#philippine folklore

[astro-naut9]

Lee: FORD HELP IM LOST AND A CRAZY HALF LADY IS CHASING ME!!!!

[swellbloom-kids]

swellbloom kids.

SWELLBLOOM KIDS is an expansive universe of lore covering the different myths, folklore, and stories of the Philippines. It features gods, saints, and demons, all helping (or haunting) bipolar heroes across the different historical eras.

These ttrpgs are all set in the Swellbloom Kids universe:

Swellbloom Kids - the main module, featuring 12 mundane ability sets and 12 magical ability sets. Mix and match depending on your role in the story! Also features 14 story hooks over different eras, from the mythic age to the Spanish colonial up to modern times.

The Cicada-Song Solstice - play as resurrected individuals granted new life from a time-looping realm of eternal summer.

When the Crocodiles Weep - survive the mysterious murders perpetrated by the diwata Doña Jeronima, all while unraveling the secrets of a political clan in Laguna.

The Dayang and the Conquistador - write out the star-crossed romance of the native princess Dayang Kandarapa and conquistador Juan de Salcedo.

Ballad of the Princes Three - play as the three brothers (Pedro, Diego, and Juan) along with the princess Maria in various incarnations of the Ibong Adarna story.

Swellbloom Kids is an ongoing project, with more modules still on the way. Will you become a devotee of the Saint of Toil? Forge a contract with one of the Sais Marias, demons serving the Bakunawa? Or become a hero blessed by Maria Makiling?

The choice is yours.

[nikkas-cottage]

An offering candle I made on the full moon last night for Magwayen, Philippine goddess of the sea and the underworld. She is depicted as a beautiful woman carrying a budyong (conch shell) to help her shape shift into creatures, and is said to ferry the souls of the dead to Sulad and Saad, the lands of the ancestors 🌊🐚🖤

[jademickian]

sketchh of mickey with his manananggal boyfriend, ian

manananggal (to remove, to separate) is a Philippine myth creature that can detach its torso from its lower half. they also have bat-like wings. 🦇

[beholdtheleaves]

Tikbalang

Tale of Mischief

With gangly limbs and the head of a horse, you're a wild trickster inhabiting clumps of bamboo deep in the forest.

Lose Your Way: You can alter a target's perception of space so that they become hopelessly lost in whatever area they are in, provided it is not one they are extremely familiar with such as their own home. The target can break free with a successful Wits roll against your Heart.

Wedding of Tricksters: Once a scene, you can turn the weather to rainy when it is sunny and vice versa for (Heart roll) minutes.

To Tame the Horse (Weakness): If someone successfully plucks a hair from your head, you owe them a forfeit and are cursed on contested actions against them until the next dawn.

[folklorefuckfest]

Tikbalang

[skibidoodledooo]

Sidapa god of death and consort of Bulan

[victusinveritas]

[hazeace-art]

Made these years ago for #Engkantober but only managed to do 3 lmao

[ghostiddie]

What if we are both aswangs and we exchange lower appendages? 🩷

[swellbloom-kids]

The Cicada-Song Solstice is absolutely peppered with little Kagepro references and callbacks. This formed a large part of the fun designing it!

[gusto-ko-ng-kape]

Lmao (pretends not to see year of inactivity)

Anyway, here's some girlfriends

Click for better quality

[mgakwentongbayan]

Ang Alamat ng Tarsier

Noong unang panahon, may isang tarsier na naninirahan sa kagubatan ng Bohol. Siya ay isang matalinong hayop na may kakayahang makipag-ugnayan sa ibang mga hayop sa kagubatan. Hindi siya kasing-liit ngayon kundi katulad ng mga regular na hayop sa kagubatan. Ngunit isang araw, may isang kaharian na nagtungo sa kagubatan at nagdala ng malakas na mga instrumentong pang putol ng kahoy. Hindi naging…

[spacecinnabuns]

Perhaps I can show my crumbs too. Free online database of Philippine folklore and mythology

Hey, don’t cry. Free online database of Japanese folk lore

[beholdtheleaves]

choose your fighter! (ibong adarna vers.)

Choose to play as:

Don Pedro, the eldest prince of Berbania. Certified dad pleaser.

Don Diego, the second prince. Plotting a coup as we speak.

Don Juan, the youngest prince. Dad's favorite - also The Narrative's.

Doña Maria, princess of the Crystal Kingdom. Unhinged sorceress.

These are the premade PCs for Ballad of the Princes Three, an Ibong Adarna ttrpg. In Ballad, you each play as one of the brothers + Maria, acting out different versions of the Ibong Adarna story.

Parallel to this, Saints (higher-existence beings with meta influence) spectate and comment on the royals' performances. They are:

Plata Panata, the Saint of Devotion. A bloodied automaton of pure silver.

Nining Matsing, the Saint of Wit. A crafty monkey always in a rivalry with her friend Turtle. Cheats to get ahead.

Lerong Sinta, the Saint of Fortune. Her luck alternates between good and bad. Likes papayas and hates falling down.

Prinsesa Blanca, the Saint at the Gates. Gatekeeps the universe's secrets. Doña Maria is her self-insert.

In case y'all were wondering, Doña Maria is a character that shows up in the second part of Ibong Adarna - schools usually only cover the first part. For her design, I was inspired by Utena + gave her snail motifs as a reference to being cursed to crawl like a snail in the Ibong Adarna story.

Check out Ballad of the Princes Three here:

[waltangina]

I really love the story of Tungkung Langit and Alunsina. It breaks my heart.