The theme has been explored several times.
In the movie Clash of the Titans, we are introduced to the idea of how the greek gods and goddesses derived their powers from the mortals who prayed to them and thus gave the deities their strength.
Similarly, in the movie Merlin, the villain, Queen Mab, was forced to submission and lost her magical powers when Merlin and the rest simply walked away vowing never to look back at her.
This economy of sorts is interesting because it also reflects how modern Filipino societies have downplayed the supernatural in our midst and, in return, have witnessed the silence that came along with it. One only has to look around to see that almost everyone has relegated the aswang, tiktik, and other supernatural creatures to our collective past. The mere mention of these in popular culture serve only to entertain but are no longer serious items that command our belief.
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