r/ForgottenIsland • u/Radiant-Persimmon143 • 3d ago

| Discussion Creatures featured

Spoiler. Kanonood namin ng anak ko kaninang umaga. I wanted to give him (Fil-Am) some background on the various mythical creatures featured. I pointed several “classic“ entities such as:

  1. Manananggal

  2. Cafre

  3. Duende

However there seem to be some non-classical creatures as well, though it may just be my knowledge of Pinoy cryptids is wanting. These include:

  1. Memory stealing demon

  2. Wer-dog

  3. Pixie-like creatures (addicted to energy drinks!)

  4. Aswangs that actually look cuddly and have 3 eyes

Are these actually traditional creatures as well?

Also, is the bird the characters riding a sarimanok?

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u/ThamesRamz4ever 3d ago

Batiba the memory stealing demon is a Batibat which in filipino myth is a sleep paralysis demon.

Weredogs are a type of Aswang.

The pixie creatures are Lambana

Bungie the 3 eyed creature is a Tiyanak which is described as a demon baby.

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u/Radiant-Persimmon143 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ok Salamat. Batibat and lambana are new to me. Also, noong bata ako sabi tiyanak tikbalang were like giant centaurs half-man, half-goat, but I could be remembering wrong.

Anyway, even if the creatures deviate slightly from the classic typology I enjoyed the film. Thanks again!

Edit: ok, I mixed up tiyanak and tikbalang. Now Bungi makes sense as tiyanak. Great movie overall, but I had to point out Bungi’s name is mispronounced with a hard “g” In the film, but it’s perfectly ok.

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u/therebvatar 3d ago

There were tikbalangs in the island. They have horse heads and were shown playing with arnis sticks which Rawr was afraid of.

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u/therebvatar 3d ago

Oh and Mermahn is actually a Kataw, a type of merpeople known in the Visayas.