Aswang

Aswang
(Az-wang)
Aswang, the Tagalog word for "dog," is appliedto anything and everything that is considered a vampire.
There are six different types of aswang vampires, the ASWANG MANDURUGO, ASWANG MANNANANGGAL, ASWANG SHAPE-SHIFTER, ASWANG TIK-TIK, ASWANG TIYANAK, ASWANG WITCH, and the TANGGAL.
Source: Cannell, Power and Intimacy, 144 ­45, 277; Hufford, Terror That Comes, 236 ­37; Ramos, Aswang Syncrasy, 39

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