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maaszel_tov t1_iu68vgo wrote

I thought manananggal were called tiktiks on account of their wings. Is this a different creature or before she sheds her lower half and sprouts wings?

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simbako258 OP t1_iu6m4uq wrote

different provinces, different description, sometimes the "tiktik" is the "manananggal", some provinces says the "tiktik" is the manananggals "familiar" bird used for scouting, when you hear its loud sound tiktiktiktik, they say the creature is still far, when the sound is low tiktiktiktik it is near.

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maaszel_tov t1_iu6mwaf wrote

True. May I ask which province this depiction is inspired by? Or is it a more general interpretation of the tiktik as a whole? I know my mom used to always scare me as a child about the manananggal and she is Kapampangan.

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