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Amalanhig

Ñu ngi koy wooye itam: maranhig, amaranhig
Léeb ak cosaanNéew yu dundaatDafay doxantu1900 ba 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

Xeexal ko
Jëkk a bindu
1967
Described in Maximo D. Ramos, The Creatures of Midnight (1967)
Cosaan
Visayan (Philippines)
Filipin
Lan moo ko waral
Yeneen
An aswang who dies without passing its power on to a successor cannot stay dead.
Naka ngay doone benn
A dead aswang that failed to hand on its monstrous nature.
Naka lay yëngoo
Dafay doxantu
Its body is rigid, so it can only move in a straight line.
Xel
Amul xel
Fi mu néewe doole
  • running in a zigzag
  • climbing a tree or anything high
  • crossing deep water, which it is said to fear

Kañ la jëkk a feeñ?

Àddina su yàggDiggu jamono1500 ba 18991900 ba 19671968 ba 19992000 ba 20092010 ba tey1967

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

notu gëstu

Li sours yi wax

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

Ndax mën nga ko raw ci daw?

Gaawaay bi jóge ci ni sours yi ko melale (dafay doxantu), du natt.

Amalanhig lu tollu ci 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
Yow, ci dox lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Yow, ci daw ndànk lu tollu ci 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Mag bu am doole buy daw lu gaaw lool lu tollu ci 24 km/h (15 mph)
Ku gaaw ci welo lu tollu ci 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sours yi

  1. Amalanhig - Wikipedia

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Benn jamono: 1900 ba 1967

Felicia Felix-MentorHaitian, 1937Nyongo working deadCameroonian (Bakweri, Bakossi and neighbouring peoples), 1950
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