# Berbalang ![rw-book-cover](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Malakas_and_Maganda_Emerging_from_Bamboo_BambooMan.jpg/1200px-Malakas_and_Maganda_Emerging_from_Bamboo_BambooMan.jpg) URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbalang Author:: wikipedia.org ## Highlights > The **Berbalangs** are mythical creatures in [Filipino culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_Philippines). They have a human appearance, but resemble the characters of [vampires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire) and have [wings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing) and slanted [eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_eye). They dig up [graves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_(burial)) to feast on the [corpses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbalang) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ff0z6bh3420rm52d08f97qfj)) --- Title: Berbalang Author: wikipedia.org Tags: readwise, articles date: 2024-01-30 --- # Berbalang ![rw-book-cover](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Malakas_and_Maganda_Emerging_from_Bamboo_BambooMan.jpg/1200px-Malakas_and_Maganda_Emerging_from_Bamboo_BambooMan.jpg) URL:: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbalang Author:: wikipedia.org ## AI-Generated Summary The Berbalangs are mythical creatures in Filipino culture, described as ghouls who eat human flesh. ## Highlights > The **Berbalangs** are mythical creatures in [Filipino culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_Philippines). They have a human appearance, but resemble the characters of [vampires](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire) and have [wings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing) and slanted [eyes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_eye). They dig up [graves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_(burial)) to feast on the [corpses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse).[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berbalang) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ff0z6bh3420rm52d08f97qfj))