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Amalanhig

A tún ń pè é ní: maranhig, amaranhig
Ìtàn àtẹnudẹ́nu àti àròsọÒkúÓ ń ṣubú lọ1900 sí 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

Bá a jà
Ìgbà àkọ́kọ́ tí a kọ sílẹ̀
1967
Described in Maximo D. Ramos, The Creatures of Midnight (1967)
Orírun
Visayan (Philippines)
Philippines
Ohun tó fà á
Òmíràn
An aswang who dies without passing its power on to a successor cannot stay dead.
Bí o ṣe di ọ̀kan
A dead aswang that failed to hand on its monstrous nature.
Bí ó ṣe ń rìn
Ó ń ṣubú lọ
Its body is rigid, so it can only move in a straight line.
Làákàyè
Aláìní làákàyè
Àwọn ibi tó lẹ̀
  • running in a zigzag
  • climbing a tree or anything high
  • crossing deep water, which it is said to fear

Ìgbà wo ló kọ́kọ́ farahàn?

Ayé àtijọ́Sáà Àárín1500 sí 18991900 sí 19671968 sí 19992000 sí 20092010 títí di òní1967

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

àkọsílẹ̀ pápá

Ohun tí àwọn orísun sọ

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

Ṣé o lè sá fún un?

Ẹ̀ka ìyára láti bí àwọn orísun ṣe ṣàpèjúwe rẹ̀ (ó ń ṣubú lọ), kì í ṣe ìwọ̀n.

Amalanhig nǹkan bí 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
Ìwọ, ní rírìn nǹkan bí 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Ìwọ, ní eré òwúrọ̀ nǹkan bí 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Àgbàlagbà alágbára tó ń sáré nǹkan bí 24 km/h (15 mph)
Ẹni tó ń gun kẹ̀kẹ́ lákọ̀ọ́kọ̀ nǹkan bí 37 km/h (23 mph)

Àwọn orísun

  1. Amalanhig - Wikipedia

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Sáà kan náà: 1900 sí 1967

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