The Aswang Complex in Philippine Folklore

by Maximo D. Ramos

English (translation)

Genres: Folklore, Mythology

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Khonie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of (mostly third-, fourth-, “heard from”) accounts of aswang encounters.

[Ashley LaMontagne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I personally love reading short stories and local tales like these! It's interesting to see the differences and similarities that travel across islands and through language barriers. Some of the stories were a little bare, but I appreciate that they recorded the stories as they were told, and included the original transcriptions when the interviews were done in languages other than English.