Amomongo, the Glossary
In Philippine folklore, the Amomongo is a creature described as a hairy, man-sized ape with long nails.[1]
Table of Contents
14 relations: Ape, Aswang, Bigfoot, Folklore, Gastrointestinal tract, Gorilla, Hair, Hiligaynon language, Kanlaon, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, List of cryptids, Negros Occidental, Philippines, Yeti.
- Culture of Negros Occidental
- Hominid cryptids
- Philippine legendary creatures
- Visayan mythology
Ape
Apes (collectively Hominoidea) are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread in Africa, most of Asia, and Europe in prehistory), which together with its sister group Cercopithecidae form the catarrhine clade, cladistically making them monkeys.
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Aswang
Aswang is an umbrella term for various shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore, such as vampires, ghouls, witches, viscera suckers, and transforming human-beast hybrids (usually dogs, cats, pigs). Amomongo and Aswang are Philippine legendary creatures.
Bigfoot, also commonly referred to as Sasquatch, is a large and hairy human-like mythical creature alleged by some to inhabit forests in North America, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. Amomongo and Bigfoot are Hominid cryptids.
Folklore
Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.
Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
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Gorilla
Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa.
Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.
Hiligaynon language
Hiligaynon, also often referred to as Ilonggo or Binisayâ/Bisayâ nga Hiniligaynon/Inilonggo, is an Austronesian regional language spoken in the Philippines by about 9.1 million people, predominantly in Western Visayas, Negros Island Region, and Soccsksargen, most of whom belong to the Hiligaynon people.
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Kanlaon
Kanlaon, also known as Mount Kanlaon and Kanlaon Volcano (Bolkang Kanglaon; Bolkang Kanglaon; Bulkang Kanlaon), is an active andesitic stratovolcano and the highest mountain on the island of Negros in the Philippines, as well as the highest peak in the Visayas, with an elevation of above sea level.
La Castellana, Negros Occidental
La Castellana, officially the Municipality of La Castellana, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.
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List of cryptids
Cryptids are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science.
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Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental (Nakatungdang Negros; Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental (Kapuoran sang Nakatungdang Negros; Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Negros), is a province in the Philippines located in the Negros Island Region.
See Amomongo and Negros Occidental
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Yeti
The Yeti. Amomongo and Yeti are Hominid cryptids.
See also
Culture of Negros Occidental
- Amomongo
- Chicken inasal
- Laon (deity)
- Lin-ay sang Negros
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2007
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2010
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2011
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2012
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2014
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2016
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2017
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2018
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2019
- Lin-ay sang Negros 2023
- MassKara Festival
- MassKara Festival Queen
- Panaad sa Negros Festival
- Piaya (food)
Hominid cryptids
- Agogwe
- Amomongo
- Barmanou
- Bigfoot
- Bili ape
- Bukit Timah Monkey Man
- Ebu gogo
- Hairen
- Hibagon
- Kalanoro
- Koolakamba
- Mande Barung
- Momo the Monster
- Mono Grande
- Nittaewo
- Orang Mawas
- Orang Pendek
- Sisimito
- Skunk ape
- Yeren
- Yeti
- Yowie
Philippine legendary creatures
- Alan (legendary creature)
- Amomongo
- Anggitay
- Aswang
- Bakunawa
- Bal-Bal
- Berbalang
- Berberoka
- Duende
- Engkanto
- Kapre
- Kataw (Philippine mythology)
- Kumakatok
- List of Philippine mythological creatures
- Manaul
- Mandurugo
- Minokawa
- Nuno sa punso
- Philippine mythology
- Sarimanok
- Sigbin
- Sirena (Philippine mythology)
- Siyokoy (Philippine mythology)
- Souls in Filipino cultures
- Tikbalang
- Tiyanak
- Wakwak
Visayan mythology
- Amalanhig
- Amomongo
- Anggitay
- Bakunawa
- Bal-Bal
- Berberoka
- Biringan
- Bungisngis
- Busaw
- Dalaketnon
- Ekek
- Gabâ
- Hinilawod
- Kalantiaw
- Kataw (Philippine mythology)
- Mananambal
- Manananggal
- Manaul
- Maragtas
- Minokawa
- Sarangay
- Sigbin
- Sirena (Philippine mythology)
- Siyokoy (Philippine mythology)
- Wakwak
- Witchcraft in the Philippines
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amomongo
Also known as Negros ape.