Domiciles are grouped into the three elemental habitats: land, water, and air. Environmental conservation and preservation roles are extrapolated from the select folk narratives and the responses to the online forms and interviews. This study analyzes the role of dili ingun natu as wardens of nature for environmental conservation and preservation in the select Cebuano folktales, specifically it examines the creatures' domiciles and elemental habitat the categories, characteristics, and environmental activities and the environmental norms, values, and implications. The findings have shown that after watching the video, the belief was strengthened and the truth became more concrete for them, thus, becoming a hyppereal or beyond real. The latter theme affirms the theory of Jean Baudrillard on the Hyperreality. The former theme proved the general definition of folklore as kept alive by oral transmission that is, passed from generation to generation through the word of mouth. Two themes were highlighted: first, the participants believe in aswang because of the stories they hear from different folks in different places and second, because of the documentary technique used in the video, their belief or their reality became more real to them. A number of significant statements and theme clusters were integrated to formulate the overall themes which describe the phenomenon thoroughly. The eventual outcome derived from applying Collaizi’s strategy in descriptive research elicited an exhaustive description of the participants’ belief with the aswang after watching an episode of the same folkloric element in “Pinoy True Stories: Hiwaga.” Reinforcement on their belief was emphasized after showing the video. “The Viewing Experience of Selected Alangalang National Highschool Students with the Aswang and ‘Pinoy True Stories Hiwaga’ ” is a qualitative research that aimed to describe the perception of the participants with the aswang and their viewing experiences of the television documentary “Pinoy True Stories: Hiwaga.” The process of Paul Collaizi’s systematic thematic coding was utilized to provide assistance in extracting, organizing, and analyzing the dataset. Upon finding the house of a pregnant mother, the aswang positions itself on the roof and digs a hole through which it drops its long thin tongue to enter the woman's womb and feast on the fetus. They love human fetus that they have developed the ability to track down pregnant women by the scent of their unborn child. Aswangs prefer pregnant women who are about to give birth. It is said that human liver and heart are their favorite parts. Some attacks houses to feed on sleeping people. Aswangs wait by the roadsides, preying upon unsuspecting travelers. They also have the ability to steal cadavers secretly and replace them with the trunk of a banana tree carved in the cadaver's likeness. The transformation can happen through their own will or through the use of foul concocted oil. They can change from human to an animal form like bat, bird, pig, cat, or black dog. They are human-like by day but transform into monsters at night. They are Filipino ghouls and shapeshifters. Aswang Aswangs are the most feared mythical creature by the Filipinos. It may seem peculiar but these habits and more have become part of the way of life for many Filipinos, even for those living in the urban areas. Say avoiding too much noise when near old trees so as not to disturb these unearthly beings, or beeping the vehicle when crossing bridges at nights as a permission from them. So which supernatural creatures Filipinos are most afraid of? What are their equivalents to other cultures? And how evil are they? Many Filipino customs are influenced by their beliefs in various supernatural creatures. Nevertheless, it has influenced the lives of Filipinos that certain customs are being practiced so to appease these beings and to prevent them from terrorizing people. It is not as popular as those in Western cultures since it is mostly composed of fragmented tales of horror and wonder. The Philippine folklore is rich with mythical and supernatural creatures. Their powers are greatest at this time, and hence, they are in their most evil facets. In the Philippines, it is a common belief that supernatural beings are working at large during this season. Everywhere, we see faces of monsters, beasts, and other Halloween creatures. A short list of the supernatural creatures in Philippine folklore… The scary stench of Halloween is now hanging in the air.
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