Aswang whip

The aswang whip is a special whip created by Filipino villagers to drive off aswangs that hunted their villages.

History
According to legend, to keep the aswang away, Filipino villagers created the whip to spear it and drag it to the ground. The whip, along with other information on aswang, was written in a book created by a Spanish missionary who had spent time in the Philippines.

In 2011, the Winchesters and Bobby Singer encountered an aswang named Jason in Nevada. Bobby contacted Marta who had come into possession of the missionary's book and was capable of creating the whip. Having made a deal with Jason, a nest of vampires attacked the hunters and unsuccessfully tried to kill them. After the attack, Marta was able to complete the whip.

Characteristics
The whip is made out of two parts hemp and one part seaweed with a stingray barb on the end. It has to be steeped in a mixture of spices including cinnamon, cardamom, vinegar, salt, ajowan, galangal, screw pine, tamarind, wattle seed, kokum, kaffir lime and lovage. After it is steeped in the spice mixture, the whip has to have an enchantment placed upon it. The ritual involves drawing a symbol on the floor of the room with candles lit at the cardinal points. Once the whip is ready, it has to be placed in a brass bowl at the center of the symbol and a Latin incantation read over it. At the end of the incantation, the caster throws a powder into the pot, causing flames to engulf the whip which simmers, blackens and releases a fragrent mix of spices. Once the flames disappear, the whip is ready.

Once complete, the whip is capable of harming and even killing an aswang if the stingray barb pierces the creature's heart. Though aswang eggs are invulnerable to other means of harm, the whip can destroy them as well simply by piercing the eggs with the barb.