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Stories with Sapphire

The Laman Lupa and The Entity Who Must Not Be Named, with Ian Sta. Maria

Stories with Sapphire

Around The CampPhire

Spirituality, Personal Journals, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Ian Sta. Maria (author and Sr Concept Artist at LEGO) shares an absolutely wild story about his decades long run-in with creatures from Filipino folklore: the Laman Lupa, and an entity whose name we cannot repeat -- because it will begin following Ian again. Purchase Ian's gorgeous illustrated books Salamangka and Salamangka 2
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0:00.0

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0:03.1

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1:21.5

I grew up in Manila in Paranyaka city and then six years ago I moved to Denmark.

1:43.3

And my relationship with a parent normal is well it's complicated.

1:51.4

This is Ian Santamaria, author and senior concept artist at LEGO.

1:56.4

I first learned of Ian's beautiful work from an illustration I saw on Instagram.

2:01.6

Seeing that he had a passion for Filipino mythology,

2:04.7

I messaged him and asked if he had any paranormal stories of his own he'd like to share.

2:10.4

And he sure did.

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