Tikbalang
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The Tikbalang (/ˈtikbaˌlaŋ/) (also Tigbalang, Tigbalan, Tikbalan, Tigbolan, or Werehorse) is a creature of Philippine folklore said to lurk in the mountains and rainforests of the Philippines. It is a tall, bony humanoid (half-human and half-horse) creature with the head and hooves of a horse and disproportionately long limbs, to the point that its knees reach above its head when it squats down. In some versions, it is a transformation of an aborted fetus sent to earth from limbo.
Key facts
- Mythical creature.Folklore
- Philippine folklore
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Legendary creature
- Mythical creature.Sub_Grouping
- Hybrid beast
- Mythical creature.Country
- Philippines
- Mythical creature.Habitat
- Forests
- Mythical creature.name
- Tikbalang
- Mythical creature.image
- File:Tikbalang The Philippine Demon Horse Commons.jpg
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Horse-like appearance
- Superstitions
- Taming a tikbalang
- In popular culture
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Tikbalang (/ˈtikbaˌlaŋ/) (also Tigbalang, Tigbalan, Tikbalan, Tigbolan, or Werehorse) is a creature of Philippine folklore said to lurk in the mountains and rainforests of the Philippines. It is a tall, bony humanoid (half-human and half-horse) creature with the head and hooves of a horse and disproportionately long limbs, to the point that its knees reach above its head when it squats down. In some versions, it is a transformation of an aborted fetus sent to earth from limbo.
== Origins == As horses weren't native to the Philippines in the pre-Spanish era, the earliest written records about the tikbalang did not specify horse or animal morphology.
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