I'm curious, I rarely visit this board as much as I used to. But, you guys should be in the know with your digits on the pulse of this. Care to enlighten some random visitor?
In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga is a supernatural being (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who appears as a deformed and/or ferocious-looking woman. Baba Yaga flies around in a mortar, wields a pestle, and dwells deep in the forest in a hut usually described as standing on chicken legs (or sometimes a single chicken leg). Baba Yaga may help or hinder those that encounter or seek her out. She sometimes plays a maternal role, and also has associations with forest wildlife. According to Vladimir Propp's folktale morphology, Baba Yaga commonly appears as either a donor or villain, or may be altogether ambiguous.
Tailypo is a frightening ravenous cat-like creature of North American folklore, particularly in Appalachia. Alternate names include: Taileybones, Tailbones, Taily Po, Tally Po, Taileypo, Tailey Po and Tailipoe(sies). Most often (and especially in older adaptations) the Tailypo legends are simply titled "Tailypo." The Tailypo is usually described as being the size of a dog, with yellow or red eyes, pointed ears and a long tail. In some versions of the folktale, it has tufted ears like a bobcat. It is covered in black or dark brown fur to camouflage its nocturnal activities. Its claws are its main weapon.
The Tailypo can speak like a man, and demands the return of its tail (the actual phrase varies between versions, but is always repeated, usually three times): "Taily-po, Taily-po...who has my Taily-po..."
In nineteenth century versions, a rusalka is an unquiet, dangerous being who is no longer alive, associated with the unclean spirit. According to Dmitry Zelenin, young women, who either committed suicide by drowning due to an unhappy marriage (they might have been jilted by their lovers or abused and harassed by their much older husbands), or who were violently drowned against their will (especially after becoming pregnant with unwanted children), must live out their designated time on earth as rusalki.
In Romanian mythology, strigoi are the troubled souls of the dead rising from the grave. Some strigoi can be living people with certain magical properties. Some of the properties of the strigoi include: the ability to transform into an animal, invisibility, and the propensity to drain the vitality of victims via blood loss. Strigoi are also known as immortal vampires.
Keep going OP, these are good. Baba Yaga is the only one I've heard of so far.
In Germanic folklore, there is a horror story about creatures that lived in the Black Forest many centuries ago.
Vicious “little people” called tomtin - who might also be called gnomes, hobgoblins, dwarves, trolls, or even elves were said to roam the area committing terrible atrocities and vicious crimes against humanity during the harsh winter months.
They were said to dress in the color of red, and were led by a being called Nacht or Knecht Ruprecht who was “equipped with eight deer legs,” and covered himself in “straw and antlers,” and a giant black figure called Schwartz Peter or Black Peter.
Ruprecht and Schwartz Peter were considered to be ancient pagan deities, and they guided the tomtin to murder travelers by knocking them on the ground and beating them “with chains or with barbed sticks or poles until they were dead.”
You guys probably know this one so I'm gonna just ctrl v straight from Wikipedia.
Melon Heads (ohio):
The melon head stories of Ohio are primarily associated with the Cleveland suburb of Kirtland. According to local lore, the melon heads were originally orphans under the watch of a mysterious figure known as Dr. Crow (sometimes spelled Crowe, Trubaino, Krohe or Kroh or known as Dr. Melonhead[5]). Crow is said to have performed unusual experiments on the children, who developed large, hairless heads and malformed bodies.[6] Some accounts claim that the children were already suffering from hydrocephalus, and that Crow injected even more fluid into their brains.[5]
Eventually, the legend continues, the children killed Crow, burned the orphanage, and retreated to the surrounding forests and supposedly feed on babies. Legend holds that the melon heads may be sighted along Wisner Road in Kirtland, and Chardon Township.[6][7] The melon head legend has been popularized on the Internet, particularly on the websites Creepy Cleveland and DeadOhio where users offer their own versions of the story.[8] A movie, "Legend of the Melonheads" was released in 2011 which is based on the Ohio legend and various other legends in the Kirtland area.[9]
>>17095665
Nope, hadn't heard of this one, but I'd prefer more old-timey folklore than modern urban legends.
The one who has been posting wasn't the OP. But still thanks regardless, other than the Baba Yaga was otheres I hadn't heard of.
Bal Bal is a Filipino monster and eater of the dead. It stealthily enters into graveyards and even funerals to steal corpses and feed on them. This monster is not just gross, it’s very sneaky, for after eating the dead body it places a banana trunk into the coffin to make it seem heavy with a corpse. Apparently it has sharper nose than that of a dog that can smell a corpse from a great distance and has a very foul breath. As the legend goes the Bal Bal appears like a night bird with a distinct cry which is audible every night. The Tigbabau tribe of Philippines believes that the Bal Bal can take human shape. That is has a long reptilian tongue and monster nails. They can fly and sail down onto the house where someone has died, tearing up thatched roof with those nails, use their tongue to lift up or rather ‘lick up’ the corpse.
Bal-Bal is also associated to other folklore creatures like Aswang, Amalanhig, and even to Busaw, since they are all corpse eaters. It is even alleged of having a unique power of hypnotizing people to sleep in a funeral so that it can peacefully eat its meal. In the old days Filipino people stayed awake all night by singing and shouting to keep the Bal Bal from taking the dead body of their loved ones.
The nuckelavee, or nuckalavee, is a horse-like demon from Orcadian mythology that combines equine and human elements. Originating in Norse mythology and the most horrible of all the demons of the Scottish islands, its name may be a progenitor of that by which the Devil is sometimes known, Old Nick. The nuckelavee's breath can wilt crops and sicken livestock, and the creature was held responsible for droughts and epidemics on land despite its being predominantly a sea-dweller.
Amadan Dubh, also known as the "'Dark Fool'" or "Fairy Fool", is a trickster fairy found in Irish folklore, and is the "bringer of madness and oblivion." It is also said that Amadan Dubh "haunts the hills after sunset playing reed pipes to work his magic."
The term "stroke" originated in reference to being touched by this fairy's scepter.
One kind of Malagasy ghost is the Kinoly, a ghoulish version of the ancestor ghosts who preys upon the living. As the Malagasy folklore goes ancestors who were not well tended and forgotten turn into angry ghosts. These angry ghosts are quite different to their western counterparts. They haunt only their own graves, and they cause pestilence and misfortune on those who have wronged them. The Malagasy in order to prevent an ancestor from becoming kinoly performs a ritual called ‘famadihana’.
The Kinoly look like real people with some inhuman characteristics like red eyes and razor sharp fingernails that are long and dagger-like. The Kinoly use these long nails to disembowel the living.
There’s one bizarre legend that claims a Malagasy actually meeting a Kinoly. The Malagasy had asked “How is it your eyes are so red?”, the kinoly replied, “God passed by them.” The Malagasy then asked, “How is it your nails are so long?” The ghost said, “That I may tear out your liver” and immediately did so.
In Celtic folklore, the leannán sí "Fairy-Lover"[1] (Scottish Gaelic: leannan sìth, Manx: lhiannan shee; [lʲan̴̪-an ˈʃiː]) is a beautiful woman of the Aos Sí ("people of the barrows") who takes a human lover. Lovers of the leannán sídhe are said to live brief, though highly inspired, lives. The name comes from the Gaelic words for a sweetheart, lover, or concubine and the term for a tumulus or burial mound.[citation needed]
The leannán sídhe is generally depicted as a beautiful muse who offers inspiration to an artist in exchange for their love and devotion; however, this frequently results in madness for the artist, as well as premature death.
A Fetch is a doppelganger spirit originating in Ireland. Fetch takes the appearance of someone who is about to die. It can be one of your loved ones who though perfectly normal looks distant or distracted. Some allege that Fetch is actually born when we are born and lives alongside us always endeavoring to replace us.
The Fetch originally comes from Ireland, but migrated to England in the 18th century, where they became more commonly known as “Doubles”.
