Folkloric Creatures and Monsters from Where You're From(Or Anywhere)

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Cool! I've heard about this in some shows, correct me if I'm wrong but it's said that some lady in a church gave birth to this creature and it flew off into the night and some say that there are still recent sightings.

Yeah that’s the exact story

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

dude, that's PEAK mythology :00

Here’s the higher tier ones
The Aswang

An Aswang is a shapeshifting, malevolent creature in Filipino folklore, acting as an umbrella term for various monsters like vampires, ghouls, witches, and human-animal hybrids (dogs, cats) that prey on humans, especially the unborn, children, and sick, often by sucking their organs or blood with a long tongue, while appearing as ordinary people by day. They are known for transforming into black dogs, pigs, or birds at night, and their legends serve as social control, teaching caution and enforcing community norms, with garlic, salt, and stingray tails used as defenses.

Key Characteristics & Forms

• Shapeshifting: Can change into various forms, including animals (dogs, cats, birds) or appear as humans, often beautiful women, by day.
• Vampiric/Ghoul: Uses a long, spear-like tongue to suck blood or internal organs, particularly favoring unborn babies and the dead.
• Manananggal: A specific type of Aswang, the upper torso detaches and flies with bat-like wings to hunt.
• Wak-wak: A winged bird/bat-like Aswang that hunts at night.
• Habitat: Lives among people but haunts isolated areas like forests and cemeteries.

Cultural Significance & Defenses

• Social Control: Legends teach caution towards strangers and reinforce community values, with fear shaping daily life, particularly around pregnant women.
• Defenses: Families use garlic, salt, blessed items, and stingray tails to ward them off; a "tik-tik" bird sound signals an Aswang's proximity.
• Fear: The Aswang embodies deep-seated fears of betrayal, hidden evil, and the monstrous within the familiar.

 

[thumbsdown]

Here’s the higher tier ones
The Aswang
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An Aswang is a shapeshifting, malevolent creature in Filipino folklore, acting as an umbrella term for various monsters like vampires, ghouls, witches, and human-animal hybrids (dogs, cats) that prey on humans, especially the unborn, children, and sick, often by sucking their organs or blood with a long tongue, while appearing as ordinary people by day. They are known for transforming into black dogs, pigs, or birds at night, and their legends serve as social control, teaching caution and enforcing community norms, with garlic, salt, and stingray tails used as defenses.

Key Characteristics & Forms

• Shapeshifting: Can change into various forms, including animals (dogs, cats, birds) or appear as humans, often beautiful women, by day.
• Vampiric/Ghoul: Uses a long, spear-like tongue to suck blood or internal organs, particularly favoring unborn babies and the dead.
• Manananggal: A specific type of Aswang, the upper torso detaches and flies with bat-like wings to hunt.
• Wak-wak: A winged bird/bat-like Aswang that hunts at night.
• Habitat: Lives among people but haunts isolated areas like forests and cemeteries.

Cultural Significance & Defenses

• Social Control: Legends teach caution towards strangers and reinforce community values, with fear shaping daily life, particularly around pregnant women.
• Defenses: Families use garlic, salt, blessed items, and stingray tails to ward them off; a "tik-tik" bird sound signals an Aswang's proximity.
• Fear: The Aswang embodies deep-seated fears of betrayal, hidden evil, and the monstrous within the familiar.

I'm saving most of the creatures to search for more narrative games perhaps lol

 

[GuyZero32k4]

Though I've very far south of Canada, reading the Hulk back then was the first I'd ever heard of the wendigo. This thing:

Gun guy gonna get eaten. Thing that eats people in the woods. Alright then.
Where I first ever heard of it as a child was here.

Remember no internet back then, no one else around me read comics. People were like "A big foot that eats people? now that be great movie!" back then. So color me surprised when read into the myth.