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 details of which often vary greatly. The myth of the aswang is popular in the Western Visayan regions such as Capiz, Iloilo and Antique. Other regional names for the aswang, especially in Capiz, are tik-tik and wak-wak. Aswang is occasionally used as a generic term applied to all types of witches, manananggals, shapeshifters, lycanthropes, and monsters. Aswang stories and definitions vary greatly from region to region and person to person, so no one particular set of characteristics are ascribed to the term. However, the term is often used interchangably with manananggal, which is a particular creature with a specific set of features.
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