So it seems that the fetch is not a ghost because it imitates the person who is still alive. A Fetch may only be visible to the person it is imitating or may be visible to everyone except the person who it’s imitating. Its sight is usually considered a bad omen of impending death though it is also believed that if the ‘double’ appears in the morning rather than the evening, it is instead a sign of a long life in store.
So how does the Fetch look? It looks like you! It’s supposed to be a mere shadow, resembling in stature, features, and dressing like you, and often mysteriously or suddenly seen by your very close friend. The person it resembles is usually known to be laboring under some mortal illness, and unable to leave his or her bed at the time.
Stories of ‘doubles’ and ‘fetches’ abounded in 18th and 19th century folklore, with authors often employing the double as a means of showing the main character the error of his ways.
>>17095750
>The term "stroke" originated in reference to being touched by this fairy's scepter.
Sounds interesting, but I didn't see anything about this on the Wikipedia article. Sauce?
Marzanna (in Polish), Morė (in Lithuanian), Morana (in Czech and Slovene), or Morena (in Slovak and Russian) or also Mara, Maržena, Morana, Moréna, Mora or Marmora is a Baltic and Slavic goddess associated with seasonal rites based on the idea of death and rebirth of nature. She is often described as a demon and is associated with death, winter and nightmares. In Slavic rites the death of Marzanna towards the end of winter is juxtaposed against the birth of Jarilo – a Slavic god representing the coming of spring.
The tradition is usually celebrated around the spring equinox (March 21). Usually schoolchildren and young people participate in the celebrations alongside local folklore groups and other residents. A procession consisting of men, women and children carries handmade Marzanna (and often also Marzaniok dolls, the male counterpart to Marzanna) to the nearest river, lake or pond. The participants sing traditional songs and throw effigies of Marzanna into the water. Sometimes the effigies are first set on fire, or their clothes are torn. On the journey back to the village the focus falls on the copses, adorned with ribbons and blown egg shells. The procession, still singing, returns to the village. In some locations (e.g. in Brynica – a district of Miasteczko Śląskie), the beginning of spring is then celebrated with a feast.
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>>17095782
Domovoi or Domovy is household spirit found in Russian folklore creatures. Domovoy means ‘grandfather’ or ‘master’. It’s believed to have originated in the pre-Christian cult and that the spirit represented the former head of the family (i.e. grandfathers and great-grand fathers). It usually resides under the stove, the doorway, or in the attic.
Its appearance is like that of a tiny old man whose face is covered with white fur, or as a ‘double’ of the head of a house. Legend goes that once some evil spirits had fallen from the sky into the human habitat. Living near the mortals turned the spirits soft, helpful and harmless. Domovoy is also a shape-shifter and could take the shape of various animals – cats, dogs, a snake or a rat and bless the house.
There is a Domovoy in each household. These spirits are trickster and mischief-maker who tickle sleeping people. When it gets displeased it knocks on the walls, throws pans and plates and squalls. But it also protects the house and the family members. If needed it would steal from the neighbors to satiate the family and even attacks the domovoy of other families. When happy it might do house chores and even feed your animal while you are away. So the next time your dishes get mysteriously cleaned know whom to thank.
But beware the wrath of these folklore creatures, for Domovoy are also known for their harmful mischief. One legend tells of a woman whose Domovoy braided her hair every night, and ordered her never to undo the braid. For 30 years she never combed her hair until her wedding night, when she decided to wash it. Her family found her brutally strangled the next morning with her own braid.
If you want to befriend a Domovoy for yourself then you’ll have to have a stable and peaceful household environment. You will have to leave breads under the stove and old boots in the closet as invitations.
La Llorona stands for ‘The Weeping Woman’ is a Mexican ghost. She is the scorned spirit of a woman who had killed her own children. It is New Mexico’s most famous ghost. It is a legend that most cities in Mexico claims to be its own.
This lore involves a woman named Maria who lived in a village in the early 18th century. The story has several versions. Basically Maria was a haughty beauty who wanted to marry a wealthy man. Her dreams came true when a rich rancher, riding his horse came to her little village. Initially he gave her no attention so Maria resorted to the old trick of playing hard to get. The young man fell for her tricks. “That haughty girl, Maria, Maria!” he said to himself. “I know I can win her heart. I swear I’ll marry that girl”.
So everything turned out according to her plan. They married and knowing that the young rancher family would never accept Maria who belonged to a peasant family they settled along the Rio Grande River. Her husband lavished her with gifts and luxury. She bore two children from him and that was the death knell of her happy days. It turned out that the man was a womanizer. He stopped caring for her and often went away leaving her for months on her own. He even talked of leaving Maria to marry a woman of his own wealthy class.
One day Maria spotted her husband riding in a buggy with a young beautiful woman by his side. She exploded in a jealous rage and it all turned against her children. She flung them into the river Rio Grande. She told her husband what she’d done. Horrified by such an inhuman act he left her. Numb, she wandered the streets of the village for several days crying for her children. The villagers started calling her La Llorona—the wailing woman.
Ded Moroz predates Christianity as a Slavic wizard of winter. In Slavic mythology, Frost or Morozko is a snow demon.
Under the influence of Orthodox traditions, the character of Ded Moroz was transformed. Since the 19th century the attributes and legend of Ded Moroz have been shaped by literary influences. The play Snegurochka by Aleksandr Ostrovsky was influential in this respect, as was Rimsky-Korsakov's Snegurochka with libretto based on the play. By the end of the 19th century Ded Moroz became a popular character.
Following the Russian Revolution, Christmas traditions were actively discouraged because they were considered to be "bourgeois and religious". Similarly, in 1928 Ded Moroz was declared "an ally of the priest and kulak". Nevertheless, the image of Ded Moroz took its current form during Soviet times, becoming the main symbol of the New Year’s holiday that replaced Christmas. Some Christmas traditions were revived following the famous letter by Pavel Postyshev, published in Pravda on December 28, 1935. Postyshev believed that the origins of the holiday, which were pre-Christian, were less important than the benefits it could bring to Soviet children.
Deer Woman, sometimes known as Deer Lady, is a shape-shifting woman in Native American mythology, in and around Oklahoma, the Western United States and the Pacific Northwest. She allegedly appears at various times as an old woman, or as a young beautiful maiden, or as a deer. Some descriptions assign her a human female upper body and the lower body of a white-tailed deer.
In various folklores, the Deer Woman is described to sometimes be seen as a beautiful woman just off the trail or behind a bush, calling to men to come over. Deer Woman is often said to have all the features of a normal young woman, except her feet which are shaped like deer hooves and her brown deer's eyes. Men who are lured into her presence often notice too late that she is not a natural woman, and are then trapped by her magic to waste away until death. Other stories and traditions describe the sighting of Deer Woman as a sign of personal transformation or as a warning. Deer Woman is also said to be fond of dancing and will sometimes join a communal dance unnoticed, leaving only when the drum beating ceases.
According to Ojibwe tradition, she can be banished through the use of tobacco and chant; others say that you can break her spell by looking at her feet, which are in fact hooves. Once she is recognized for what she is, she runs away.
Kelpie, or water kelpie, is the Scots name given to a shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland. It has usually been described as appearing as a horse, but is able to adopt human form. Some accounts state that the kelpie retains its hooves when appearing as a human, leading to its association with the Christian idea of Satan as alluded to by Robert Burns in his 1786 poem "Address to the Deil".
Almost every sizeable body of water in Scotland has an associated kelpie story, but the most extensively reported is that of Loch Ness. Parallels to the general Germanic neck and the Scandinavian bäckahäst have been observed. More widely, the wihwin of Central America and the Australian bunyip have been seen as counterparts. The origin of the belief in malevolent water horses has been proposed as originating in human sacrifices once made to appease gods associated with water, but narratives about the kelpie also served a practical purpose in keeping children away from dangerous stretches of water, and warning young women to be wary of handsome strangers.
