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#SinaUna: Tikbalang and Survival
Today I'm gonna talk about the Tikbalang its history to give an idea of how dense some of this stuff is to filter through and research.
I'll be doing a giveaway of the Avernus Dice & Miscellany box. Info to win at the end of the thread.
Today I'm gonna talk about the Tikbalang its history to give an idea of how dense some of this stuff is to filter through and research.
I'll be doing a giveaway of the Avernus Dice & Miscellany box. Info to win at the end of the thread.
So the current image of the Tikbalang is that of a strong, muscular bipedal horse monster, sometimes demon, and sometimes its referred to as a creature, sometimes as a specific entity. But this over muscular, brutish image is relatively new, popularized by comics in the 1990s.
But this can be seen as reclaiming the image of the Tikbalang, as it was used by the Spanish when they came, to demonize their beliefs and to scare the Filipinos into staying indoors at night. A way to control, to attack beliefs indirectly.
