Agta (mythical creature)

An Agta (sometimes associated to Kapre) is a Philippine mythical creature described as tall, brown, and hairy, and usually portrayed as smoking and drinking tuba wine. As to why a cave in the southeastern town of Argao in Cebu should be named Balay sa Agta (House of the Agta) should soon get clear when one gets to the very end of the structure.

Agta is a creature very similar to the Kapre. If the Kapre is naughty, the Agta is romantic. They are hairy giants often found smoking tobacco in the forests. The only distinguishing trait of an Agta from a Kapre is that it kidnaps beautiful village girls. What it does is that it showers flower petals to its victim and abduct them taking them to the forest and make them entertain him. What one can do to stop the Agta is to poke and scald his sensitive part with a flaming object.

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