Filipino 'Dwarf' Judge Loses Case

BBC Asia Pacific ^ | 8/18/2006 | BBC

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Creature features of the Philippines

Saturday, September 02, 2006

Judge Floro Florentino is not too pleased with his three spiritual guides being referred to as dwarves or duende, as superstitious Filipinos call these elf-like beings. His brother, who first saw them, called them duende, a Spanish word of ambiguous definition.
To Filipinos, they are something like tiny magical goblins who live in forested areas. There are, according to folklore, two types: black, denoting evil which can harm, and red, who are good and can heal. On the island of Mindoro, the Mangyan tribe claim to trade with the few remaining duende for forest products. They are said to be extremely shy because of the violence that has been done to them in the past.

Then there are the nocturnal Agta, tall black men who also hang out in the forests, while the Batibat, found in Ilocos, look like fat women who live inside posts, and suffocate people by sitting on top of them.

The bovine-like Mantahungal have fearsome teeth, the Pugot are self-beheading multi-formed creatures, and the Tikbalang are centaurs in reverse. These and many more magical creatures - some invisible, some half-human, half- animal - are all said to inhabit the Philippine countryside.

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ow, judges' do have weird and painful stories.. in a blogspot that i replied to, the blogger quoted an article about a judge who masturbated in court, sentenced to 4 years prison...

that seems not so funny, for here, my neighbor judge would take naked pictures of his lady personnel in MOTELS...

a judge here in Cebu, was suspended for 6 months coz he squeezed the leg of an attorney and embraced another staff...

another judge here lost his benefits and was dismissed due to kissing a neighbor while drunk...

a judge here was entrapped by the NBI for extortion but he was reinstated due to a padrino...

Justice William W. Bedsworth told the tales of sexual harrassment as common colds ...


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