Aswanglaut

• Main Author: Derain, Allan N
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: aswang balanghitao sugidanon; Asian History; Creative Writing; Folklore; Oral History; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/filipino-faculty-pubs/85; http://www.ateneo.edu/ateneopress/product/aswanglaut
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Aswanglaut is a novel that follows the metamorphosis of the young Bisayan native; Luklak; who is in the process of becoming an aswang; a witch crocodile called “balanghitao.” The process started when she consumed the mysterious eel her mother gave birth to. She grilled and ate the fish creature whic...