A folklore liver-eating creature.
looks like an ordinary person during the day, but its upper torso flies out at night. It sits on the roofs of houses to hook up people's liver atay with a long needle-like hook; the victims die immediately. They are said to exist in other places, but can fly to Babuyan Claro during full moon kābos.
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Kāda mahep mohtot saw borōha a koman so atay.
Each night the liver-eating creatures come out and eat the liver (of people).
An maylilyak saw borōha, ki mamo saw adedekey.
When the liver-eating creatures cry out the children are afraid.
Siraw borōha, ki chamo daw asin.
The liver-eating creatures are afraid of salt.
Someone (may-) pretends to be a liver-eating creature.
must be reduplicated mayboyborōha
Mayboyborōha si marāan tan makaotap so tawo a chakey na paganyiten.
Uncle pretends to be a liver-eating creature so that he can trap people he wants to make sick.