Continued from Tony Perez's Electronic Diary (October 19, 2018 - March 12, 2019) http://tonyperezphilippinescyberspacebook41.blogspot.com/

Photo by JR Dalisay / April 21, 2017

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Left, Ngipin Ng Kidlat from Siquijor, harvested from limestone. Limestone is indigenous to islands in the Visayas. It is found not only underwater, but also aboveground.  

Right, Pangil Ng Kidl;at from Calabarzon, a pair typically held in two hands. I brought these only once on travel and afterward never again--they show up in airport X-rays as solid, very black, and made of indeterminate material.

It is said of both versions that when lightning strikes a rock or a tree, these fang-like objects can be found within.

Perhaps the most popular user of Pangil Ng Kidlat (not to be confused with the black, meteor-like Mutya Ng Kidlat) was the legendary Nardong Putik, who wielded them like wands.





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