I'm always happy to see pre-colonial Philippine mythology discussed by other writers. Maximo D. Ramos captured some of the oral traditions about manananggal and other viscera suckers (aswang) in his collections of writing. I saw a fantastic short -- MOSQUITO LADY by Kristine Gerolaga -- that brought the manananggal myth into a modern-day setting. There's so much rich story-telling surrounding this monstrous woman. And new stories as yet to be told!
Yes! I am so happy to hear from you here. You know way more on this subject than I do so please share all this rich knowledge. I will be watching that short immediately when I track it down. Good to hear your thoughts as always.
Fascinating stuff - always interesting to see how often gender dynamics and hierarchies of power intersect with these myths. Also: "Siri! Siri!"? can aonly assume they were having issues with their phones :)
Pretty sure all of our lower halves are "great vulnerabilities". ;P As someone who parly grew up in the Philippeans, was great to see this! And in the future: the ASWANG.
This is fascinating! I'm in the stages of researching the relationship between colonialization and gender violence on some of Indonesia's haunts, so this was especially interesting. Indonesia also has a couple of different floating torsos. I love seeing what "monsters" neighbors have in common.
I'm always happy to see pre-colonial Philippine mythology discussed by other writers. Maximo D. Ramos captured some of the oral traditions about manananggal and other viscera suckers (aswang) in his collections of writing. I saw a fantastic short -- MOSQUITO LADY by Kristine Gerolaga -- that brought the manananggal myth into a modern-day setting. There's so much rich story-telling surrounding this monstrous woman. And new stories as yet to be told!
Yes! I am so happy to hear from you here. You know way more on this subject than I do so please share all this rich knowledge. I will be watching that short immediately when I track it down. Good to hear your thoughts as always.
I just found it online! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE4xx71H9SM
OMG! I loved it. They did a great job with a low budget.
Tonight! Thank you
Terrifying. I've heard of this before but your image caught my eye and I never knew their catchphrase! Unsettling in all the best ways.
Usually I make up the catchphrase but this one actually has her own. It really is unsettling in all the best ways. Thanks for checking it out!
Yeah!
Amazingly horrific! some superb horror ideas in here! thank you
Would love to read a horror story by you inspired by her!
ill see what I can do - might be a while - and I think someone already was inspired to do just this…
Fascinating stuff - always interesting to see how often gender dynamics and hierarchies of power intersect with these myths. Also: "Siri! Siri!"? can aonly assume they were having issues with their phones :)
haha. Their monster tech was not responding. Glad you got something out of this one!
Whoa, this is crazy. She’s horrifying, and those art pieces included definitely sold it as such!
So freaky! My friend told a campfire story about her and the kids and adults were all 😱
Pretty sure all of our lower halves are "great vulnerabilities". ;P As someone who parly grew up in the Philippeans, was great to see this! And in the future: the ASWANG.
haha. I did not know this about you!
Thanks for sharing us and happy Friday
This is fascinating! I'm in the stages of researching the relationship between colonialization and gender violence on some of Indonesia's haunts, so this was especially interesting. Indonesia also has a couple of different floating torsos. I love seeing what "monsters" neighbors have in common.
That sounds super fascinating. I’m always interested in those topic and can’t wait to see what you discover!