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sun2197 — BGAW: Manananggal
Published: 2007-01-17 09:49:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 5276; Favourites: 104; Downloads: 0
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hohoho, i've been drawing like there is no tomorrow. another one of Beautiful Ghosts Around the World series is here, the sixth one: Manananggal.Manananggal is a mythology from Philippines. she's not exactly a ghost; she's more like a witch woman who feeds on pregnant women's blood to keep her black magic power. one of the stories explains that she goes out on feeding only during full moon. during the day and nights of non-full-moon, she looks like a regular, beautiful woman.
her name, Manananggal, is loosely translated as "one who detached", which describes her look when she turns into a Manananggal: her upper body detaches itself from her lower body and she flies with a huge bat wings looking for her prey. then she sucks the blood of the fetus in a pregnant woman's womb using her proboscis tongue...
if she doesn't go back and attach herself to her lower-half of the body before daybreak, supposedly, the Manananggal would be killed.
the previous BGAW are: Kuntilanak , Yuki Onna , Huli Jing , Lamia and Glaistig .
i still have one more to go and, hopefully, it'll be up before the end of the week.
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Manananggals are supposed to wear baro't sayas,a philippine dress,or a long dress.
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Thanks for doing one from the Philippines. 
I like your rendition of the Manananggal. "Manananggal" literally means "One who removes" from the root word "Tanggal" which means to remove or separate, which, as we can see from what she does, is appropriate.
Good job!
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no problem
yeah, there are many folklores like this in Indonesia, too... although instead of detaching from the waist up, they detach from neck up. similar stories
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I love your ghost series! Btw is there any beautiful ghost from Thailand?
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Me: Hmmm, I never thought manananggals were witches or ghosts. I always thought they were more like vampires. Still I love this piece because it seems like most of the depiction of Manananggals I come across have her as some grotesque thing XP
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Awesome. I really like this one - the colors are very nice. I like how you bring back all of these ghosts from the dead. [laughs] I am sure they appreciate that they haven't been forgotten!
~ Koki
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hehehe, i hope they don't show their appreciation by showing up at my house.
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That would be cool for me actually... I love ghosts.
~ Koki
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Nicely done. I live in the Philippines, and this ghost scared me back when I was young. Some say when you found the lower part of the body, put some salt on it so that the Manananggal won't be able to attach herself again.
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yay! compliment from someone who actually grew up with the folklore means a lot! thank you
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yeah i'm from there too... you did a really great job... i wish i could do something like that...
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OOOh!
I've heard of this one, though I'm not sure it was a version from the Phillipines 
Certainly is a sinister creature in any case though
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oh yeah, there are also similar witch stories from Malaysia and Indonesia, although they're known by different names. and i think the biggest difference between those are the ones from Malaysia and Indonesia detach from the neck and carry the entrails with it, leaving the body (neck down) without head and entrails. this version is much harder to draw and keep the figure looking, ehm, beautiful... hehe.
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And this version is definately more attractive
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hehe, engga juga. malah lagi rada sibuk. cuman yang 7 pertama ini emang mesti dikelarin aja.
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I like this series.. Brazil is full of mythological creatures... your series inspires me to do something like this..
May I?
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of course you may! i would love to hear about Brazilian mythology and folklores. maybe then i will find one that i would like to draw
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brazilian mythology is full of creatures... Your female ghosts remembers me the "Loira do Banheiro" (translating = Bathroom blonde lady - or something like this)...
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ooh, cool! i'll do my research on that... she sounds interesting. thank you for the suggestion!
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I love your style in these pictures, her eye is what really seems detached from her, very different and sort of revealing her true nature. Great work.
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thank you, glad that you like them
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wah rajin banget mba...kalo series-nya dah komplet,boleh tuh dijadiin PDF..heheheeh
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hehe, iya nih. lagi rada2 produktif
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you really have been drawing a lot of these beautiful ghosts lately!
out of all the stories i've read about the different ghosts you've done, this seems to be the most evil to me.
great use of colour, makes me think of a dragon, especially with the wings. the de-tatched body is pretty cool too 
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yeah, she's definitely the most evil one so far. and since her target is women, she scares me more than the other ghosts i drew (they all tease men...).
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if i was pregnant right now and i came across her, i would run. so fast and so far away. 
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hehe, i know what you mean. i'm currently pregnant, and that's probably why i find her most disturbing.
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aw, thank you. it's on the 5th month...
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that's wonderul and so exciting, i'm so happy for you
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bagus nih pektor nya si Mba tante hiwhiwh
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hehe, makasii makasii, om mas
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Samaw samaw....tante-nya GF... hauhauhau
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some times I feel detached like that, but only cos I developed a back injury
it's a nice folklore story and another beautiful drawing
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thank you! and OUCH for the back injury
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