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Superstitions & Folk Belief

The Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology

by Maximo D. Ramos

A classification of the aswang, the kapre, the tikbalang, the nuno and other beings of Philippine folk belief, based on field reports and published sources. Ramos's typology of the aswang as vampire, viscera-sucker, were-beast, witch and ghoul has been widely followed.

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