Lampong

The Lampong is an Illongot gnome that can transform into a white deer to protect the actual deer. Whenever a hunter comes by to shoot one of the deer, the Lampong turns into his deer form and gets shot instead while the actual deer escape. The Lampong gets shot six times but he is invulnerable to the gunshots and thus, always protects the deer from getting hunted.

Myths & Legends
Thousands of years ago, there was a vast forest filled with beautiful animals but the deer are the heads of the forest. One fateful day though, hunters with large guns came to the forest and started to shoot the animals one by one but the targets they were heading for were deer. They killed hundreds of the deer until they came to a wide field full of deer. The hunters raised their guns and started to shoot but then there was a flash of light and a loud bellow coming from behind a hill. Suddenly, a huge white deer with golden antlers emerged from the hill and went in front of the hunters while the rest of the deer fled. The hunters all shot the white deer and he was seemingly killed. But just as they were about to skin him, the white deer got up, turned out to be still alive and fought off the hunters by giving them a fatal illness. That white deer was none other than Lampong himself. He made sure none of the remaining deer gets shot. That's why he was sometimes known as the Deer Herder or the Deer Guardian.

Appearance
The Lampong is an Illongot gnome with bright yellow eyes that are cross-eyed and is about two feet tall wearing a two peaked cap and has a long white beard. In his deer form, he is sometimes seen with one eye or is about the same size as deer but his coat is always a beautiful snow-white. He is very easily seen by hunters, but he makes sure none of the deer gets shot by making himself get shot, revives himself and send the hunters a fatal disease.

Cultural Origin
Philippines

Type
White deer

Traits
Reincarnation; can send a fatal illness to hunters

Weakness/es
Is easily seen due to white coat

Similar Creatures
Jackalope

Trivia

 * It is one of the five brand new creatures from Philippine mythology in the game Everwing.