http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/ Twisted by Jessica Zafra - Pumping irony since 1994 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:31:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-27730 oneminutebeforenine Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:41:33 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-27730 Lookin' forward to a book launching/book signing thingee...got two books of you still waiting to be signed (500 people...and twisted travels). Lookin’ forward to a book launching/book signing thingee…got two books of you still waiting to be signed (500 people…and twisted travels).

]]> http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-27138 Woobie Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:41:39 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-27138 It is indeed scarier that angel wings were used. Kind of an ironic twist. I've always been more scared of Philippine urban legends and monsters than any foreign ones. It is indeed scarier that angel wings were used. Kind of an ironic twist. I’ve always been more scared of Philippine urban legends and monsters than any foreign ones.

]]> http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-27072 New Project « Disturbing the Universe Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:35:01 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-27072 [...] I am working on a graphic novel. The story is by Jessica Zafra and Jay Lozada. Read more about it here. [...] [...] I am working on a graphic novel. The story is by Jessica Zafra and Jay Lozada. Read more about it here. [...]

]]> http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-27070 ralphwaldo Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:38:15 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-27070 Hmmm... self-segmentation. Another likely "Heroes" character. Hmmm… self-segmentation. Another likely “Heroes” character.

]]> http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-26969 icasocot Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:03:47 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2007/10/26/monsters-and-metaphors/#comment-26969 Jonathan Chua, in his article "Chinese-Philippine Litrature" from the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art (the Literature volume), has this to say about manananggals: "The contact between Filipinos and Chinese, however, was not limited to commerce. Along with the exchange of goods was the exchange of cultures. Many Filipino and Chinese folktales, for instance, paralleled one another. The manananggal (self-segmenting ghoul) of the Capiz folktales had a counterpart in the self-segmenting witches in the Ho Han Shu (Later Han Annals), 420-479." Jonathan Chua, in his article “Chinese-Philippine Litrature” from the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art (the Literature volume), has this to say about manananggals: “The contact between Filipinos and Chinese, however, was not limited to commerce. Along with the exchange of goods was the exchange of cultures. Many Filipino and Chinese folktales, for instance, paralleled one another. The manananggal (self-segmenting ghoul) of the Capiz folktales had a counterpart in the self-segmenting witches in the Ho Han Shu (Later Han Annals), 420-479.”

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