Tiyanak

demonic Tagalog folklore single tradition · 5

Tiyanak are ghosts in the Philippines.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

First attested
2000 CE
Attested period
2000 – 2020
Historical notes
Modern folklore.

Relationships

allied with
Tikbalang
serves
Dalaketnon

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Sources

Source passages

“Tiyanak”

#4385 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Examples include sigbin, wakwak, tiyanak, and manananggal.”

#7119 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In a search for a playmate, the Tikbalang leaves his home in the Kalumpang tree and encounters first a Kapre, then a Nuno, an Aswang, and a Tiyanak before he finally meets another Tikbalang as a suitable playmate.”

#7948 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“They were associated with being masters of various malevolent creatures such as Tiyanak, Aswang, Bal-Bal, Wak Wak, Manananggal, Amalanhig, and even Tiktik.”

#8323 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001