Tikbalang! (Part 3)

There’s only one way to taming a tikbalang: subdue it. The more physical approach is to choke it until it weakens and admits defeat. A second, more tactical approach is to jump on the back of an unwary tikbalang and outlast its cavorting as it tries to shake off the unwelcome passenger on its back. Once the tikbalang’s strength is sapped, it must be tied up with a cord specially prepared by magic rituals. Once the creature is vanquished, the would-be-master then plucks one or all of the three thickest spines on its mane and keeps it in a place the tikbalang cannot access.

When rain falls from a clear sky, a tikbalang is reportedly getting married. There has been no report of female tikbalangs so the spouse is subject to conjecture. Some local legends tell of nocturnal marauding tikbalangs who seek and rape human females. The impregnated mortals then give birth to more tikbalangs and so on and so forth.