Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
STRANGE FILIPINO MYTHS.
Queer Superstitions of the Natives
of the Philippines.
Demons, Vampires, Devil Manikins and
CENT Good and Bad Weird Beliefs
That Have Survived THE Spec
trail Huntsman and the Ghost
Elephant.

~ me lHlIIpplneS' tWltnstahulnS lhc
faCt that Christianity has been so gencr-
ally introduced among them Even among
peopi, Of the higher classes more or less
OF the ancient beliefs of their ancestors
survive. the debris of the old faith linger-
ing in practices of witchcraft and III the
shape OF myths curious to the student OF
folklore. Naturally, acceptance of sucn
notions is most common and firmly rooted
among the saints. and from their stand
point inc SAINTS nave no more SUBSTANTIVE
recognition than a multitude OF gem.
vampires, devil-mdnkins ana amman
ghosts whlch nave peen Drought down
from period far back of the earliest APP
Petr"hce oil inc Spahlards IN the aren't
pelaSo.
me natives mere referred TO are inc
dominant Malays, OF course whose nytns
ana SupeISutonS aHofd material LOT
"ork ehtllleu Mllay Magic, just pup
uSned by Dr. w. w. Skeat' nc says thht
tuc JlHS OF GEM III tle Malay nytnol-
ogy arc sort OF connecting INK between
eouS ana ghosts mere seems 10 pc an
ihucInllc NUMBER OF thcfn' ana tney dwell
cus'onarliN III Such retreats as hollows IN
che nuns SohtfN palches OF primeVal
Io'cS' aHu IN trees. mere are Soou ones
|uu p"o o"eS' pu' INC former are perfectly
Nl'''N ~ .'It laSiHVl' "a 1t Inail' Nhlic tc
,i.''r are I'ariuIlN detorned, thelr hcads
Ills 'IM"AS out OF proper posl.oi'
"Y"s" my nave NoIctS Hhc HortdiS'
cunstances
ono of tbo r,o.. e...s, =. 49,, ,,.
paturoI boivo., l,1on.,t ta -, 49, -
al oellES Known 10 tnese peopi" Is
and da,. th,.,,,,,h ~ 49,, n,s ,.i9
"nu "aE t,Ioush inc forest a chase WIN
.'lu ~ II accoihpdHieu ny several
foro,,,,,ar "a at..ao,, -. I,p ~. -.
tho natb of tbie d,,,,o, ts ratai r,oe,,,1
siclsross Soon dos,,o,,,r ,,s,,,,,,,e
nerson Ir eLort ho &C.; -, 80 , .u.n"'o
nerne,uai ua,,dn,.,rr, ' ~
In tbn forast Us r,,,,, IT,. ,,
rroat roan-l,l,o o,o ,.hti. -, ~ ~
rerninisonnco or ~ oranm,,o - o.,
moo I H., 81 H. 49, -, on" LIS, ',,s % pot
iteolf In the fort. ~ ,rnas ~ :, 80 ~ ~
notobIe ad,.ont.ra - hot, - ,, . ~, .,io
tioda - ~ ,,,,@ ~, ms 90. VIZ ''c
its ripb+ fora.arn, sa tha, :, &c obue y,
cut dawn Tho urdorayoa,h ~ ,,'o,,,
tbrouat ma i,,,,,I rS.,, ms
rics of and rnntos ,,.,,b h,,n,oa ,t,,a ~,
k.s ana ,,er no na''ti, AVA
Malay folklore ara 49, 49,. 49,, e,, 80
rrieino Il, ~ ~. ~ -, ms sVsiI.a io' Hul
az" &c r. IPor,,oC W. - W VIM NJ tnelo
and lileu.isa a. I,.h 49, ,,'' ne ,'pt',
t,t,itim,,i,,,. -, ''' ~ poi ''eO Gnu "a"
t,,.a.,ahi,,, 'u ,,,'i ost'ie9 neaiIE dp-
r,,, - az men appearance
,..,,,,,,i E : 10, - N'tiu VI "SpouS
"niSn ueiEi'S III suchIhs tlle
iti eF9' " nm "O"'ai', " Peiloih "
,,ael,. i 1 ""9 SUING III d Ia &c
man oa,,t' ~ , .". "a'.i, ",i1N pectcu,s
-, ~ .o. II. CIV. 't,'e"tci'eu her so 'Ha''
tiotia, ~, ~ l!iiis " escape, sue
sLin a,itt 80, Hl.n suIh ioiSe ma. t',e
,,t. ~, . .tuI,u ne' nech, anu hei heau'
, l'',ns '',s l,oiii IT, ne
zee -. -, - I'm tne Huih anu ne"
si,,. ~ ,, H. uPoIi me nearest trees EVER
and srSnI 'u1 sN's'eu 40 spiIl' u evil
,a,,oa,a', Ni'.''i Vii aie 'oi h'eh,eu NY INC
~ 80. VI leailul lace that comes
tJoas,'. , .i,, "i"sslns man! ieet OIL
,,,:,, .a'.H ~ Us W"he'
,7i,',i,',.t az, 'e,tol - me roiohs' "hlch Is Il
ohn',t ~ IT., . .' Hsuic or H'ahikin'
Gno.l, N. -, 90 Wv up Joiht Vi me Inioole
49, "Hl u! t"roush tic ar WINNER
I ~ % 'oIu " ~, anu VIII torment
P.oPe W" i"Su u'ted 10 40 so ny It's
o%nei, lHc way 10 get Polong Is 10
~ ooitiV u me piood OF murdered
i' ~ ~ !" d uotlie' ana perform Ger
80, .I't' w, IT, AZ the emo OF TWO weeks
- cnli ping VIII ne heard IN the bottle me
~ '"eh GUS ms HnRer, inserting IL
III! tne Nlai so mat the little demon may
SUCK IL, livery DAY the Polong must he
ieu III tllS way, and "hen desired, 1t may
ne Se''' 10 aiIlct an enemy. the latter,
WHeh attacked EXHIBITS all the symptoms
OF severe case of fits, crying out throw
ing OF his or her clothing and biting and
| STRIKING at people.
Animals are frequently only demons dig
gulsed, and charms must he used to avert
injury by them. Ghosts of elephants are
hn1 IA lNat. al,