Aswang, mo mo, wak wak myths in the Philippines

Spooky things that scare Filipinos at night. Watch and learn about these amazing legends.

The Philippines has more than it's fair share of myths and legends and the monsters that go along with these folklore stories. Aswang, mo mo, wak wak, dwende, kapre and white ladies are just a few of the urban legends that exist in the Philippines.

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Scary legends in the Philippines and elsewhere

Stories of scary monsters and boogiemen are common all over the world, and are usually there to communicate danger to small children. Fearless kids can be very scary to their parents, because they are capable of running off and getting into dangerous situations, and I suspect this is why such stories came about in the first place. Big bad wolves who ate grannies, clearly stories to stop kids wandering off in the forest. Pied pipers meant stay away from strangers. Trolls under bridges and even the Aussie Aboriginal story about the bunyip lurking in the waterhole? Clearly there to stop kids from drowning!

What’s different in the Philippines is that whilst I suspect no normal Aboriginal auntie actually believes there’s a bunyip at the waterhole, there are plenty of Filipino adults who swear by the genuine existence of the local creepy things that go bump in the night. Everyone seems to have either seen a white lady or heard an aswang on the roof or rattling the windows at night, or they know someone who swears they also saw them.

Many a Filipina lady who comes to Australia will be freaked out by trees, because there might be a kapre in the trees. These are hairy giants who smoke cigars. Not sure what else they do. Maybe a passive-smoking risk? And they won’t pass trees without appeasing the duwende (or dwende) by saying “Tabi tabi po”. Maybe they are actually Teletubbies? I’ve seen the drawings (as no one has actual photos of any of these, despite every single person in the country having a phone with a camera) and there’s a definite resemblance. They hang around anthills, by the way. And my wife Mila knew someone who swore by the existence of duwende, because the friend actually saw them! She WAS 6 years old and had a fever at the time, but still!

Bogart the Explorer discovered a great way of dealing with the aswang, which I think I should share with all for their protection. It would have to work like a charm, and you can watch the video HERE!

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