Literary Research
De La Salle Lipa
College of Education, Arts and Sciences
Literature, Filipino & Art Appreciation
“The folk stories and urban legends on paranormal activities in
San Antonio Heights Santo Tomas, Batangas”
Submitted by:
Ralph Anthony M. Tuzon
P3A – Litform
2013
I. Introduction
This literary research is about the folk stories and urban legends on paranormal activities in San Antonio Santo Tomas, Batangas. There are some urban legends on paranormal activities in every place we live in. Some of those urban legends are about “duwendes ”, “white lady”, “tikbalang” and “kapres”.
Duwende are goblins, hobgoblins, elves or dwarfs . They are little creatures who can provide good fortune or bad fate to humans. Duwendes frequently live in houses, in trees, underground, termite like mound or hill, and in rural areas. They are known to be either good or mischievous, depending on how homeowners treat them.
Kapre is a filthy giant who likes to smoke huge rolls of cigars, and hide within and atop large trees, particularly the balete and old acacia or mango trees. A Filipino Bigfoot, it scares away little children who play at night. If you 're stuck in a place and you keep going around in circles, you 're said to be played around by a Kapre. To escape its control, you must remove your shirt/clothing, and wear it inside-out.
Tikbalang or tigbalang (demon horse) is a half-man and half-horse creature. It has a horse 's head, the body of a human but with the feet of the horse. It travels at night to rape female mortals. The raped women will then give birth to more tikbalang. They are also believed to cause travelers to lose their way particularly in mountainous or forest areas.
A White Lady is a type of female ghost reportedly seen in rural areas and associated with some local legend of tragedy. White Lady legends are found around the world. Common to many of them is the theme of losing or being betrayed by a husband or fiancé. They are
College of Education, Arts and Sciences
Literature, Filipino & Art Appreciation
“The folk stories and urban legends on paranormal activities in
San Antonio Heights Santo Tomas, Batangas”
Submitted by:
Ralph Anthony M. Tuzon
P3A – Litform
2013
I. Introduction
This literary research is about the folk stories and urban legends on paranormal activities in San Antonio Santo Tomas, Batangas. There are some urban legends on paranormal activities in every place we live in. Some of those urban legends are about “duwendes ”, “white lady”, “tikbalang” and “kapres”.
Duwende are goblins, hobgoblins, elves or dwarfs . They are little creatures who can provide good fortune or bad fate to humans. Duwendes frequently live in houses, in trees, underground, termite like mound or hill, and in rural areas. They are known to be either good or mischievous, depending on how homeowners treat them.
Kapre is a filthy giant who likes to smoke huge rolls of cigars, and hide within and atop large trees, particularly the balete and old acacia or mango trees. A Filipino Bigfoot, it scares away little children who play at night. If you 're stuck in a place and you keep going around in circles, you 're said to be played around by a Kapre. To escape its control, you must remove your shirt/clothing, and wear it inside-out.
Tikbalang or tigbalang (demon horse) is a half-man and half-horse creature. It has a horse 's head, the body of a human but with the feet of the horse. It travels at night to rape female mortals. The raped women will then give birth to more tikbalang. They are also believed to cause travelers to lose their way particularly in mountainous or forest areas.
A White Lady is a type of female ghost reportedly seen in rural areas and associated with some local legend of tragedy. White Lady legends are found around the world. Common to many of them is the theme of losing or being betrayed by a husband or fiancé. They are
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_mythical_creatures# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lady_%28ghost%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_folk_literature V.Exhibits With Mr. Crisbelt F. Moscosso With Mr. Reynaldo Avenido With Mr. Romeo Duca This is the house that is guarded by spirits/ghost and it is still a mystery why it is not yet finished for about 2 years. This is the end of the road in our community. One of the creepy place in our community. This is the last light post before the dead end of the road in our community.