Quiz 2

Question 1

the application of basic psychology to native healing practices loosely considered as ‘medicine’. These
practices are closely tied to the faith healers

Answer 1

Filipino Psychomedicine, or sikomedikal na sikolohiya

Question 2

The use of massage to aid a pregnant mother in the delivery of her child.

Answer 2

Hilot

Question 3

The use of voodoo of a mambabarang to conjure up a spell, which she is to recite while piercing the body of a ragdoll, supposedly representing that of the
person she is to cause sickness.

Answer 3

Kulam

Question 4

Intense craving from something or someone during pregnancy. Faith healers or manghihilot testify that if the craving was not followed, abnormality of the child
may result.

Answer 4

Lihi

Question 5

The concept of init (heat) and lamig (cold) and how the blending of these two can result in illnesses, especially rheumatism

Answer 5

Pasma

Question 6

Soul-flight. Derived from Latin American traditions.

Answer 6

Susto

Question 7

The Cebuano concept of negative Karma

Answer 7

Gabâ or gabaa

Question 8

a topic in psycho-medicine in Filipino Psychology (but considered just as a Filipino superstition in Western Psychology) where an affliction or psychological disorder is attributed to a greeting by a stranger, or an evil eye hex

Answer 8

Usog or balis

Question 9

an affliction that causes the affected person a headache, stomach pain, fever, convulsion and some more severe pains or disease.

Answer 9

Usog or balis or hinsuokan

Question 10

from Spanish psicopatologia, is the study of Abnormal Psychology in the Filipino context. As such, there are several ‘mental’ disorders that can be found only in the Philippines, or in other nations which Filipinos share racial connections. refers to the different manifestations of mental disorders in Filipino people.

Answer 10

Filipino Psychopathology

Question 11

Malayan mood disorder, more aptly called ‘Austronesian Mood Disorder’, in which a person suddenly loses control of himself and goes into a killing frenzy, after which he/she is going to hallucinate and falls into a trance. After he/she wakes up, he has absolutely no memory of the event.

Answer 11

Amok

Question 12

relatively common occurrence in which a person suddenly loses control of his respiration and digestion, and falls into a coma and ultimately to death. The person is believed to dream of falling into a deep abyss at the onset of his death. This syndrome has been repeatedly linked to Thailand’s Brugada syndrome and to the ingestion of rice. However, no such medical ties have been noted

Answer 12

Bangungot

Question 13

Are shapeshifters. Appear at night to prey upon unwary travelers or sleeping people. Peculiar liking for the taste of human liver and fetus of pregnant women and are said to find their quarry by the scent of the mother, which to the aswang smells like ripe jackfruit. A generic term and can refer to all types of ghouls, mananangals,
witches (mangkukulam)

Answer 13

Aswang

Question 14

word rooted on the Pangasinense word satsat, meaning “to stab”. Ghosts of people who died or were killed in the Second World War. To get rid of such a ghost, one needs to stab the reed mat and unravel it, but doing so will show no presence of a corpse, although the mat will emit a noxious odor, much like that of putrid flesh.

Answer 14

Pasatsat

Question 15

Babies who died before receiving baptism rites. can also be the offspring of a woman and a demon. It can also be the aborted fetus, which comes to life to take revenge on its mother.

Answer 15

Tiyanak

Question 16

a chamber of Hell where unbaptized dead people fall into, and transformed into evil spirits

Answer 16

Limbo

Question 17

a very popular ghost in Philippines, and every town seems to have its own version

Answer 17

White Lady

Question 18

Most prominent white lady

Answer 18

Balete drive white lady

Question 19

Tagalog word for ghost, comes from the Spanish word muerto, which means “dead”.

Answer 19

Multo

Question 20

spirit in the form of a tongue, which slides down through the bamboo flooring, and licks its victims to death.

Answer 20

Dila- Dila

Question 21

Demon horse. half-man and half-horse creature. has a horse’s head, the body of a human but with the feet of the horse. It travels at night to rape female mortals.

