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Manananggal

Vampire-like creature from Filipino folklore
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Manananggal
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Summary

Manananggal is a folklore character[1]. They draws 27,458 Wikipedia views per month (folklore character category, ranking #6 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: mythical creature[3]
  • Subclass of: monster[4], vampire[5]
  • Commons category: Manananggal[6]
  • Country of origin: Philippines[7], Visayas[8]
  • Facet of: Philippine folklore[9], Philippine mythology[10]
  • Partially coincident with: Langsuir[11]
  • Different from: Manananggal - a novel viewer for alternative splicing events[12]
  • P14750: 9651-DF96-5BA9-5C73-D779[13]

Why It Matters

Manananggal has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] They is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Philippines

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Manananggal. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/manananggal
MLA “Manananggal.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/manananggal.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_manananggal_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Manananggal}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/manananggal}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 18
    Wikipedia languages → ['am', 'ar', 'bcl', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hi', 'id', 'ig', 'it', 'ja', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||om, am */ import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 9w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Partially coincident with → Langsuir
    Country of origin → Philippines, Visayas
    Facet of → Philippine folklore, Philippine mythology
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 9651-DF96-5BA9-5C73-D779, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
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