Valentina Ramos.
Anonymous
Yum, newborn infant blood! According to artist Hellen Jo, an “aswang” is a shapeshifting Filipino vampire who feeds off of unborn babies and enjoys passing the time by flying around with no legs and hunting for pregnant women. Sounds like a blast! Her watercolor print ($25) is the perfect combination of Asian ghostly scare and chubby baby love… right?
Asanbosam or Sasanbosam
Vampiric/Troll
Origins -Ashanti (Ghana, Cote d’Ivorie, Togo)
Forrest Dweller
A vampiric creature that hides in the tree waiting for it’s prey to walk below so it can strike by hanging off the branches with it’s iron hook feet and biting its victim with sharp iron teeth.
The descirption of this creature is differs depending on where you are. The Asanbosam is desibes as a hairy beast with red eyes or a slim with crooked eyes and can pass as a human in the dark or that it has a long snake tail that it uses to distract its prey. However the iron hook feet and sharp iron teeth are always mentioned.
In Ghana, if a person mentions its name they are destined to bring bad luck to themselves and everyone around them!