Answer 21

Tikbalang

Question 22

an aswang that can fly after separating itself from the lower half of its body. Eats babies and fetuses from a mother’s womb. Sometimes referred to as tik-tik, the sound it makes while flying.

Answer 22

Manananggal

Question 23

Fairies, nymphs, goddesses or enchanted persons who are believed to guard natural creations such as forests, seas, mountains, land and air. an umbrella term for most supernatural beings. They can also be called encantado (male) or encantada (female).

Answer 23

Diwata

Question 24

Famous Diwata

Answer 24

Maria Makiling

Question 25

A fairy who dwells atop Laguna’s Mount Makiling, an inactive volcano. Oral tradition described that Mount Makiling was once a castle. A princess who fell in love with a mortal.

Answer 25

Mariang Makiling

Question 26

These are goblins, hobgoblins, elves or dwarfs (Spanish: duende “golbin, elf, charm”,”duen de (casa)”, owner of the house). little creatures who can provide good fortune or bad fate to humans. Usually come out at 12 noon for an hour and during the night. Filipinos always mutter
words (“tabi-tabi po” or “bari-bari apo ma ka ilabas kami apo”) asking them to excuse
themselves

Answer 26

Duwende

Question 27

A lazy man who was buried under the soil by monkeys. The monkeys thought he was long dead because of his laziness. He is described as the
laziest man on earth.

Answer 27

Juan Tamad

Question 28

A one-eyed giant. This Philippine folklore giant lives in forest and woods. It is a happy and a playful cyclops. It is also commonly known as ‘Mahentoy’ in the northern part of Davao.

Answer 28

Bungisngis

Question 29

Creatures who are bird-like humans. They are winged-humans who at night search for victims. They hunger for flesh and blood. In American Literature, it is like a vampire.

Answer 29

Ekek

Question 30

filthy, dark giant who likes to smoke huge rolls of cigars, and hide within and atop large trees, particularly the balete and old acacia or mango trees. A Filipino bigfoot, it scares away little children who play at night. If you’re stuck in a place
and you keep going around in circles, you’re said to be played around by a Kapre. To escape its control, you must remove your t-shirt, and wear it inside-out.

Answer 30

Kapre

Question 31

magical, mythical bird who brings good luck to anyone who are able to catch it. known as Magaul is associated with the legend of Malakas and Maganda

Answer 31

Sarimanok

Question 32

the Sarimanok bird that pecked the bamboo from where Malakas and Maganda were born from.

Answer 32

Magaul

Question 33

Filipino version of Adam and Eve. They are said to have sprung from a large bamboo tree pecked by a Sarimanok known as Magaul. The manaul is a mythical king who became a bird. He was
believed to have caused the seas and the skies to fight against each other. The clash between the seas and skies resulted to the formation of the Philippine islands.

Answer 33

Malakas and Maganda

Question 34

a sea creature with a human upper body and a fish tail instead of lower extremities. They attract fishermen and tourists. Often seen ashore by fishermen, especially in the towns bordering the Pacific Ocean.

Answer 34

Sirena

Question 35

These are mermen, sea creatures that have a human form and scaled bodies. The Siyokoy is the male counterpart of the Sirena. The lower extremities of a Philippine merman can either be a fishtail or scaled legs and webbed feet. They could also have long, green tentacles.mThey drown mortals for food. Have gill slits, are colored brown or green, and have scaly skin, comparable to that of a fish.

Answer 35

Siyokoy

Question 36

witch who uses insects and spirits to enter the body of any person they hate. a kind of a mangkukulam. ordinary human beings with black magic who torture and later kill their victims by infesting their bodies with insects.

Answer 36

Mambabarang

Question 37

are witches, wizards, or sorcerers who cast evil spells to humans. Also called manggagaway.

Answer 37

Mangkukulam

Question 38

a witch or night bird belonging to a witch. Also said to be a vampire like creature who can take the form of a night bird.

Answer 38

Wakwak