The Aswang Project

Independent educational resource exploring Philippine mythologies, folklore, cultural beliefs & traditions since 2006.

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From The Aswang Project archive:

A source-led introduction to animism in the…

Explore the article: ANIMISM | Understanding Philippine Mythology (Part 1 of 3)
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From The Aswang Project archive:

The subject of countless movies here in the Philippines, the Manananggal and Wakwak are other types of…

Explore the article: The Manananggal and Wakwak
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From The Aswang Project bookstore:

Common Medicinal Plants of the Cordillera Region…

View the book: Common Medicinal Plants of the Cordillera Region by Leonardo L. Co
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From The Aswang Project archive:

I often choose subjects for The Aswang Project because something has captured my own interest.

Explore the article: Summary of the Sugidanon (Epics) of Central Panay
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From The Aswang Project archive:

If there is one name that has become synonymous with the religion of the early…

Explore the article: Bathala: The Creator and Supreme Being of the Early Tagalogs
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From The Aswang Project archive:

We have Mangkukulams and their deadly…

Explore the article: Arcana De Filipinas: Early Magical Practices in the…
https://t.co/GyT4whDlPL

#PhilippineFolklore #Babaylan

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From The Aswang Project archive:

It is a collective term used for the eight (8) indigenous cultural communities residing in the…

Explore the article: Buhid Mangyan Cosmology and Beliefs
https://t.co/yPrVubrIUE

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From The Aswang Project archive:

The former Diplomat Hotel in Baguio City, Philippines sits on top of…

Explore the article: Baguio’s Haunted DIPLOMAT HOTEL and Its Dark Past
https://t.co/Mkx6XXCk6O

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From The Aswang Project archive:

"Bari Bari Dika agunget pari Ta pumukan kami Iti pabakirda kami" In older times, Ilocanos…

Explore the article: The Mangmangkik: Tree Spirits in Ilocos Norte
https://t.co/ev0IjISeci

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From The Aswang Project archive:

What did early sources say about Tala? Explore the Tagalog name for the morning star, Venus, and how…

Explore the article: Tala: The Morning Star in Early Tagalog Beliefs
https://t.co/aGDg2P8C2P

#PhilippineFolklore #TagalogFolklore

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From The Aswang Project bookstore:

Hilot: The Science of the Ancient…

View the book: Hilot: The Science of the Ancient Filipino Healing Art by Fajardo & Pansacola
https://t.co/PUpNMqOSw9

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From The Aswang Project archive:

A celestial council became a war, and the stones hurled by…

Explore the article: Mangechay and the Formation of the World | Kapampangan Mythology
https://t.co/H7S3EXqHsA

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Dictionary of Philippine Mythology by Ferdinand Blumentritt

Translated into English

NOW OPEN FOR PRE-ORDER ON SIWALAT

₱800 + shipping

PRE-ORDER HERE: https://t.co/gxZjO9jkiX

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I’m incredibly excited to announce that The Aswang Project’s edition of Ferdinand Blumentritt’s Dictionary of Philippine Mythology is being reprinted in the Philippines!

Pre-orders are open on Shopee

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From The Aswang Project archive:

Kinaray-a is an Austronesian language…

Explore the article: PANAY ISLAND — “Sacred Center” and the “Four Pillars” | Kinaray-a, Mariitnon Beliefs
https://t.co/ZETP30pATI

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From The Aswang Project archive:

A few months ago, writer, fellow metalhead, and friend Karl R De Mesa sent me a…

Explore the article: ADAMANTA: Precolonial History from a Visayan Power Metal Band
https://t.co/0w30ciDZ3R

#PhilippineFolklore #PhilippineHistory

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From The Aswang Project archive:

In 1582, Spanish encomendero Miguel de Loarca recorded a brief…

Explore the article: Varangao, Ynaguinid and Macanduc: Visayan War Deities in the 1582 Record
https://t.co/yTwDHWXRS6

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From The Aswang Project archive:

Filipinos of long ago believed that many conditions that plagued them were caused by invisible…

Explore the article: Maladies Cured by Philippine Folk Magic
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#PhilippineFolklore #Babaylan

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From The Aswang Project archive:

“When shy, troubled Marisol (Mari) Reyes discovers a wooden mask at her…

Explore the article: ‘The Mask of Haliya’ Review: Much More Than Just A Comic
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From The Aswang Project archive:

The sirena or mermaid and the facts surrounding this mythical creature are of Spanish…

Explore the article: Sirena Stories, the Mythical Mermaid of the Philippines
https://t.co/scrdIzXAV2

#PhilippineFolklore #PhilippineMythology