>>17095849
That John Landis segment on Deer Woman in Masters of Horror was top tier horror comedy
The Nocnitsa in Slavic mythology, is a nightmare spirit that also goes by the name kriksy, plaksy, plachky, plaksivicy, kriksy-varaksy, kriksy-plaksy, night hag, night maiden. She is referred to as Nocnica or Płaczka in Polish, гopcкa мaйкa (gorska majka), нoшнo (nošno) in Bulgarian, Шyмcкa мajкa (Šumska majka), бaбицe (babice), нoћницe (noćnice) in Serbian, mrake, vidine in Croatian, nočnine, mračnine in Slovene.
The Nocnitsa is also present in Russian and Slovakian folklore. She is known to torment children at night, and a stone with a hole in the center is said to be a protection from the Nocnitsa. Mothers in some regions will place a knife in their children’s cradles or draw a circle around the cradles with a knife for protection. This is possibly based on the belief that supernatural beings cannot touch iron.
The Nocnitsa is known to sit on one’s chest, drawing life energy. Because of this, many refer to Nocnitsa as a type of vampire. The Nocnitsa will often continue visiting. According to some folklore, night hags visit when one sleeps on one’s back, with the hands on the chest (a position allegedly called sleeping with the dead). According to some folklore, night hags are made of shadow. She might also have a horrible screeching voice. She might allegedly also smell of the moss and dirt from her forest of origin.
The Nocnitsa is almost certainly linked to the common apparition seen during the hypnagogic state of sleep.
In Polish folklore, zmora or mara are the souls of living people that leave the body during the night, and are seen as wisps of straw or hair or as moths. Accordingly, Polish mara, Czech můra denote both a kind of elf or spirit as well as a "sphinx moth" or "night butterfly". Other Slavic languages with cognates that have the double meaning of moth are: Kashubian mòra, and Slovak mora.
In Croatian, mora refers to a "nightmare". Mora or Mara is one of the spirits from ancient Slav mythology. Mara was a dark spirit that takes a form of a beautiful woman and then visits men in their dreams, torturing them with desire, and dragging life out of them. In Serbia, a mare is called mora, or noćnik/noćnica ("night creature", masculine and feminine respectively). In Romania they were known as Moroi.
It is a common belief that mora enters the room through the keyhole, sits on the chest of the sleepers and tries to strangle them (hence moriti, "to torture", "to bother", "to strangle"). To repel moras, children are advised to look at the window or to turn the pillow and make a sign of cross on it (prekrstiti jastuk); in the early 19th century, Vuk Karadžić mentions that people would repel moras by leaving a broom upside down behind the door, or putting their belt on top of their sheets, or saying an elaborate prayer poem before they go to sleep.
>>17095605
Aren't they class of Vampires in Rumanian mythology?
We have Striga, in Slavic too. Shared like them. They're undead creatures.
>>17095589
Rusalka was originally seen as female Drowned (Utopiec), but now it's more like a Water Fairy/Nymph, often serves as translation for such creatures.
Russians for some reason confuse them for Mermaids now, call them Pycaлькa. But it's wrong.
>>17095807
They used to be called Domoviks, like we call them.
>>17095849
I live in the Cherokee nation. One of my friends claims to have been chased by her.
>>17095896
A strzyga (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstʂɨɡa]) is a female demon somewhat similar to vampire in Slavic (and especially Polish) folklore. People who were born with two hearts and two souls and two sets of teeth (the second one barely visible) were believed to be strzygas. Furthermore, a newborn child with already developed teeth was also believed to be one. When a person was identified as a strzyga he was chased away from human dwelling places. Such strzygas usually died at a young age, but, according to belief, only one of their two souls would pass to the afterlife; the other soul was believed to cause the deceased strzyga to come back to life and prey upon other living beings. These undead strzyga were believed to fly at night in a form of an owl and attack night-time travelers and people who had wandered off into the woods at night, sucking out their blood and eating their insides. Strzyga were also believed to be satisfied with animal blood, for a short period of time.
When a person believed to be a strzyga died, decapitating the corpse and burying the head separate from the rest of the body was believed to prevent the strzyga from rising from the dead; burying the body face down with a sickle around its head was believed to work as well.
According to the other sources strzygas were believed not to harm people but to herald someone's imminent death. In this they resemble Banshees.
Pscipolnitsa is a mythical character common to the various Slavic countries of Eastern Europe. She is referred to as Południca in Polish, Пoлyдницa (Poludnitsa) in Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian, Polednice in Czech, Poludnica in Slovak, and Пoлoзничa (Poloznicha) in Komi, the Pscipolnitsa is a noon demon in Slavic mythology. She can be referred to in English as "Lady Midday". She was usually pictured as a young woman dressed in white that roamed field bounds. She assailed folk working at noon causing heatstrokes and aches in the neck, sometimes she even caused madness.
Pscipolnitsa, who makes herself evident in the middle of hot summer days, takes the form of whirling dust clouds and carries a scythe or shears; most likely the shears would be of an older style, not akin to modern scissors. She will stop people in the field to ask them difficult questions or engage them in conversation. If anyone fails to answer a question or tries to change the subject, she will cut off their head or strike them with illness. She may appear as an old hag, a beautiful woman, or a 12-year-old girl, and she was useful in scaring children away from valuable crops. She is only seen on the hottest part of the day and is a personification of a sun-stroke.
Bannik is the bathhouse (banya) spirit in Slavic mythology. Slavic bathhouses resemble saunas, with an inner steaming room and an outer changing room. A place where women gave birth and practiced divinations, the bathhouse was strongly endowed with vital forces. The third firing (or fourth, depending on tradition) was reserved for the Bannik, and, given his inclination to invite demons and forest spirits to share his bath, no Christian images were allowed lest they offend the occupants. If disturbed by an intruder while washing, the Bannik might pour boiling water over him, or even strangle him.
The Bannik had the ability to predict the future. One consulted him by standing with one's back exposed in the half-open door of the bath. The Bannik would gently stroke one's back if all boded well; but if trouble lay ahead, he would strike with his claws.
Chernobog (Proto-Slavic *čĭrnŭ 'black' and *bogŭ "god"), also spelled as Chernabog, Czernobog, Chornoboh, Crnobog and Tchernobog is a Slavic deity, whose name means black god, about whom much has been speculated but little can be said definitively. The only historical sources, which are Christian ones, interpret him as a dark, accursed god, but it is questionable how important or malicious he was really considered to be by ancient Slavs.
One historic source on Slavic mythology mentioning this god is the 12th-century Chronica Slavorum, a work written by German priest Helmold which describes customs and beliefs of several Wendish and Polabian tribes who were still pagans. Helmold wrote that:
The Slavs, too, have a strange delusion. At their feasts and carousals they pass about a bowl over which they utter words, I should not say of consecration but of execration, in the name of the gods — of the good one, as well as of the bad one — professing that all propitious fortune is arranged by the good god, adverse, by the bad god. Hence, also, in their language they call the bad god Diabol, or Zcerneboch, that is, the black god.
good shit op
you guys ever heard of finnish folklore?
Ajatar is known as the "Devil of the woods". She is the mother of the devil. It's an evil spirit that is often pictured as manifesting as either a snake or a dragon. She spreads disease and any who look directly at her become ill. Ajatar is also said to breastfeed serpents.
if people liked this i might have a few more
>>17096034
Lay it on, anon.
The Huldra, Hylda, Skogsrå or Skogfru (Forest wife/woman) is a dangerous Scandinavian seductress who lives in the forest. The Huldra is said to lure men down into endless cavesystems, that they would not be able to find their way out from, or lure them into the forest in order to secure her freedom or sometimes to suck the life out of a man. One of her methods is to appear suddenly out of the rain and mist, friendly and enticing to the point that no man can resist her charm. She has a long cow's tail that she ties under her skirt in order to hide it from men. If she can manage to get married in a church, her tail falls off and she becomes human. However, she also becomes very ugly. It is often said, however, that the young and beautiful Huldra is moody and dangerous, but when she becomes old and ugly, she also becomes gentle and caring to the man who made her Christian.
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Loviatar is the blind daughter of Touni, the god of death and ruler of the underworld. She is the god of death and disease. She was said to be impregnated by the wind, giving birth to nine sons called the Nine diseases. Some editions of the story say she also gave birth to a tenth child, who is a girl. This is an excerpt from the Finnish mythology and folklore poetry compilation called The Kalevala.
