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  • At one point, I found myself in the arms of a tikbalang.

    "Dead" And Loving It 2009

  • At one point, I found myself in the arms of a tikbalang.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • So an homage/fan-fic piece, like Dracula in Dagupan, or Sherlock Holmes chasing a lost tikbalang in gas-lit London, might be considered, depending on how well-written and original the piece is Note: Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are characters of the public domain now, as are all of Shakespeare's plays.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • So an homage/fan-fic piece, like Dracula in Dagupan, or Sherlock Holmes chasing a lost tikbalang in gas-lit London, might be considered, depending on how well-written and original the piece is Note: Dracula and Sherlock Holmes are characters of the public domain now, as are all of Shakespeare's plays.

    PGS Special Halloween Issue: Call For Submissions 2008

  • Our folklores have a lot of grim creatures such as the tikbalang (man with a horsehead), kapre (a tobacco-smoking giant perched on a tree), manananggal (a vampire woman whose upper half can detach from her lower body and fly), and the like.

    Kaza Kingsley Blog Tour Tarie 2008

  • *I mention this quote only because it thrills me that Sir Butch found Beneath The Acacia the story with the kapre and the tikbalang by Celestine Marie G. Trinidad "a great job".

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • The primary meaning is "to draw water from a well," from timba, pail. tikbalang: An evil spirit, capable of assuming various forms, but said to appear usually in the shape of a tall black man with disproportionately long legs: the "bogey man" of Tagalog children. tulisan: Outlaw, bandit.

    The Social Cancer Jos�� Rizal 1878

  • Eto ang drama nang ibang mga tikbalang na mga mortgage at lending companies dito sa US.

    reyna elena dot com 2008

  • Sa isip-isip ko, I swear, I probably need a lot of those dahil balak kong ibato sa tikbalang na to ang laptop.

    reyna elena dot com 2008

  • The movie is populated by Philippine mythical creatures like the manananggal, tikbalang, siyokoy.

    Bisaya Bloggers 2008

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  • picture of a tikbalang

    Thanks to frog_app for the Lilli Carre link.

    October 1, 2009

  • Ditto. Love the "moving drawings." :-)

    October 1, 2009