Say hello to my new book, Marahuyo
I was in Boracay when I received the invite to the initial meeting of Pinoy Indie Authors for their second collab. The week before that, Yeyet Soriano sent a message of the prompt and asked if I wanted to join. I kid you not, she got me at the word “aphrodisiac”. Needless to say, I went “hell yeah!” and now here we are and Marahuyo is about to be launched. What is a tamawo? I’ve never heard of the tamawo until Yeyet sent me that message. When I read the prompt, I immediately thought of Sehun, Chanyeol, and Mingyu in long white flowing hairs in white shirt and black pants. Here’s how the prompt went: Tamawo or Tamao is a mythological creature of Philippine mythology. They are believed to be malevolent but extremely handsome with very pale skin to white skin that sparkles under direct sunlight, they also have light colored hair, and fangs. They reside primarily near the sea or any body of water. Their Western counterpart would be the Germanic Elves. They are said to abduct any human fe