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mantiw

ancestor earth Filipino single tradition · 1

Vengeful spirits of the dead can manifest as apparitions or ghosts (mantiw) and cause harm to living people. Pag-anito can be used to appease or banish them. Souls in the spirit world still retain a degree of influence in the material world, and vice versa.

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co occurs with
kalading, tonong, umboh, umalagad, nunò, nonò, umagad, tiladmanin, ninunò, pintakasi

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“Vengeful spirits of the dead can manifest as apparitions or ghosts (mantiw) and cause harm to living people. Pag-anito can be used to appease or banish them.”

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