anting-anting

The Filipino troops, armed with old rifles and bolos and carrying anting-anting magical charms, were no match for American troops in open combat, but they were formidable opponents in guerrilla warfare

THE NEWS BLOG 2003

The man who made it, a famous wise man, very many years ago, watched one whole month for the secrets which the stars told him to write in it; but the last night, the night of the full moon, he fell asleep, and on that one day and night of the month the 'anting-anting' has no good in it for the man who wears it.

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

And this man's "anting-anting" was famous for the wonders which it had done.

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

I tried to make him believe that this was the danger of which he claimed he had been warned by the stone, but he would not agree to this, saying that his 'anting-anting' always foretold only a violent death, or some serious bodily injury.

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

This shirt, it seemed, the officer went on to explain, the man regarded as a powerful "anting-anting," which would be able to protect him from injury in any of the islands represented on it.

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

"Speaking of 'anting-anting,'" said a man at the club House on the bank of the Pasig river, in Manila, one evening, "I have had an experience in that line myself which was rather striking."

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

Strangest, perhaps, of all these possibilities for fiction is the anting-anting, at once a mysterious power to protect its possessor and the outward symbol of the protection.

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

I think it is what the natives call an 'anting-anting;' that is a charm of some kind.

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

Heber Smith himself always said it was his mother's care that saved his life, while Juan never had the least doubt that the young soldier had been protected solely by a marvellous "anting-anting" which he himself had slipped unsuspected into the American soldier's blouse that day, before he had left him.

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme

Naturally the stone was looked upon as a precious 'anting-anting,' sent down from the sky, and was religiously watched until its mysterious properties were understood, and it was learned that it had the power to forewarn its owner against impending evil.

Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos Sargent Kayme