The blind daughter of Tuoni,
Old and wicked witch, Lowyatar,
Worst of all the Death-land women,
Ugliest of Mana's children,
Source of all the host of evils,
All the ills and plagues of Northland,
Black in heart, and soul, and visage,
Evil genius of Lappala,
Made her couch along the wayside,
On the fields of sin and sorrow;
Turned her back upon the East-wind,
To the source of stormy weather,
To the chilling winds of morning.
Her sons include cancer, plague and rickets. Here's a poem about the Nine Diseases.
Thus Lowyatar named her offspring,
Colic, Pleurisy, and Fever,
Ulcer, Plague, and dread Consumption,
Gout, Sterility, and Cancer.
And the worst of these nine children
Blind Lowyatar quickly banished,
Drove away as an enchanter,
To bewitch the lowland people,
To engender strife and envy.
>>17096118
>he is the god of death
sorry
In Scandinavia, there existed the famous race of she-werewolves known with a name of Maras. If a female at midnight stretches between four sticks the membrane which envelopes the foal when it is brought forth, and creeps through it, naked, she will bear children without pain; but all the boys will be shamans, and all the girls Maras. Maras are women who took on the appearance of a huge monster at night, half human and half wolf. The transformation was slow and subjects suffered from screaming, hair and nail growth and the woman's face stretched into that of a hungry wolf. In fact, the Maras were almost all women from peasant and plebeian classes.
>>17096126
no i wrote it right i derped lol
>>17095641
>riding eight legs
>rumored to be ancient pagan deities
Christians fucking with pagan gods again, I see. Odin is not amused.
>>17096138
I was in a park last year and i was enjoying my walk while i waited to meet a friend. I sat on a bench and was having a smoke while zoneing out for a bit. A man sat next to me dressed in normal walking gear and a hat, immediately noticed he had only one eye the other was glass and didnt move, a he asked me if i liked the park to which i replied "yes, its lovely this time of year" . He told me he'd been coming here for a long time and that he never grew tired of it . He wished me a good day and left.
I always like to think i met Wotan that day, might not be true but I treasure that memory and the mystery.
The Scandinavian näcken, näkki, nokk were male water spirits who played enchanted songs on the violin, luring women and children to drown in lakes or streams. They were thought to be most active during Midsummer's Night, on Christmas Eve and on Thursdays. When malicious nokken attempted to carry off people, they could be defeated by calling their name; this, in fact, would be the death of them.
When malicious nokken attempted to carry off people, they could be defeated by calling their name; this, in fact, would be the death of them.
Rat kings involve a number of rats intertwined at their tails, which become stuck together with, for instance, blood, dirt, ice, horse-hair, or feces—or simply knotted. The animals reputedly grow together while joined at the tails. The numbers of rats joined together can vary, but rat kings formed naturally from a large number of rats occur more rarely. The phenomenon is particularly associated with Germany, which may have produced the majority of reported instances. Historically, various superstitions surround rat kings, and they were often seen as a bad omen, particularly associated with plagues.
In Native American folklore an Acheri is the ghost or spirit of a little girl who comes down from mountains and hilltops at night to bring sickness to humans, particularly children. They are often depicted with dark or unnatural eyes and can also be referred to as "hill fairies". The only defense against an Acheri was thought to be a red ribbon tied around one's neck. The Acheri is said to bring death to the elderly or other people with low immune system defenses.
Bloody Bones is a bogeyman feared by children, and is sometimes called Rawhead and Bloody-Bones, Tommy Rawhead, or Rawhead. The term was used "to awe children, and keep them in subjection", as recorded by John Locke in 1693. The stories originated in Great Britain where they were particularly common in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and spread to North America, where the stories were common in the Southern USA. The Oxford English Dictionary cites approximately 1548 as the earliest written appearance of "Blooddybone".
Bloody-Bones is usually said to live near ponds, but according to Ruth Tongue in Somerset Folklore, "lived in a dark cupboard, usually under the stairs. If you were heroic enough to peep through a crack you would get a glimpse of the dreadful, crouching creature, with blood running down his face, seated waiting on a pile of raw bones that had belonged to children who told lies or said bad words.”
The Berbalang are creatures of Filipino myth. Having a human appearance, they resemble vampires but with wings and slanted eyes. They dig up graves in order to eat corpses.
The following account of an encounter with the Berbalangs occurs in Rupert T. Gould's book Oddities, published in 1928:
In the 1896 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Mr. Ethelbert Forbes Skertchley of Hong Kong reported the remarkable story of the Berbalangs of Cagayan Sulu:
"In the center of the island is a small village, the inhabitants of which owe allegiance to neither of the two chiefs. These people are called 'Berbalangs', and the Cagayans live in great fear of them. These Berbalangs are ghouls, and must eat human flesh occasionally or they would die. You can always tell them, because the pupils of their eyes are not round, but just narrow slits like those of a cat. They dig open the graves and eat the entrails of the corpses; but in Cagayan the supply is limited, so when they feel the craving for a feed of human flesh they go away into the grass, and, having carefully hidden their bodies, hold their breath and fall into a trance. Their astral bodies are then liberated.... They fly away, and entering a house make their way into the body of one of the occupants and feed on their entrails..... The Berbalangs may be heard coming, as they make a moaning noise which is loud at a distance and dies away to a feeble moan as they approach. When they are near you the sound of their wings may be heard and the flashing lights of their eyes can be seen like dancing fire-flies in the dark. Should you be the happy possessor of a Coconut pearl you are safe, but otherwise the only way to beat them off is to cut at them with a kris, the blade of which has been rubbed with the juice of a lime. If you see the lights and hear the moaning in front of you, wheel suddenly round and make a cut in the opposite direction. Berbalangs always go by contraries and are never where they appear to be."
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Enjoy, anons! That's all I've got.
Bump. I like cryptid threads even if most of these aren't cryptids
>>17096366
Cryptids or not, this is the kind of shit where /x/ is at its best. People talking about legends, myths, stories. Roleplaying at a minimum, sharing of knowledge at a maximum.
Good shit.
>>17096347
Thanks a lot, mate! I have a keen interest in myths and folklore, so I really appreciated these posts.
>>17096379
Ain't that the truth.
Kirkonväki, (literally kirkko=church, väki=folk, power in ancient finnish: churchfolk, OR power of the church in ancient finnish) are a type of finnish mythical undead. Said to roam in churches and churchyards after dark, their touch being death or suffering and bad luck. Some myths tell of them following people to their homes. There's an old pagan remedy to protect against them. You carve a small human figure out of Alder wood (of which the finnish name means "blood" in old language.), put tin as it's eyes, and tie a red string around it, binding a coin to it's back. Burying it in the churches graveyard is supposed to protect from the kirkonväki, and their effects. Intrestingly, when christianity was barely introduced to Finland, the burial ground was thought to contain a power called Kalma (an old word for death, dead), which would manifest as ghostly figures. Touching or talking to these figures was said to drive any but the strongest shaman insane. The myths could be connected, kirkonväki being a christian perversion/amalgamation of the old pagan Goddess Kalma, and her power, the kalma. The name kirkonväki makes sense since väki was also thought to be a persons strength, the power of his soul, and blood. Väki means folk, or a mob of people in modern finnish= there's power in a group. Hence kirkonväki, as power of the church. And kirkonväki as literal people of the church, as in embittered dead.
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He was probably drunk
>>17095807
>Domovoy means ‘grandfather’ or ‘master’.
Wrong, it literally means "one of the house".
You're right about pycaлки (there is no ь in that word though), that word now means mermaids in Russian, probably because they're much more prominent in folk tales than drowners.
Typing on phone so no pix sorry,
The Black Greet is a Schleswegian legendary spirit that is said to aid or hinder fishermen of the baltic sea, she is seen to be wearing jewels and pearls but her garb all in black.
The Spirit is said only to appear to those that have made a poor catch but have remained patient and remained out at sea until the onset of night, the spirit will ask the fishermen to cast thier nets out one last time which will grant them the motherload of fish however they must cast the best fish back as an offering.
