Manisilat

In Philippine Mythology, Manisilat is a sinister goddess that delights in seeing broken homes. She moves in when couples argue or when relationships within families crumble. This spirit goes mad upon seeing healthy relationships and happy families. One might say that this is due to envy, such that she would even change her form to a human (not necessarily a mistress), and come to people's lives to destroy families. She manipulates emotions, mainly to separate couples. It's easy to judge her as an evil deity, but one cannot help to feel bad. What happened in Manisilat's past that made her this way? Psychoanalytically, perhaps, the more appropriate title for her is "the unloved goddess."