Category: Engkanto

These are spirits usually called ‘encanto’, ‘tamawo’ or ‘diwata’. In texts they are described alternately as ‘fairies’ or ‘elves’ in the Western sense. Supernaturally beautiful and sometimes malevolent, they are both awe-inspiring and frightening to cross.

Engkanto

Everyone needs stories in their lives. It’s what makes them more human. Anyone that disagrees might need to have their hearts reexamined. That’s what Jaime’s lolo tells everyone, or at…

Engkanto

Wisps of light streaked through the night sky, standing silent witness to a sight both strange and not: a daughter of moonlight and a son of man sitting across from…