The Aswang is a vampire-like mythical creature in Philippine folklore and is arguably the most popular mythical creature in the country. It has been a subject of a wide variety of myths & stories across the Philippine Islands, popular especially in the Visayas, notably in Panay Island.
They can take the form of an animal, such as a wild black boar or a feral dog and feeds on human flesh. The powers of an aswang is said to be inherited, and an old aswang can only die after passing on the "curse" in the form of a stone of some kind.
My hometown is Iloilo City, which is at the Southern part of Panay Island and growing up there as a child, it is quite common to hear aswang stories. The popular stories being passed around are those of Teniente Gimo & Maria Labo.
