Every time I remembered what my mother said to me about the story of Tikbalang, I felt scared because she said that the Tikbalang exist now and they usually appears up in the mountains. But there's no evidences that will prove that the Tikbalang exist. I think this is her way to push me not to go away in any place in our town.So I want to know if they are exist or not in this mysterious world.By the way I am Keneth J. Cabucana a first year accountancy student at Asia Pacific College.
I read this article entitled THE TIKBALANG HUMAN- HORSE by Fliin High. According to this article, "Tikbalang is demi-human, half-horse, half human. Its lower torso is part horse and the upper is human, its like a centaur, but more scary type as its eyes are red, and is said to carry an axe(palakol in local dialect) everywhere it goes. Tikbalang nests in the forests of the Philippines, and is said that it would astray a traveler's way, making it go back to the same place over and over again. The Tikbalang's spell can be undone by turning your shirt inside-out or saying "padaan po or tabi po" meaning excuse me may I pass. According to people who witnessed the so called monstrous "Tikbalang". It smokes huge tobacco and eats leaves from 5-storey trees; and is said to be taking beautiful teenagers who pass by his home. They most likely live near rivers and humongous trees. When it rains in a sunny day, people here in the Philippines would say"There are Tikbalangs getting married". You can tame a Tikbalang when you snatch one of its golden hair, there are only 3 of them; so break-a-leg! Once you get the golden hair, you get to ask anything you want the Tikbalang to do."
All of us know what is Tikbalang is, and when we talk about the Tikbalang we felt scared. Some of us said that they can encounter sometimes a Tikbalang in the middle of the forest and they think that it is true. This article above said that the only way to escape to the spell of the Tikbalang is by turning your shirt inside-out or saying excuse me may I pass. My childhood days I love to known more about the Tikbalang and now I make a research about it and I learned many from this like they are the guard of the forest and they smoke a big cigars.
We know what are the characteristics that the Tikbalang have and what are the tactics on how to escape to the spell of the Tikbalang. This article caught my attention entitled Tikbalang Stories and Modernity by Rex Raymond Torrecampo.
"As a little boy, this was something the existence of which everyone took as a matter of fact. It was something elders warned children about whenever they had to go into wooded areas. Or, perhaps, it was to warn them against going into wooded areas, who knows? As the topic of scare stories that children loved to tell each other when they got tired of playing in the yard, the tikbalangranked among the classics. They were these half-human half-horse creatures that suddenly appeared from nowhere inthe woods to give you a god almighty scare. Or, sometimes they would not even bother to show up at all but, all the same, lead you around in circles in the woods. It was said that those who were led around in circles walked for hours on end only to find themselves right back at the spot where they started from. They could be lost for days. Some – it was whispered – went lost forever."
Just
like me this article talks about scare stories that the children loved
to tell each other after playing in the yard, the Tikbalanggranked and I
do it when I was a kid and when I got tired I want to hear some stories
came from my mother and that is the story of Tikbalang. Even I scared to that story I always want to know it because I can't sleep every time I remembered it.
In reading the articles that I have searched, there
are so many stories about the Tikbalang but I think this is not a true
story. They just used it to scared people, to remind them to do not
destroy the forest because it is the habitat of many animals and it is
also a beautiful place where there is fresh air that all of us can use.
I think the message of the story of Tikbalang is to be conscious about
your surroundings and you must love the nature like the Tikbalang, they
protected the forest because they want to sustain the beauty and clean
of all the forest. The only thing that I want to the Tikbalang is that
they love challenges and sometimes they can be friendly.
We know what are the characteristics that the Tikbalang have and what are the tactics on how to escape to the spell of the Tikbalang. This article caught my attention entitled Tikbalang Stories and Modernity by Rex Raymond Torrecampo.
"As a little boy, this was something the existence of which everyone took as a matter of fact. It was something elders warned children about whenever they had to go into wooded areas. Or, perhaps, it was to warn them against going into wooded areas, who knows? As the topic of scare stories that children loved to tell each other when they got tired of playing in the yard, the tikbalangranked among the classics. They were these half-human half-horse creatures that suddenly appeared from nowhere inthe woods to give you a god almighty scare. Or, sometimes they would not even bother to show up at all but, all the same, lead you around in circles in the woods. It was said that those who were led around in circles walked for hours on end only to find themselves right back at the spot where they started from. They could be lost for days. Some – it was whispered – went lost forever."
