The Philippine aswang and haunted-place traditions in Dean Worcester-era accounts

Record summary

Late nineteenth-century Philippine travel and ethnographic writing records aswang and related nocturnal being traditions, especially in Visayan contexts, alongside beliefs about burial places, forests, houses, and dangerous nighttime travel. The lead is relevant to comparative haunting research because accusations, bodily signs, and social fear are often attached to specific communities and locations. The category is culturally variable and was heavily reshaped by colonial observers. A researcher should identify the earliest exact account rather than cite later summaries as nineteenth-century evidence.