We hope you're ready for the next installment to the Filipino Folklore Storyline and for more pins and mini pins to be revealed! I will be frank and say that this leg of the story is perhaps one of the hardest to read so far, but Tokii's given me her two cents on it and thinks you'll all be hooked for sure!
Like last time, I've updated the trigger warning to reflect the content covered in this part. If the warnings make you uneasy but you'd still like to see the new pin reveals at the bottom, then there is a second matching red block to give you a visual landmark of when the story has ended!
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About the Legends
The Anggitay's Mythology: The Anggitay from Tagalog and Batangueño folklore are often said to be the female counterpart to the infamous Tikbalang and serve a purpose of antithesis comparatively, but more on that soon. Anggitay are the Filipino equivalent to the Greek centaur, having the top half of a beautiful woman with the bottom half from the waist down being that of a horse, the most notable difference being that they are often times depicted as having a single horn on their foreheads similar to a unicorn. They are said to be most often found during sunny days deep within the jungle, seated at a tree, wearing clothes in similar style to the Filipino people, and whereas a Tikbalang is known for it’s malevolence; the Anggitay is said to have a calming aura, will help lost travelers through the jungle, and is drawn to precious metals and stones like gold, silver, gems and jewels.
Our Anggitay Pin: The Anggitay will be a two inch pin with hard enamel colors and gold plated metal line art. It will have two prongs and use UV printing for it's gradients as well as recessed metal accents for it's horn and hooves.
The Tikabalng's Mythology: The Tikbalang is fromfolklore all over the Philippines and is an infamous and old legend. So old in fact that is has a few pieces of documentation from before the Spaniards arrived when it looked more goat-ish or like a water buffalo. Though with the Spanish introduction of horses to the islands, and the often dire scenarios that came with it, the legend has been molded into the description that we are familiar with today; A dark-haired man with the long face of a horse, large wild eyes, and limbs disproportionately long to their already massive body. Their legs are said to be so long that when they squat down their knees rise above their ghastly heads. Rarely the Tikbalang is depicted with other features like small horns, giant testicles, and either hooves or clawed feet. Tikbalang are said to be playful or mischievous tricksters, capable of shifting into the visage of an old man, a horse, and back into a monster. They delight in leading travelers astray, doomed to forever walk in circles until the Tikbalang gets bored of you, and while they do not always mean harm they have still maimed, killed, and kidnapped according to many stories.
It’s said that the Tikbalang is often found patrolling its ‘kingdom’ or territory, often centered around a particular tree. Some believe that the Tikbalang themselves are the souls of great and old trees.
A very popular belief is that in the black furred hide of a Tikbalang’s back there are a few (often three) thick and shining gold hairs. Anyone who’s capable of leaping onto the Tikbalang’s back and holding dearly for their lives as the creature attempts with all its strength to buck them off, may be able to pluck out one of these golden hairs, doing this compels the Tikbalang to serve that person until their death. Failure to keep their grasp on the horse man means that they suffer its wrath, often leading them to be killed and eaten.
Our Tikbalang Pin: The Tikbalang will be a two inch pin with hard enamel colors and black nickle plated line art. It will have two prongs and use screen printing for it's patterned coat and golden hairs.
The Wedding Ring Minipin: The wedding ring design is meant to depict either of the rings from our own story, and was designed from patterns we saw while conducting our research for this campaign. More notably we decided this ring should be gold due to the fact that the Philippines was often considered the "Islands of Gold" and is one of the most gold-rich countries in the world. It will be a 1" minipin with gold plated metal line art. It will have a single prong, and use a variety of metal recessing to keep a wonderfully golden shimmer. The Gunong Blade Minipin: The Gunong blade depicts the shorter variant of the much longer Kris Sword which we featured in the Philippines pin for our previous campaign Blades Beasts and Blooms. Where the Gunong differs is that not only is it smaller, but this small size also allows it to be worn more freely making it useful as a tool beyond the longer sword's purpose as a weapon alone. It will be a 1" minipin with hard enamel colors and black nickle plated line art. It will have a single prong, and use screen printing for it's highlights.
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We hope you've enjoyed so far! We're nearly finished with the story and even closer to having shown you all of the pin designs for this campaign! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below :>
