Podcast Producer Scares Wits with New “Aswang” Middle-Grade Novel
By Cris Santos The concept of aswangs dates back to the 16th century, during the Spanish colonization. Their first mention was in an excerpt from Juan de Plasencia’s Customs of the Tagalogs, where the term “osuang” is synonymous with “sorcerer”. In the Visayan Islands, aswangs were also known to fly…