Post by dain on Feb 18, 2007 16:12:39 GMT -5
Name: Aswang
Title: Sapien Corprus
Homelands: Blighted areas
Type of Offense: Claws, Teeth
Type of creature: Ghoul
Description: An Aswang is a ghoul. The myth of the aswang is popular in the Western Visayan regions such as Capiz, Iloilo and Antique. The trademark or major feature of Aswangs which distinguish them from other mythological creatures is their propensity to replace stolen cadavers with the trunk of a banana tree carved in the cadaver's likeness. They are also said to like to eat small children. Their favorite body parts are the liver and heart. Other local names, especially in Capiz are tik-tik and wak-wak.
Title: Sapien Corprus
Homelands: Blighted areas
Type of Offense: Claws, Teeth
Type of creature: Ghoul
Description: An Aswang is a ghoul. The myth of the aswang is popular in the Western Visayan regions such as Capiz, Iloilo and Antique. The trademark or major feature of Aswangs which distinguish them from other mythological creatures is their propensity to replace stolen cadavers with the trunk of a banana tree carved in the cadaver's likeness. They are also said to like to eat small children. Their favorite body parts are the liver and heart. Other local names, especially in Capiz are tik-tik and wak-wak.