A manananggal is one of the most dreaded night creatures in Philippine folklore described as a hideous, scary, vampire-like creature (as opposed to an aswang), often depicted as female, and capable of self-segmenting its upper torso and sprouting huge bat-like wings to fly into the night in search of its next victim.
It is said that they mostly prey on sleeping, pregnant women, using an elongated proboscis-like tongue to suck the hearts of fetuses, the blood of someone who is sleeping, and the phlegm of Tuberculosis sufferers.
The severed lower torso is left standing, and it is said to be the more vulnerable of the two halves. Sprinkling salt or smearing crushed garlic or ash on top of the standing torso is fatal to the creature. The upper torso then would not be able to rejoin itself and will die by sunrise.
[3D artwork by Buddy Paraiso]
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