The beat fish is usually very obvious as it is made of gold and jewels, should it be taken rather than offered back to the black greet it will turn all other fish to gold, making the boat very heavy and causing it to sink, drowing the fishermen who dare reciprocate generocity with greed. The drowned will turn to fish and be offered to the next fishermen deemed worthy.
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>>17095641
"Goblins" were just children partaking in the yuletide rite of passage. Christians making children into monsters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC7CpI1UjS0
>>17095316
The Oh Peeh Isah Fahgu-lous is a creature that originated from nordic culture, it is believed to come out from the ground and stalk men and young boys, nobody knows why, but there is a theory that it is a fag and likes men and traps.
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Kristjan Virkernes is not a credible source. Unless pulling it out of your ass is how you define credible.
>>17096366
Folkloric beasties and cryptids tend to blur the lines pretty frequently.
>>17095703
This is awesome for a short story.
In fact, all of this stuff is awesome for writing.
>>17095885
I'm going to guess this one has origins in sleep paralysis.
Bump
>>17095571
Wasn't she in an Arthur episode
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXKA8wvVM-k
>>17097348
I used a reverse image search on this and found these.
http://auntlizzy.com/trick-or-treat
Thanks, anon.
The King of the Cats (or The King o' the Cats) is a folk tale from the British Isles. A man travelling alone sees a cat (or hears a voice), who speaks to him, saying to tell someone (often an odd name, presumably unknown to the character) that someone else (normally a similarly odd name) has died, though other versions simply have the traveller see a group of cats holding a royal funeral. He reaches his destination and recounts what happened, when suddenly the housecat cries something like "Then I am the king of the cats!", rushes up the chimney or out of the door, and is never seen again.
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The Cat Sìth (Scottish Gaelic: [kʰaht̪ ˈʃiː]) or Cat Sidhe (Irish: [kat̪ˠ ˈʃiː], Cat Sí in new orthography) is a fairy creature from Celtic mythology, said to resemble a large black cat with a white spot on its chest. Legend has it that the spectral cat haunts the Scottish Highlands. The legends surrounding this creature are more common in Scottish folklore, but a few occur in Irish. Some common folklore suggested that the Cat Sìth was not a fairy, but a witch that could transform into a cat nine times.
The people of the Scottish Highlands did not trust the Cat Sìth. They believed that it could steal a person's soul before it was claimed by the gods by passing over a corpse before burial; therefore watches called the Feill Fadalach (Late Wake) were performed night and day to keep the Cat Sìth away from a corpse before burial. Methods of "distraction" such as games of leaping and wrestling, catnip, riddles, and music would be employed to keep the Cat Sìth away from the room in which the corpse lay. In addition, there were no fires where the body lay, as it was legend that the Cat Sìth was attracted to the warmth.
>>17095796
>but Fever Ray is Swedish...
Stingy Jack was a miserable, old drunk who took pleasure in playing tricks on just about everyone: family, friends, his mother and even the Devil himself. One day, he tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple tree. After the Devil climbed up the tree, Stingy Jack hurriedly placed crosses around the trunk of the tree. Unable to touch a cross, the Devil was stuck in the tree. Stingy Jack made the Devil promise him not to take his soul when he died. Once the devil promised not to take his soul, Stingy Jack removed the crosses, and the Devil climbed down out of the apple tree.
Many years later, Jack died, he went to the pearly gates of Heaven and was told by Saint Peter that he was mean and cruel, and had led a miserable, worthless life on earth. Stingy Jack was not allowed to enter heaven. He then went down to Hell and the Devil. The Devil kept his promise and would not allow him to enter Hell. Now Jack was scared . He had nowhere to go, but to wander about forever in the dark Netherworld between heaven and hell. He asked the Devil how he could leave, as there was no light. The Devil tossed him an ember from the flames of Hell, to help Stingy Jack light his way. Jack had a Turnip with him. It was one of his favorite foods, and he always carried one with him. Jack hollowed out the Turnip, and placed the ember the Devil had given him, inside the turnip. From that day onward, Stingy Jack roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way as he went with his "Jack O'Lantern".
On all Hallow's eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away. These were the original Jack O'Lanterns. In the 1800's a couple of waves of Irish immigrants came to America. The Irish immigrants quickly discovered that Pumpkins were bigger and easier to carve out. So they used pumpkins for Jack O'Lanterns.
In the folklore of Bavaria and Austria, Perchta was said to roam the countryside at midwinter, and to enter homes between the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany (especially on the Twelfth Night). She would know whether the children and young servants of the household had behaved well and worked hard all year. If they had, they might find a small silver coin next day, in a shoe or pail. If they had not, she would slit their bellies open, remove stomach and guts, and stuff the hole with straw and pebbles. She was particularly concerned to see that girls had spun the whole of their allotted portion of flax or wool during the year. She would also slit people's bellies open and stuff them with straw if they ate something on the night of her feast day other than the traditional meal of fish and gruel.
The cult of Perchta, under which followers left food and drink for Fraw Percht and her followers in the hope of receiving wealth and abundance, was condemned in Bavaria in the Thesaurus pauperum (1468) and by Thomas Ebendorfer von Haselbach in De decem praeceptis (1439).
Grýla is a mythical giantess living in the mountains of Iceland. Most of the stories told about Gryla were to frighten bad children, and her name is mentioned in Snorri Sturluson's thirteenth century Edda.
She has the ability to detect children who are misbehaving year-round. During Christmas time, she comes from the mountains to search nearby towns for her meal. She leaves her cave and hunts for the children. She devours children as her favorite snack. Her favorite dish is a stew of naughty kids and she had an insatiable appetite. According to legends, there was never a shortage of food for Gryla.
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I remember this story from when I was a little kid... Thanks for the horrible nostalgia
The kallikantzaros (Greek: Καλλιkάντζαρος; Bulgarian: кapaкoнджyл; pl. kallikantzaroi) is a malevolent goblin in Southeastern European and Anatolian folklore. Kallikantzaroi are believed to dwell underground but come to the surface during the twelve days of Christmas, from 25 December to 6 January (from the winter solstice for a fortnight during which time the sun ceases its seasonal movement).
Kallikantzaroi are believed to be creatures of the night. According to folklore, there were many ways people could protect themselves during the days when the kallikantzaroi were loose. One such method was to leave a colander on their doorstep to trick the visiting kallikantzaros. It was believed that since it could not count above two – three was believed to be a holy number, and by pronouncing it, the kallikantzaros would supposedly kill itself – the kallikantzaros would sit at the doorstep all night, counting each hole of the colander, until the sun rose and it was forced to hide.
Another supposed method of protection from kallikantzaroi was to leave the fire burning in the fireplace, all night, so that they could not enter through it. In some areas, people would burn the Yule log for the duration of the twelve days. In other areas, people would throw foul-smelling shoes in the fire, as the stench was believed to repulse the kallikantzaroi and thus force them to stay away. Additional ways to keep them away included marking one's door with a black cross on Christmas Eve and burning incense.
According to legend, any child born during the twelve days of Christmas was in danger of transforming to a kallikantzaros during each Christmas season, starting with adulthood. It was believed that the antidote to prevent this transformation was to bind the baby in tresses of garlic or straw, or to singe the child's toenails. According to another legend, anyone born on a Saturday could see and talk with the kallikantzaroi.
>>17095766
>Tuatha de Danann
>Irish gods/demigods
Celtic lore is the shit.
>mysteriously show up one day sailing in under the cover of a mysterious mist they are purported to have created so locals can't see them coming
>basically try to move in like Jews claiming "bla bla promised land" or whatever
>capable of great miracles/magic/tech
>known as descendants of Irish god Danu because they're so based
>participate in several wars
>IIRC build a bridge fast as fuck for some reason
>vanquish last race of giants for local king
>something about a dragon
>King is sorta a dick and screws them over
>great war ensues
>humans have great numbers
>Tuatha de Danann have great tech/magic
>eventually strike truce with humans
>they take the below world and we take the above
>from then on fae mounds are attributed to them as well as Samhain and changing of seasons.
