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Amalanhig

Era ayitibwa: maranhig, amaranhig
Enfumo n'emboozi ez'eddaAbafu abalamuYeekulula1900 okutuuka 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

Lwanyisa
Yasooka okuwandiikibwa
1967
Described in Maximo D. Ramos, The Creatures of Midnight (1967)
Gy'ava
Visayan (Philippines)
Bizinga bya Firipino
Ekikireeta
Ebirala
An aswang who dies without passing its power on to a successor cannot stay dead.
Engeri omuntu gy'afuukamu omu ku bo
A dead aswang that failed to hand on its monstrous nature.
Engeri gy'atambulamu
Yeekulula
Its body is rigid, so it can only move in a straight line.
Amagezi
Talina magezi
Ebifo ebinafu
  • running in a zigzag
  • climbing a tree or anything high
  • crossing deep water, which it is said to fear

Yasooka ddi okulabika?

Ensi ey'eddaEmirembe egya wakati1500 okutuuka 18991900 okutuuka 19671968 okutuuka 19992000 okutuuka 20092010 okutuuka leero1967

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

ebiwandiiko by'omu nnimiro

Ensibuko bye zigamba

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

Wandisobodde okumudduka?

Omutendera gw'embiro okusinziira ku ngeri ensibuko gye zimunnyonnyolamu (yeekulula), si kipimo.

Amalanhig nga 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
Ggwe, ng'otambula nga 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ggwe, ng'odduka mpola nga 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Omuntu omukulu omugumu ng'adduka nnyo nga 24 km/h (15 mph)
Omuvuzi wa ggaali ow'embiro nga 37 km/h (23 mph)

Ensibuko

  1. Amalanhig - Wikipedia

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Omulembe gwe gumu: 1900 okutuuka 1967

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