Multo

ancestor Philippine single tradition · 2

The Multo is a spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or with unfinished business in Philippine folklore.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
1589 CE
Attested period
1589 – 1589
Historical notes
Described in Spanish friar Juan de Plasencia's Customs of the Tagalogs (1589).

Relationships

allied with
Tikbalang
equivalent to
bibit

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Sources

Source passages

“Multo (Philippine) – Spirit of a deceased person seeking justice or with unfinished business”

#5087 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Customs of the Tagalogs (1589) describe the tikbalang as ghosts and spirits of the forests, associated with the terms multo and bibit.”

#7935 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001