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Dwende: goblins, hobgoblins, elves or dwarfs (Spanish: duende " little creatures who provide good fortune or foretell an ominous fate to people. goblin, elf, charm" < "duen de (casa)", owner of the house); there are two types of Dwende the white and black, white Dwende represents as good motive and the black is bad motive [12]
Kogang was an animal visualized under several shapes. Limbago was a four-legged creature with a long neck, similar to a giraffe. Lisu t'kayo were pure white and were associated with the pith of forest trees. Mamili was the "king of snakes", a number of which were buso. Mantianak were the ghosts of women who died during childbirth. They haunt ...
The report by E. F. Skertchly is unusual in that he wrote as if he had personally witnessed some of the supernatural powers associated with the Berbalangs. [3] [4] The Scottish writer Andrew Lang introduced the Berbalangs as a plot point in the story "Adventure of the Fair American", included in the book The Disentanglers (1902).
Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water.
Common name Scientific name authority Preferred habitat IUCN status Range Family Suidae: pigs: Palawan bearded pig: Sus ahoenobarbus Huet, 1888: Forest NT: Bornean bearded pig: Sus barbatus S. Müller, 1838: Wide range of habitats where occurring; Possibly extirpated VU: Visayan warty pig: Sus cebifrons Heude, 1888: Forest and grassland CR ...
Taotao carvings sold in a souvenir shop in Siquijor Island. Anito, also spelled anitu, refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the Indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age to the present, although the term itself may have other meanings and associations depending on the Filipino ethnic group.
The university wanted to have a Filipino touch in everything because they were one of the first universities in the Philippines to be founded by a Filipino, Dr. Nicanor Reyes, Sr. [9] The Philippine television network ABS-CBN used the Sarimanok in the network's 1993 station ID and served as the network's mascot from 1993 until 2000.
Kapres are said to dwell in big trees like acacias, mangoes, bamboo, and banyan (known in the Philippines as balete).It is also mostly seen sitting under those trees. The Kapre is said to wear the indigenous Northern Philippine loincloth known as bahag, and according to some, often wears a belt which gives the kapre the ability to be invisible to humans.