Just like me this article talks about scare stories that the children loved to tell each other after playing in the yard, the Tikbalanggranked and I do it when I was a kid and when I got tired I want to hear some stories came from my mother and that is the story of Tikbalang. Even I scared to that story I always want to know it because I can't sleep every time I remembered it.
In reading the articles that I have searched, there are so many stories about the Tikbalang but I think this is not a true story. They just used it to scared people, to remind them to do not destroy the forest because it is the habitat of many animals and it is also a beautiful place where there is fresh air that all of us can use. I think the message of the story of Tikbalang is to be conscious about your surroundings and you must love the nature like the Tikbalang, they protected the forest because they want to sustain the beauty and clean of all the forest. The only thing that I want to the Tikbalang is that they love challenges and sometimes they can be friendly.
Tikbalang
Appearance:A Tikbalang is somewhat reminiscent of a Minotaur; however, instead of a bull’s head and physical traits, Tikbalang have horses’ heads and features. Often they are described as having unusually long limbs and when they sit, their knees reach above their head. In many of the Filipino comics they are portrayed as being very tribal and often have tribal tattoos and loincloths as well as ancient weapons.
Personality:
They love challenges and will grant favors to those who can defeat them in a race or other physical challenges. They can be friendly, but like many fey creatures they are also tricksters and have been known to enchant, seduce and/or kidnap young maidens to satisfy their proportionate libidos.
Often these creatures are encountered as guardians of bridges and thick groves, especially bamboo. They could be used similar to “bridge trolls,” demanding that someone defeat them or bribe them in order to pass over their bridge or through their grove. Sometimes they can also be found in hot springs, they are said to bathe in these during the full moon.
Common Powers:
Tikbalang are incredibly fast, and they are often depicted as excellent archers. Sometimes Tikbalang are said to be able to grant wishes, and in other stories are said to be able to disappear into a cloud of falling rocks. In still others, they can take humanoid form, usually the appearance of someone close to the traveler they are harassing. Occasionally, their manes also have razor sharp spines.
According to some stories, they share similar powers and personality to a
Kapre such as the ability to turn invisible (occasionally even given
the Kapre’s love for cigars). This may be storytellers confusing the
creatures, or perhaps the two races have exchanged magical tricks and
other commerce with one another.
As with the other fey creatures, they are known to cause disorientation that could be just a function of their environment if they are from the realm of Faerie and that this is a side-effect of moving into and out of said realm. Certainly, many fey creatures (and those in Filipino mythology) seem to have this ability, but Tikbalang are considered to be masters of it. The have been known to drive some poor souls insane after becoming so lost in their illusions. This ability has not been shown in the comic book Tikbalang, so it may only be true of those guarding the paths to the Faerie realms or perhaps just the shamans of their people since the depictions appearing in the comics seem to focus on tribal warrior types of characters.
Interesting notes:
It is said that being quiet in forest so as not to disturb or turning one’s clothes inside out is a way of avoiding the ire of a Tikbalang (since the trickster finds the inside-out clothing humorous).
If one can find the golden hairs in their mane and pluck them, it is said that Tikbalang can be controlled and perhaps will even grant wishes; other stories simply have this as a result of being able to outmatch it in a contest or wresting a stone from their person. The Mars Ravelo superhero Flash Bomba acquired his powers in this fashion. In Trese, she defeats a Tikbalang in a race and gains three “favors” as a reward.
In some provinces, Tikbalang are considered Aswang and are of a demonic nature. Perhaps these stories are created by separate tribes of Tikbalang, individual Tikbalang who’ve made dark pacts, or perhaps they’re simply a different breed from the more trickster type.
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Appearance:
A Tikbalang is somewhat reminiscent of a Minotaur; however, instead of a bull’s head and physical traits, Tikbalang have horses’ heads and features. Often they are described as having unusually long limbs and when they sit, their knees reach above their head. In many of the Filipino comics they are portrayed as being very tribal and often have tribal tattoos and loincloths as well as ancient weapons.
Personality:
They love challenges and will grant favors to those who can defeat them in a race or other physical challenges. They can be friendly, but like many fey creatures they are also tricksters and have been known to enchant, seduce and/or kidnap young maidens to satisfy their proportionate libidos.
Often these creatures are encountered as guardians of bridges and thick groves, especially bamboo. They could be used similar to “bridge trolls,” demanding that someone defeat them or bribe them in order to pass over their bridge or through their grove. Sometimes they can also be found in hot springs, they are said to bathe in these during the full moon.
