are especially happy to feast on human flesh.

5. Aswang
- The Aswangs are malevolent ghouls that could shapeshift into a menagerie of forms. From cats, dogs, to bats, and “huklubans” (old hags). They eat raw meat and are especially happy to feast on human flesh.

4. Duwende itim - The Duwende are miniscule spirits at about 10 cm tall, that can either be good or bad. The duwendeng “puti” (white) help farmers in their toil. While the duwndeng “itim” (black) brings pestilence to their crops.

4. Duwende itim
- The Duwende are miniscule spirits at about 10 cm tall, that can either be good or bad. The duwendeng “puti” (white) help farmers in their toil. While the duwndeng “itim” (black) brings pestilence to their crops.

3. Kapre - The Kapre is a humongous tree spirit that takes the form of a dark man, smoking a cigar. They are firm protectors of their arboreal homes and would spite any who has done them or their tree any form of misdeed.

3. Kapre
- The Kapre is a humongous tree spirit that takes the form of a dark man, smoking a cigar. They are firm protectors of their arboreal homes and would spite any who has done them or their tree any form of misdeed.

2. Batibat - The Batibat is a cruel spirit that takes the form of a huge woman around 300 pounds heavy. She would sit on top of a sleeping person, causing nightmares and sleep paralysis. Death due to her doing is called a “Bangungot.”

2. Batibat
- The Batibat is a cruel spirit that takes the form of a huge woman around 300 pounds heavy. She would sit on top of a sleeping person, causing nightmares and sleep paralysis. Death due to her doing is called a “Bangungot.”

1. Santelmo - The Santelmo is a crackling ball of fire that is about 30 cm wide. It is believed that they are the resentful spirits of fisherfolk that have died in sea, so they haunt those that are foolish enough to venture in the sea on stormy nights.

1. Santelmo
- The Santelmo is a crackling ball of fire that is about 30 cm wide. It is believed that they are the resentful spirits of fisherfolk that have died in sea, so they haunt those that are foolish enough to venture in the sea on stormy nights.

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