Berbalang

The source materials summarise the Berbalang simply as mythical creatures of the Philippines; no detailed mythic origin narrative is provided in the cited source. The entry does not supply a creation story, ancestral lineage, or placement within a wider indigenous cosmology, only identifying them as part of Philippine folklore and reporting folkloric traits (grave-robbing and corpse-eating) associated with the name.

The cited source does not give a consistent physical description or iconography for Berbalangs. While some accounts summarised in the source report actions (such as digging up corpses and flying or using a spirit to fly), there is no standardised description of size, features, or typical humanlike or monstrous form recorded in the source.

According to the available source, Berbalangs are associated with exhuming and eating human corpses — i.e., flesh-eating ghouls who dig up graves. The source also reports that in some accounts they fly or employ a spirit or spirit-like means to fly and reach victims, implying the capacity to travel through the air to attack or feed. Beyond these behaviours (grave-digging, corpse-eating, and reported flight or spirit-flight), the source provides no further specifics about other powers, possession, or wider supernatural abilities.