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Amalanhig

Wɔfrɛ no bio: maranhig, amaranhig
Tete nsɛm ne anansesɛmAwufoɔ a wɔnantewƐtwetwe ne nan1900 kɔsi 1967

The amalanhig is the walking corpse of Visayan folklore in the Philippines. It is what becomes of an aswang, a shape-shifting witch, who dies with its power untransferred. Stiff-limbed and unable to turn, it can be escaped by dodging, climbing or wading into a river. The image of a rigid corpse that pursues in a straight line is a close match for the classic slow zombie.1

Fa ko
Wɔdii kan kyerɛw
1967
Described in Maximo D. Ramos, The Creatures of Midnight (1967)
Mfiase
Visayan (Philippines)
Philippines
Deɛ ɛde ba
Ɛfoforɔ
An aswang who dies without passing its power on to a successor cannot stay dead.
Sɛnea wobɛdane bi
A dead aswang that failed to hand on its monstrous nature.
Sɛnea ɛkeka ne ho
Ɛtwetwe ne nan
Its body is rigid, so it can only move in a straight line.
Nyansa
Adwene nni mu
Mmerɛwyɛ
  • running in a zigzag
  • climbing a tree or anything high
  • crossing deep water, which it is said to fear

Ɛberɛ bɛn na ɛdii kan puee?

Tete wiaseMfinimfini Mmerɛ1500 kɔsi 18991900 kɔsi 19671968 kɔsi 19992000 kɔsi 20092010 kɔsi ɛnnɛ1967

Described in Maximo D. Ramos, The Creatures of Midnight (1967)

nhwehwɛmu nsɛm

Deɛ fibea no ka

1

Looks like an ordinary person, usually with enlarged upper canines1

2

Rises from the grave to kill by biting the neck1

3

A folk variant says it tickles its victims until they die of laughter and terror1

4

Belief is recorded especially among Hiligaynon speakers of the Visayas1

5

Wikipedia classes it as a Philippine variant of the vampire, though its behaviour is closer to a zombie's1

Wobɛtumi atu mmirika aboro no?

Ahoɔhare kuo a efi sɛnea fibea kyerɛkyerɛ mu (ɛtwetwe ne nan), ɛnyɛ susudua.

Amalanhig bɛyɛ 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
Wo, nantew bɛyɛ 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wo, mmirika brɛoo bɛyɛ 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Ɔpanin a ne ho yɛ den a ɔtu mmirika denden bɛyɛ 24 km/h (15 mph)
Sakrekafoɔ a ɔyɛ ntɛm bɛyɛ 37 km/h (23 mph)

Fibea

  1. Amalanhig - Wikipedia

Asɛm biara a ɛwɔ krataafa yi so fi saa fibea yi mu, na yɛde yɛn ankasa nsɛm na akyerɛw. Wohunuu mfomsoɔ bi? Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected].

Ma dɔm no aduane. Dawurubɔ nni hɔ, trackers nni hɔ, onipa baako na ɔtua ho ka. Akyɛdeɛ ma ɛkɔ so wɔ intanɛt so.Ma akyɛdeɛ

Berɛ koro: 1900 kɔsi 1967

Felicia Felix-MentorHaitian, 1937Nyongo working deadCameroonian (Bakweri, Bakossi and neighbouring peoples), 1950
Ma dɔm no aduaneMa akyɛdeɛ