Sorry, just citing entirely from memory. If anyone is interested, I could easily look up more through my college library and correct/verify things as well. They're difficult to find, otherwise, which is why I had never heard of them before (probably you, too). I sorta see them as a mish-mash of early druids and fae (maybe just an early advanced civ similar to Atlantis), but the stories are cool as fuck either way.
Personally, they fucking fascinate me. Wish I had more time to study them, and I have NEVER seen them mentioned on /x/.
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I have heard strigoi was the last words of Bram Stoker when in bed about to die he pointed to a dark corner in the room and say strigoi
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Reminds me of the Kelpie. There's a really great comic about them, this is the first of like 13. Just google kelpie comic for the rest.
Creatures like this are far more frightening than the obviously grotesque boogey men, to me at least.
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Here's one more to bait ya a bit.
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The Morrígan ("phantom queen") or Mórrígan ("great queen"), also written as Morrígu or in the plural as Morrígna, and spelled Morríghan or Mór-ríoghain in Modern Irish, is a figure from Irish mythology. The primary themes associated with the Morrígan are battle, strife, and sovereignty. She most frequently appears in the form of a crow, flying above the warriors. Her representation as the goddess of death is most complete with crows/ravens frequent appearances on battlefield and birds eye view from above. She is generally considered a war deity comparable with the Germanic Valkyries.
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>picturesforants
Here, have a better one. And keep up the good work.
The bean nighe (Scottish Gaelic for "washer woman"), is a Scottish fairy, seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. She is a type of bean sìth (in Irish bean sídhe, anglicized as "banshee").
As the "Washer at the Ford" she wanders near deserted streams where she washes the blood from the grave-clothes of those who are about to die. It is said that mnathan nighe (the plural of bean nighe) are the spirits of women who died giving birth and are doomed to do this work until the day their lives would have normally ended.
A bean nighe is described in some tales as having one nostril, one big protruding tooth, webbed feet and long-hanging breasts, and to be dressed in green. If one is careful enough when approaching, three questions may be answered by the Bean Nighe, but only after three questions have been answered first. A mortal who is bold enough to sneak up to her while she is washing and suck her breast can claim to be her foster child. The mortal can then gain a wish from her. If a mortal passing by asks politely, she will tell the names of the chosen that are going to die. While generally appearing as a hag, she can also manifest as a beautiful young woman when it suits her, much as does her Irish counterpart the bean sídhe.
The dullahan is a headless rider, usually on a black horse who carries their own head under one arm. The head's eyes are small, black, and constantly dart about like flies, while the mouth is constantly in a hideous grin that touches both sides of the head. The flesh of the head is said to have the color and consistency of moldy cheese. The dullahan uses the spine of a human corpse for a whip, and its wagon is adorned with funeral objects (e.g. candles in skulls to light the way, the spokes of the wheels are made from thigh bones, the wagon's covering made from a worm-chewed pall or dried human skin). When the dullahan stops riding, that is where a person is due to die. The dullahan calls out the person's name, at which point the person immediately perishes.
There is no way to bar the road against a dullahan—all locks and gates open to them when they approach. They do not appreciate being watched while on their errands, throwing a basin of blood on those who dare to do so (often a mark that they are among the next to die), or even lashing out the watchers' eyes with their whips.
I'd like to point OP's attention to the thread here:
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It's been three weeks since I've seen the thing that most clearly does resemble a classic fairy. And I am still freaking afraid of the tap, kind Gentlemen.
For all I have researched, wondered about the particular water-related nature of my visitor, I am not exactly sure it fits either bill. The Japanese have some obscure frog-like thing. That's not the right direction, no.
There's a variety of water spirits in European folklore (Netherlands inhabitant, albeit not native, writing here). I had stumbled around to find mayhaps some Dutch water spirits or something, but nothing brings a useful result either. What was, kind Gentlemen, this very thing?
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'Good Faeries / Bad Faeries' (Brian Froud)
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'A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk' (Edain McCoy)
In Irish and Scottish folklore, the Sluagh (Irish pronunciation: [sɫuə], Scottish Gaelic: [slˠ̪uaɣ], modern Irish spelling Slua, English: "horde, crowd") were the spirits of the restless dead. Sometimes they were seen as sinners, or generally evil people who were welcome in neither heaven nor hell, nor in the Otherworld, who had also been rejected by the Celtic deities and by the earth itself. Whichever the underlying belief, they are almost always depicted as troublesome and destructive. They were seen to fly in groups like flocks of birds, coming from the west, and were known to try to enter the house of a dying person in an effort to carry the soul away with them. West-facing windows were sometimes kept closed to keep them out. Some consider the Sluagh to also carry with them the souls of innocent people who were kidnapped by these destructive spirits.
Lewis Spence writes in 'The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain':
"In the Western Isles of Scotland the Sluagh, or fairy host, was regarded as composed of the souls of the dead flying through the air, and the feast of the dead at Hallowe'en was likewise the festival of the fairies."
>>17095316
I see there's many from Slavic folklore. Here is something that's Bulgarian-Macedonian-Romanian.
Samodiva/Samovila. Wood fairies.
Samodivas are commonly depicted as ethereal maidens with long loose hair, sometimes also with wings. They are usually dressed in free-flowing gowns, their garments decorated with feathers by means of which they can fly like birds. Samodivas are most often described as being blonde, tall and slender women with pale, glowing skin and fiery eyes.Samodivas are believed to be very beautiful women with an affinity to fire. They have the power to bring about drought, burn a farmer's crops, or make cattle die of high fever. It is said that, when angered, a Samodiva would change her appearance and turn into a monstrous bird, capable of flinging fire at her enemies. This, combined with the power of their seductive voices, makes them somewhat similar to Harpies in Greek mythology. Their vindictive nature also complements this notion.
They are usually hostile and dangerous to people. Men who gaze upon a Samodiva fall instantly in love (or at least in lust), and women go so far as to take their own lives at the sight of such beauty.
There is also a whole wikipedia thing about it which is where the description is from. Interesting in my opinion
>>17095316
Thank you OP, I love mythology/bestiary (this part especially) and fantasy.
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Aside Slavo-Rumanian monsters like Vampires or Strigas (not sure about Werewolves, I know we shared them with Germanics, also Alps were class of Germanic Vampires) we also had few others shared between mythologies.
Sirens, who were of Hellenic/Greek origins, there were also those called Alkonosts.
Today some Slavs calls Germanic Mermaids "Syreny" (or similarly) so to differentiate them from these (Harpy-like) we might adopt neologism "Syriny".
There is also one shared with Iranic/Persian mythology, it's a bird similar to Roc known as Simurgh. We call it Simargl.
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OP, do you know some cool icy/frozen monsters? Aside Bigfoot and Yeti or similar and Garm and Fenrir I'm not aware of any. Heard Eskimo mythology has quite few of them.
Also any redpill on Egyptian and Babylonian bestiary...
Sphinx, Phoenix, Ammut, Anubites (dubbed by AoM) is all I know.
Or Scorpion Men, Anzu, Manticore (?), Apsu and Tiamath (not sure about these, if those were more titan-like primordial beasts or gods) from the latter side.
Fug, to think AoM2 was supposed to let you play as Babylonians.
t. Pshek who mostly reads about Slavic and Roman mythology.
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Oh pic related is most famous Zmey (here used as translation of Wyrm too) Gorynych.
Zmeys were usually good, whereas Dragons were malevolent and had sort of rivalry. At least that's how it was in one of the versions.
We call Dragons "Smok" and I have no idea where it come from, those would change like meaning of Upiyr (Wraith) and Vampire, who used to be the same for Russians.
Dragons appeared in almost all mythologies.
/Sorry no good writing skills
>>17095703
>droughts
>in Scotland
These are very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
>>17099698
>not sure about Werewolves, I know we shared them with Germanics
They're called varkolak, and they're essentially still vampires but with a stronger focus on the shapeshifting into wolves.
There are also the moroi, which are also a class of vampires and are more like wraiths.
