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Aswang

An Aswang (or Asuwang) is a ghoul in Filipino folklore. The myth of the Aswang is popular in the Visayan region of the Philippines, specially in the western provinces of Capiz, Iloilo Antique. Aside from entertainment value, mothers are said to tell their children Aswang stories to keep them off the streets and keep them home at night. Similar to Count Vlad III Dracula of Transylvania in Vampire stories, the most popular characters are the clan of Teñente/ Tenyente/ Tiniente Gimo of the town of Dueñas, Ilo-ilo.

An aswang is a regular townsperson by day and prefer an occupation related to meat, such as butchery or making sausages.

Aswangs have an ageless appearance and a quiet, shy ...

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nocturnal activities, they walk with their feet facing backwards and toenails reversed.

Aswang, at times, is also a generic term applied to all types of mythological creatures, ghosts, manananggals, witches, shapeshifters, lycanth and monsters. Aswang is often interchanged with manananggal, but they are different. There are also characteristics and features that the Aswang also varies from Filipino to Jalapeño.They usually live near the mountains and they never go in to cities

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Added: 4/3/2011 11:02:21 PM
Submitted By: green18
Category: Mythology
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 286
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