Twilight, the international bestseller by Stephenie Meyer (now a blockbuster film), contains a reference to a Filipino vampire myth named Danag. The main character Bella Swan was intrigued by vampire Edward Cullen's revelations and decided to search online for more information about vampires and this is what she found:
"The rest of the site was an alphabetized listing of all the different myths of vampires held throughout the world. The first I clicked on, the Danag, was a Filipino vampire supposedly responsible for planting taro on the islands long ago. The myth continued that the Danag worked with humans for many years, but the partnership ended one day when a woman cut her finger and a Danag sucked her wound, enjoying the taste so much that it drained her body completely of blood."*
The website referred to in Twilight is Enchanted Doorway which features World Vampire Myths.
* Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, pages 184-185 (page 116 in hardbound copy)
2 comments:
hmm i wonder where does stephenie got the idea of the myth about danag.. .i like it that she included it there
I'm glad we're mention on the book. I love the breaking dawn.
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