Not really a cryptid, but there is also solomonari, which were wandering sorcerers that wore white capes and had red hair (in some Romanian superstition vampires were supposed to have red hair along with red eyes), and could control the weather.
There were supposed to be ten of them, nine wandering the country with the last being their master at the Scholomance, a school of black magic where he rode the zmeu, a kind of dragon, and created the weather in the sky.
The solomonari were probably just tales of shamans in pre-Christian Romania.
La Cegua is a witch who resides in the woods. She takes on several facades. At times she appears in a white corn leaf dress with a veil covering her face. It is said that she has long black hair covering over her face. She is also said to wear a Guarumo Tree leaf dress and her voice is made rasping and hollow by plantain leaves covering her teeth. Others say that her face is ghostly and that her eyes stare into her victim's souls. Still another version says that she is believed to have the face of a horse. Nicaraguans also say that she walks through the woods and back roads naked, waiting for her next victim. Men are drawn to her fantastical silhouette. The words she speaks to these men are so horrific that the victim goes insane instantaneously - something from which they never recover. La Cegua is believed to have super-human abilities and is able to walk through solid objects, gravitate above ground and fly at extreme speeds in her efforts to lure men into her trap. To save yourself from such an encounter you should carry mustard seeds and throw them before her. She apparently will stop to try and pick up the magical seeds. As with other myths in Nicaraguan folklore, the tale of La Cegua is believed to ensure that men come straight home after work.
I'm surprised no one poasted Jesus.
Bump, with song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mozoNw0L2AA
>>17099709
Zmey Gorinich has never been a good character in Russian mythology
>>17095571
Baba Yaga has a bone leg, because she stands on the border between our world and the world of dead.
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This is Baba Yaga's house on the pic
The Gwrach y Rhibyn (pronounced [ˈɡurɑːx ə ˈhribɨn]) is a monstrous Welsh spirit in the shape of a hideously ugly woman – a Welsh saying, to describe a woman without good looks, goes, "Y mae mor salw â Gwrach y Rhibyn" (she is as ugly as the Gwrach y Rhibyn) – with a harpy-like appearance: unkempt hair and wizened, withered arms with leathery wings, long black teeth and pale corpse-like features. She approaches the window of the person about to die by night and calls their name, or travels invisibly beside them and utters her cry when they approach a stream or crossroads, and is sometimes depicted as washing her hands there. Most often the Gwrach y Rhibyn will wail and shriek "Fy ngŵr, fy ngŵr!" (My husband! My husband!) or "Fy mhlentyn, fy mhlentyn bach!" (My child! My little child!), though sometimes she will assume a male's voice and cry "Fy ngwraig! Fy ngwraig!" (My wife! My wife!).
Nalusa Falaya is a frightening creature of Choctaw mythology. Its name literally means "long black being," and though it is usually described as a tall spindly humanoid, it is sometimes said to slither like a snake or melt into the form of a shadow. It lurks in the long shadows around dusk, frightening children from staying out too late and occasionally bewitching incautious hunters.
The Skadegamutc are ghost-witches of the Wabanaki tribes of New England. They are usually said to be created when an evil sorcerer dies, at which point he begins rising from the dead at night to kill and eat humans. During the day, a ghost-witch appears to be an ordinary corpse. It can only be permanently destroyed by fire.
In Wabanaki folklore, Swamp Woman is a female ghost that lives in the swamps and makes mournful cries. Anyone who tries to follow the sound of her crying will be lost in the swamp and killed. We do not know of any complete stories regarding Swamp Woman-- she was primarily a bogeyman to scare children away from straying into the swamp. By some tellings, Swamp Woman was more of a malevolent creature, intentionally luring children to their deaths out of spite or so that she could eat them. According to other people, Swamp Woman was a more tragic figure: the ghost of a childless woman who calls children to her out of genuine loneliness, only to have them die when her ghostly hands touch them.
>>17097476
>The King of the Cats
Here he is in all his glory.
>>17100338
What does /x/ think of the theory that Spring Heeled Jack was a demon?
>>17095870
the deerwoman's actress tho
Bump
>>17096193
Yeah and then you woke up
>>17097125
That does seem to work pretty well here though
>>17095316
spooky stories are go!
>>17096135
that's hot
>>17097131
I know but I'm not complaining
>>17095316
I'm not even halfway through this thread and it's all gold! Great thread, guys. I'll see if I can dig a few up.
>>17095803
Slavic/celtic are my favorites. I used to really like native american, but /x/ killed that for me. I mean, I still love native american lore but it's barely able to be discussed here seriously anymore.
>>17095874
IIRC correctly, there's some weird-ass super-rare genetic condition that makes perfectly healthy guys die in their sleep. Can't remember where, but I wanna say the Philippines(?). It's attributed to her, but we only just recently found out that it's sorta legit.
>>17102255
>genetic condition
>perfectly healthy
Pic unrelated, it's the French mythological Tarasque with an ankylosaur for comparison.
>>17103111
Okay since I didn't specify, and you seem to be nitpicking...
>seemingly perfectly healthy
>absolutely no critical/obscure medical condition ever diagnosed in subjects previously
>die in sleep (from I forget what)
It's a legitimate condition and I wasn't condoning ANY /x/ shit, but trying to contribute to discussion with genetic research. For, probably centuries, they attributed it to fucking spirits, and I put forth that it is due to a widely studied (albeit rare) genetic disorder.
Sorry if I can't tell if you're arguing for/against me, or are just trolling. I never know anymore when I try to talk science on this board, so many people want to shit all over it.
Even my dad, the most die-hard sci-fi geek I know is the most deeply believing Christian I know... it's confusing, to say the least.
>>17098144
Couldn't understand shit
>>17095770
That's so fetch!
>>17102255
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unexpected_death_syndrome
>>17100502
I like to think he's a low level demon that escaped hell and proceeded to terrorize the people but because he was low level he couldn't do much besides surprise attack and be scary
The púca (Irish for spirit/ghost), pooka, phouka, phooka, phooca, puca or púka, is primarily a creature of Irish folklore. The creatures were said to be shape changers which could take the appearance of black horses, goats and rabbits. They may also take a human form, which includes various animal features, such as ears or a tail. Fairy mythologist Thomas Keightley said "notions respecting it are very vague," and in a brief description gives an account collected by Croker from a boy living near Killarney that "old people used to say that the Pookas were very numerous...long ago..., were wicked-minded, black-looking, bad things...that would come in the form of wild colts, with chains hanging about them." and that did much to harm unwary travellers. Also, children were warned not to eat overripe blackberries, because this was a sign that the pooka has befouled them.
It is a creature associated with Samhain, a Goidelic harvest festival, when the last of the crops are brought in. Anything remaining in the fields is considered "puka", or fairy-blasted, and hence inedible. In some locales, reapers leave a small share of the crop, the "púca's share", to placate the hungry creature. Nonetheless, 1 November is the púca's day, and the one day of the year when it can be expected to behave civilly.
Black Annis, also known as Black Agnes, is a bogeyman figure in English folklore. She is imagined as a blue-faced crone or witch with iron claws and a taste for humans (especially children). She is said to haunt the countryside of Leicestershire, living in a cave in the Dane Hills, with an oak tree at its entrance.
She supposedly goes out onto the glens at night looking for unsuspecting children and lambs to eat, then tanning their skins by hanging them on a tree, before wearing them around her waist. She would reach inside houses to snatch people. Legend has it that she used her iron claws to dig into the side of a sandstone cliff, making herself a home there which is known as Black Annis's Bower. The legend led to parents warning their children that Black Annis would catch them if they did not behave.
It has been suggested that the legend may derive from a popular memory of sacrifice to an ancient goddess. It is thought that offerings of children may have been made to the goddess that inspired the legend in the archaeological Hunting Period, the oak tree at the cave's entrance also a common site of local meetings. Annis was also represented in cat form and the legend led to a local ritual in early spring, when a dead cat would be dragged before a pack of hounds in front of her bower, to celebrate the end of winter.