Common Powers:
Tikbalang are incredibly fast, and they are often depicted as excellent archers. Sometimes Tikbalang are said to be able to grant wishes, and in other stories are said to be able to disappear into a cloud of falling rocks. In still others, they can take humanoid form, usually the appearance of someone close to the traveler they are harassing. Occasionally, their manes also have razor sharp spines.
- See more at: http://www.writeups.org/fiche.php?id=4910#sthash.Tw48UVO2.dpuf
A Tikbalang is somewhat reminiscent of a Minotaur; however, instead of a bull’s head and physical traits, Tikbalang have horses’ heads and features. Often they are described as having unusually long limbs and when they sit, their knees reach above their head. In many of the Filipino comics they are portrayed as being very tribal and often have tribal tattoos and loincloths as well as ancient weapons.
Personality:
They love challenges and will grant favors to those who can defeat them in a race or other physical challenges. They can be friendly, but like many fey creatures they are also tricksters and have been known to enchant, seduce and/or kidnap young maidens to satisfy their proportionate libidos.
Often these creatures are encountered as guardians of bridges and thick groves, especially bamboo. They could be used similar to “bridge trolls,” demanding that someone defeat them or bribe them in order to pass over their bridge or through their grove. Sometimes they can also be found in hot springs, they are said to bathe in these during the full moon.
Common Powers:
Tikbalang are incredibly fast, and they are often depicted as excellent archers. Sometimes Tikbalang are said to be able to grant wishes, and in other stories are said to be able to disappear into a cloud of falling rocks. In still others, they can take humanoid form, usually the appearance of someone close to the traveler they are harassing. Occasionally, their manes also have razor sharp spines.
- See more at: http://www.writeups.org/fiche.php?id=4910#sthash.Tw48UVO2.dpuf
Tikbalang
Appearance:A Tikbalang is somewhat reminiscent of a Minotaur; however, instead of a bull’s head and physical traits, Tikbalang have horses’ heads and features. Often they are described as having unusually long limbs and when they sit, their knees reach above their head. In many of the Filipino comics they are portrayed as being very tribal and often have tribal tattoos and loincloths as well as ancient weapons.
Personality:
They love challenges and will grant favors to those who can defeat them in a race or other physical challenges. They can be friendly, but like many fey creatures they are also tricksters and have been known to enchant, seduce and/or kidnap young maidens to satisfy their proportionate libidos.
Often these creatures are encountered as guardians of bridges and thick groves, especially bamboo. They could be used similar to “bridge trolls,” demanding that someone defeat them or bribe them in order to pass over their bridge or through their grove. Sometimes they can also be found in hot springs, they are said to bathe in these during the full moon.
Common Powers:
Tikbalang are incredibly fast, and they are often depicted as excellent archers. Sometimes Tikbalang are said to be able to grant wishes, and in other stories are said to be able to disappear into a cloud of falling rocks. In still others, they can take humanoid form, usually the appearance of someone close to the traveler they are harassing. Occasionally, their manes also have razor sharp spines.
- See more at: http://www.writeups.org/fiche.php?id=4910#sthash.SH7iV49V.dpuf
Tikbalang
Appearance:A Tikbalang is somewhat reminiscent of a Minotaur; however, instead of a bull’s head and physical traits, Tikbalang have horses’ heads and features. Often they are described as having unusually long limbs and when they sit, their knees reach above their head. In many of the Filipino comics they are portrayed as being very tribal and often have tribal tattoos and loincloths as well as ancient weapons.
Personality:
They love challenges and will grant favors to those who can defeat them in a race or other physical challenges. They can be friendly, but like many fey creatures they are also tricksters and have been known to enchant, seduce and/or kidnap young maidens to satisfy their proportionate libidos.
Often these creatures are encountered as guardians of bridges and thick groves, especially bamboo. They could be used similar to “bridge trolls,” demanding that someone defeat them or bribe them in order to pass over their bridge or through their grove. Sometimes they can also be found in hot springs, they are said to bathe in these during the full moon.
Common Powers:
Tikbalang are incredibly fast, and they are often depicted as excellent archers. Sometimes Tikbalang are said to be able to grant wishes, and in other stories are said to be able to disappear into a cloud of falling rocks. In still others, they can take humanoid form, usually the appearance of someone close to the traveler they are harassing. Occasionally, their manes also have razor sharp spines.
- See more at: http://www.writeups.org/fiche.php?id=4910#sthash.SH7iV49V.dpuf
An extremely brief primer on Filipino Mythology
An extremely brief primer on Filipino Mythology
An extremely brief primer on Filipino Mythology
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