Adarna bird is a legendary creature in the epic, Ibong Adarna, a literary masterpiece done by a Filipino author named Francisco Baltazar. This bird is said to be found in Mt. Tabor, ...

A Hantu demon is a legendary evil spirit or demon in Philippine mythology. They are notorious in the Philippines for allegedly possessing people and driving them insane. Hantu is infact a Malay word ...

Duwende are goblins, hobgoblins, elves or dwarfs. They are little creatures who can provide good fortune or bad fate to humans. In the Philippines, duwendes frequently live in houses, in trees, underground, ...

In the Philippine mythology, a diwata or lambana is a mythological figure similar to fairies or nymphs. They are said to reside in large trees, such as acacia and balete and are ...

The batibat is a vengeful demon found in Ilocano folklore. These demons were blamed as the cause of the fatal nocturnal disease called bangungot. A batibat takes the form of a huge, ...

The Bakunawa, also known as Bakonawa is a deity in Philippine mythology that is often represented as a gigantic sea serpent. He is believed to be the god of the underworld and ...

An Aswang is a ghoul in Filipino folklore. The aswangs are the most feared of supernatural creatures on the Philippines and are the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories, ...

The Alan are deformed spirits from the folklore of the Tinguian tribe of the Philippines. They have wings, and their fingers and toes point backwards. The alan are said to take drops ...