Half man-half horse in phillippines?

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yasmin_Bratz

well it is commonly known as a centaur, but here in Philippines it is famous as Tikbalang who is said to lurk in the mountains and forests. It is generally described as a tall, bony humanoid creature with disproportionately long limbs, to the point that its knees reach above its head when it squats down. It has the head and sometimes feet of an animal, most commonly a horse. It is sometimes believed to be a transformation of an aborted fetus which has been sent to earth from limbo.

Superstitions

Tikbalangs are said to scare travelers and lead them astray. Tikbalangs play tricks on travelers such that they keep on returning to an arbitrary path no matter how far he goes or where he turns. Supposedly this is counteracted by wearing one's shirt inside out. Another countermeasure is to ask permission out loud to pass by or, not to produce too much noise while in the woods in order not to offend or disturb the tikbalang.

A common saying has it that rain from a clear sky means may kinakasal na tikbalang. (Filipino, "a tikbalang is getting married".) This was most likely derived from a similar Spanish proverb that claimed a witch was getting married when there was rain on a sunny day.

JaylaJones

Tikbalang

Main article: Tikbalang

A Tikbalang.
A Tikbalang.

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.[1] Tikbalangs are very playful with people, and they usually make a person imagine things that aren't real. Sometimes a Tikbalang will drive a person crazy. Legends say that when rain falls while the sun is shining, a pair of Tikbalangs are being wed. Since horses only arrived in the Philippine archipelago during the Spanish invasion (thus, the borrowed term 'kabayo'), there is a theory that the image of a half-horse, half-man creature was propagated by the conquistadors to keep the natives afraid of the night. There are stories claiming that the Tikbalang are actually half-bird, half-man creatures, much like the Japanese tengu.

exodus

Yes its Tikbalang. Suggestion: mag pa tawas ka kaya.

LarryCruz

You saw a senator on vacation while they're having recess, staying at the mayor's house as guest.

oragon daa?

Hello first answerer,

centaur has the upper body of a man and lower body of a horse
thats Greek,

Tikbalang is otherwise, the upper part is of horse and the half of a hairy man.
and this is Filipino.

That myth existed long before the Filipinos knew the existence of Greek mythology

Dame M

It is called a "tikbalang" a folklore of the Philippines. It's head is of a horse while it's body is of a hairy human. It's legend has been passed by word of mouth.

wtf

Too bad he's playing on you. Filipinos lives in remote area seems to see weird creature.

Leon de Rizal

Sounds like my scarey story I use to get people to pee in their pants around some campfire in the dead of the night. I don't tell them what I see, though. I just suddenly go stiff with a look of terror in my eyes. More scarey that way. Haha.

You probably saw Michael V, a.k.a. "Bitoy"--he's a local comedian--dressed up as a mythical TIKBALANG (half man, half horse) about to do a sequence of YARI KA ("you've been had" in English) a practical joke featured on BFV--Bitoy's Funniest Videos. They've just featured that particular practical joke on Channel 7 last Sunday. Scared the s**t out of the victim, a lovely young lady, who, of course, lost all her glamor in the process.

The kapre is different from the tikbalang. The kapre is a giant who smokes a big cigar and usually lives under a balite tree. A tikbalang has the stature of a human, and stands upright like one. Only, it has the legs and tail of a horse. Only two legs, unlike a centaur, which has four, and which stands on all fours. Something like the Greek god Pan, with the torso of a human but with the legs of a horse rather than of a goat.

Actually we see centaurs and Pan in the Philippines more often then tikbalangs.

Kid Kupad

i was just trying on the human costume i'm thinking about wearing on halloween. sorry for the trouble dude but i didn't know anyone was watching.

on the other hand, seeing as i scared you shitless right there, i think i like this costume already,,, mmmweheeeeeee *neighs*

JETHRO

Its a filipino myth "TIKBALANG" half man and a half horse., some says it really exist but for me since in my childhood untill now, I never seen anything or just one of freaky creatures so that why I dont still believe unless I saw them: here is some description of this creatures: the tikbalang is not described as a frightening creature of the night. "Just like a human being, the tikbalang is capable of getting bored and sad when he is all alone. Like a child, he longs for playmates. He tries to imitate and get along with other evil spirits but he just ends up harming himself". try to google it im sure you will find some articles about this weird creatures.

Thanks for the points..

PG_13

in my experience here, i only saw a dwarf and big foot mark on yard. i only heared the creature you mention somewhere in sequijor.

i think they are true bec they were exist in the bible but they will not harm you.

J M

Are you on drugs?

Art3Zero

Homg.

I **** my pants just reading your story.

By the way its not a centaur you close minded answerers. Otherwise he would have said it. Its a fillipino mythical creature, not greek.

jamiehappy97

TIKBALANG!!!!!!!!!!

A.C.

Im not too sure what you saw, but it was not a "half man - half horse." Thats retarded.

tacos

that was my aunt gladis....she's kinda ugly...but harmless

peanutz

Time to have a holiday from your vacation.

cheddar

LOLs!!!!
you are sick man...go seek psychiatry evaluation....

Death

first of all its called a centaur, there a myth mabey cos you where sick you might of been seeing things.

Umm in the book called The Intruders by E.E Richardson the boy in the book thinks he see's blood everywhere on everything. next time you see this horse man. go outside and grab him in a sack.

Benjamin C

They are called Kapre or Tikbalang, they are harmless, have one in my backyard to keep the burglars away. Did you see them smoking big cigars.

Vince C

In Greece they called them Centaurs

cinnamon apple

wow thats awesome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur

Shannon M

Sounds like a Centaur... I know that their in Greek mythology. Hope that helps you find some answers.

Xbalanque

Yeah man that freaky but it could be your mind playing tricks on you. When I go back to Mexico all my family is always scared of the chupacabra and one night we where outside and we heard noise and than they said they saw the chupacabra. I saw it but it just look like some other animal but my stupid cousins where like, " That was it. That was it!" And hyped everyone up and they also said they saw it. Meanwhile i was looking at the same damn direction and damn animal and i was pretty sure it wasnt the chupacabra. People always exaggerate thing because of fable or story they heard.

SCG

I dont believe.... I think you are just Hallucinating

ashmir102091

owzzzzzz. really!!!!!!!kinda joke....
i haven't seen like dat
i want to see it may u?
tayho day un

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