Third Philippines Mythical Urban Legend Creature " The Kapre "

Welcome to my third post as continuation from my previous article about Sigbin and wak-wak and what is this third mythical urban legend creature that I am talking about. Come with me as I will show to you the third creature but before we proceed here is the brief description about the " Kapre " from Wikipedia.

Kapre is a Philippine mythical creature that could be characterized as a tree giant. It is described as being a tall (7 to 9 ft), big, black, hairy, muscular creature. Kapres are normally described as having a strong smell that would attract human attention. The term kapre comes from the Arabic "kafir", meaning a non-believer in Islam. The early Arabs and the Moors used it to refer to the non-Muslim people. The term was later brought to the Philippines by the Spanish who had previous contact with the Moors. Some historians speculate that the legend was propagated by the Spanish to prevent Filipinos from assisting any escaped African slaves they sometimes imported from Latin-America. The Kapre itself holds a large Cigar, an item which originated from the ancient Mayans of Latin-America. The similar dark skin color of escaped African slaves from Latin America have caused the former to be equated with the latter.

Natural habitat and attire

Kapres are believed to be nocturnal and omnivorous. They are not necessarily considered to be evil. Unlike the Aswang, it does not eat humans or their unborn fetuses. However, it may turn vengeful when the tree that they are inhabiting is cut down. Kapres may make contact with people to offer friendship, or if it is attracted to a woman. If a Kapre befriends any human, especially because of love, the Kapre will consistently follow its "love interest" throughout life. Also, if one is a friend of the Kapre then that person will have the ability to see it and if they were to sit on it then any other person would be able to see the huge entity.

Kapre is knownly living in big trees like balete, or acacia while holding his big tobacco cigar. He is fun to tricked and play people who catches his interest. His target always are people who love to walk alone not only at night even in the morning pace. So better walk with someone most especially in secluded forest area. ( you don't want it to happen with you huh? )

Documentary

In the 2015 documentary series, The Creatures of Philippine Mythology, the origin, history and evolution of the Kapre is examined. It starts in the pre-Spanish Philippines where animist beliefs created a huge black spirit that watched people from the trees, follows the etymology of the term "kapre", and discovers why the creature is always smoking cigars

In addition to this article here is the emebed video about the speculation that " Kapre " has been found to one of the ancestral house of the first president of the Philippines " Emillio Aguinaldo ". The 64 years old care taker of the house mang Patricio can testified that he had personal encounter with the " Kapre . For further clarification about the video and for your own understanding. Why it was speculated that former Ex-President Emillio Aguinaldo had reach longer age as what is stated on the content above. People who have personal affair with the " Kapre " or established friendship with it will receive longer life. Yet all of these speculations was addressed by an Historian that it was all a rumor. Let's go back to the video, so just click and watch.

The video is documented by one of the documentary shows in local channels here in the Philippines.
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho: Ang 'kapre' sa bahay ni Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo

If you want to read and watch the video of my previous post about SIGBIN and Wak-Wak I provided the link below.

https://steemit.com/philippines/@jezmacher/philippines-mythical-urban-legend-creature-the-sigbin
https://steemit.com/philippines/@jezmacher/philippines-mythical-urban-legend-creature-the-wak-wak-or-aswang

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