Chapter 35 : Batibat, Mambabarang, Mangkukulam
Batibat - It takes the form of an old, fat woman residing in trees, and is very vengeful. Most punishments they endure includes suffocation. They punish people who cut the tree to where they dwell. Whoever rests or sleeps on the wooden bench or bed which came from the wood of her tree, will die by sitting over that person.
The only way to escape her is to press hardly the thumb toe of that human sleeping on it.
Mambabarang - Mambabarangs are ordinary human beings with skills in black magic. You will know if you are ‘nabarang’ (cursed by Mambabarang) if you see a white centipede in your house. Albularyos are called to reverse their curse.
The Mambabarang uses insects and spirits, and occ
