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Philippine Myths, Legends and Stories of My Childhood

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Becoming an Aswang

Since an aswang is akin to a vampire, can one turn you into a creature of the night as well? According to some accounts, the answer is yes.

There are 3 known ways to become an aswang. These include:

Infection
An aswang's saliva can be a very potent fluid for you to use in case you decide to become one of them. Unfortunately, there's no need for you to consent to the offer. The transfer can be performed deliberately (you get chosen and someone licks you in the mouth or ear or feeds you food that has touched an aswang's mouth) or by accident (you eat infected food or for some reason, comes into contact with aswang saliva).

Food
Aswang food can also turn you into an aswang. In the Philippines, house guests are often entertained and fed. If your host is an aswang and wants you to become one of them, the food on your plate will be served raw – just the way an aswang likes it. However, it will appear palatable. Once you take a bite… well, welcome to the other side.

A good antidote would be to use lemon or calamansi. Cut the fruit in half and squeeze the juice on the food. This will reveal what it really is – sliced fingers, eyeballs, slivers of raw liver, someone's heart, etc.

Through inheritance
If your parents or at least one of them is an aswang, then you or one of your siblings has to become one. It's the family legacy, you know. One of you has to carry on.

According to legend, an aswang cannot die unless he/she passes on the curse to a chosen heir – a son, daughter, grandchild, niece or nephew. The changing of the guard, so to speak occurs physically. The dying aswang will lie bedridden for a long time until someone steps up to accept the curse.

The curse is usually in the form of a shiny black ball, just bigger than a marble and slightly smaller than a golf ball. This ball rises from the aswang's bowels, comes out of the gullet and hovers in the mouth. The heir then brings his/her mouth closer so he/she may receive the curse.

In some cases, the curse is in the form of a tiny black bird or some strange creature that enters the heir's body.

Can you go back?
I was told that you can probably refuse to receive the curse but in case you want to go back living a 'normal' life, you'll probably have a hard time. Once you're an aswang, you're probably an aswang for life. It's not like a tattoo that you can later remove. After all, 'AA' doesn't stand for Aswang Anonymous, so you can't probably resign from being an aswang. If there really is a way to become normal once more, very few people know it and the real aswangs aren't telling.

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16 Comments:

Blogger pinoy pride said...

is there an easier way to become an aswang?
i man im ready for anything im tired of being treated like a weakling il accept the curse but i need to know where to find one tho.

November 4, 2011 at 8:59 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

yes, me too. is there an easiest way to be come one of them? im tired being weak, treated like an animal or something. my father says his mother is an aswang too, but we didn't know where she is? but my father told me that she is still alive. my father died last year so there's no way to find my grandmother and accept the curse. how am i become one of them? please?

January 12, 2013 at 2:45 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Sir, Are You Still Interested Becoming An Aswang?

January 18, 2013 at 3:17 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I would love to be an Aswang.

December 4, 2013 at 12:23 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I would love to become an aswang

December 22, 2014 at 8:35 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Are you crazy..?. You know the word ASWANG.....?
Its the definition of lower class evil

March 22, 2015 at 10:51 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Guys? How to become an aswang.. the easy steps???

May 30, 2015 at 12:19 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Its on youtube duhh..becoming an aswang nowadays is just one click away

March 12, 2016 at 10:17 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Yes I would like to be one

June 2, 2019 at 10:27 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

There is a purpose why we are humans and not aswangs, if you feel weak, then help others in whatever way you can. Pray to God. Strength is achieved not by becoming an Aswang but by protecting those who are weaker than you.

February 18, 2020 at 1:50 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Humans is the most special creation of God, The Lord even sends His Angels to protect us. If our belief in God is bigger, we can do great things.

February 18, 2020 at 1:54 AM  
Blogger unkown said...

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April 3, 2020 at 11:02 PM  
Blogger unkown said...

Is there a way can u please help me

April 3, 2020 at 11:03 PM  
Blogger unkown said...

is there another way to become an aswang i really want to become one... im tired of being bullied in school please help me


May 15, 2020 at 1:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Tell me the manananggal prayer i want to become a manananggal

March 14, 2022 at 7:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I want to become one🤧🤧🤧

February 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM  

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