>>17096510
> I would rather speculate the habits of some unspecified friend of an anonymous user in a global forum than entertain the idea that said friend could have felt chased by "something" and run in an effort to distance himself from a threat, whether said threat is real or imaginary
In Irish folklore, Glanconer, meaning "Love-Talker", is the fairy version of Casanova.
Appearance: A tall, dark, and handsome man, with pitch-black eyes who has a love for smoking pipes.
Lore: The Glanconer is an avid womanizer, meeting women in out-of-the-way places, often close to wild nature. As his name suggests, he sweet talks them until they reach the point where they are putty in his hands. His would-be lovers should beware, for most women who succumb to his lustful temptation and sleep with him are usually not long for this world. The fairy will abandon his victim afterward. Most of his cast-offs will either go insane and kill themselves or quietly pine away and die. The few that survive will never be satisfied with the touch of a mortal man.
>>17095665
Actually going to Cleveland tomorrow. Glad I might have something todo!
>>17104077
Because he is a fucking indian, they spent most of their time drunk out of their minds
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>>17095641
I think I got told a different version of that one when I was young. In my area we called it "der schwarze Peter" though. Funny enough that there is also a really popular card game called that. (you have to find the "black Peter" amongst other cards)
>>17097720
Austrian here and that's still really present. Children receive either wooden rods or treats on the 5th of december (Krampus' day) and we have "Perchtenläufe" (Percht runs) nearly each weekend getting close to christmas.
Fucking metal.
>>17103595
I'm just fucking with you, nerd.
Super solid thread guys, keep posting. All this info is actually really interesting to read.
>>17104095
Sort of like Sirens but not in water and on land. Where do you guys think this myth came from? Maybe some handsome out of towner strolled in and took everyone's wives one day? Was there someone legitimately so charismatic that people called them magic?
>>17095571
Baba yaga means witch in polish
>>17104853
It is figurative sense, witch is a profession of Baba Yaga. She is very famous witch.
>>17099589
Thanks for this one. My D&D group greatly enjoyed this encounter.
In Romanian folklore, Muma Pădurii literally means "the Mother of the Forest", though "mumă" is an archaic version of "mamă" (mother), which has a fairy-tale overtone for the Romanian reader (somewhat analogue to using the archaic pronouns like "thou" and "thy" in English). Muma Pădurii is a spirit of the forest in a very ugly and old woman's body. Sometimes she has the ability to change her shape. She lives in a dark, dreadful, hidden little house.
She is thought to attack children, and because of this, a large variety of spells (descântece in Romanian) are used against her.
This (step-) mother of the forest kidnaps little children and enslaves them. In one of the popular stories, at some point, she tries to boil a little girl alive, in a soup. However the little girl's brother outsmarts Muma Pădurii and pushes the woman-monster in the oven instead, similar to the story of Hansel and Gretel.
Marțolea is a Demonic entity in Romanian mythology (especially in the regions of Bukovina and Maramureș). The entity's gender is unclear, as it can shapeshift at will. It lives up in the mountains and descends on Tuesday nights to lure with its singing and punish the women caught working.
Called also Marț Sara (the old Romanian words for "Tuesday Evening") is a malefic entity, who demands the semi-holy day of Tuesday to be respected and who forbids four women's chores: spinning of the wool, sowing, boiling laundry and baking bread. This is a pagan being.
Marțolea's punishments for these things are harsh like: killing by ripping, hanging the guts on nails to the wall and around the dishes, in the unmarried women cases. For the married women the punishments are killing or possessing their baby or their husband who is far from home.
Usually his form is of a goat with human like head, horns & hooves. He can shape shift into a big old woman dressed all in black, ugly, soldier/warrior or as a handsome man. To married women it shows as an old woman, to married men as a virgin and to unmarried women as a young charming man.
In some regions, there is a different character called Joimârița, another form of the Romanian word for Thursday this one however punishes lazy children.
Marțolea repays the women who keep the Tuesday day sacred by leaving them eggs on their doorstep or flowers from the highest mountains in Bukovina. On the first night of March, women that wear March Trinkets (Mărțișor) are repaid by Marțolea with a silver coin that the girls will have to keep all year.
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>>17104169
> being drunk WILL make you run from nothing
> there exists no Indian that does not drink
> every single human within the Cherokee nation is ONLY indian
> being drunk most of the time is the same as being drunk ALL the time
I'm not saying whatever spook they're talking about chased or didn't chase anon's friend, but you're just trying to force the conclusion that he definitely wasn't chased by the spook.
That is no different than starting with the conclusion that God exists and only accepting supporting evidence as real evidence.
A Pricolici (pronounced /pri.koˈlit͡ʃʲ/) (same form in plural) is a werewolf/vampire fusion in the Romanian folklore. Similar to a vârcolac, although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like characteristics.
Pricolici, similar to strigoi, are undead souls that have risen from the grave to harm living people. While a strigoi possesses anthropomorphic qualities similar to the ones it had before death, a pricolici always resembles a wolf. Malicious, violent men are often said to become pricolici after death, in order to continue harming other humans.
Some Romanian folklore delineates that Pricolici are werewolves in life and after they die, return as vampires. This also gives rise to the legend of vampires that can turn into animals such as wolves, dogs, or owls and bats. The common theme of all these animals being that they are nocturnal hunters much like vampires.
Even as recently as modern times, many people living in rural areas of Romania have claimed to have been viciously attacked by abnormally large and fierce wolves. Apparently, these wolves attack silently, unexpectedly and only solitary targets. Victims of such attacks often claim that their aggressor wasn't an ordinary wolf, but a pricolici who has come back to life to continue wreaking havoc.
>>17095750
>getting stroked by a fairy's scepter
>>17096347
Well appreciated OP, this is some good reading materal
The Leshy (Russian: Лéший; IPA: [ˈlʲeʂɨj]; literally, "[he] from the forest") is the tutelary spirit of the woodlands in Slavic folklore. The plural form in Russian can be transliterated leshiye (with accent on the vowel after the l).
Leshiye are masculine and humanoid in shape, are able to assume any likeness and can change in size and height. In some accounts, the leshy is described as having a wife (leshachikha/leszachka/lesovikha) and children (leshonki/leszonky). Because of his propensity to lead travelers astray and abduct children, which he shares with Chort, or "The Black One," the Leshy is believed by some to be evil. Others view him as more of a temperamental being like a fairy.
>>17096212
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hHUqMiFfqU
The Cù-Sìth (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kuː ʃiː]), plural Coin-Sìth (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kɔːn ʃiː]) is a mythological hound found in Scotland and the Hebrides. A similar creature exists in Irish folklore (spelled Cú Sídhe), and it also bears some resemblance to the Welsh Cŵn Annwn.
According to Scottish folklore, the Cù-Sìth is said to be the size of a young bull with the appearance of a wolf. Its fur is shaggy, and usually cited as being dark green though sometimes white. Its tail is described as being long and either coiled up or plaited (braided). Its paws are described as being the width of a man's hand.
The Cù-Sìth is thought to make its home in the clefts of rocks in the Highlands, and also to roam the moors and highlands.
The Cù-Sìth was feared as a harbinger of death and would appear to bear away the soul of a person to the afterlife, similar to the manner of the Grim Reaper. In this role the Cù-Sìth holds in Scottish folklore a function similar to that of the Bean Sidhe, or banshee, in Irish folklore.
According to legend, the creature was capable of hunting silently, but would occasionally let out three terrifying bays, and only three, that could be heard for miles by those listening for it, even far out at sea. Those who hear the baying of the Cù-Sìth must reach safety by the third bark or be overcome with terror to the point of death.
It was also said the baying was a warning to lock up nursing women lest the beast abduct them and take them to a fairy mound (Scottish Gaelic: sìthean, pl. sìtheanan) to supply milk for the children of the fae (daoine sìth).
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Koschei the Immortal (also translated as Deatlhess/Undying/Undead).
In Slavic (mainly russian) folk tales, he's an evil sorcerous warrior-king, who fell to greed and was deprived from his power, later to become a merciless undead warlock figure. He's associated with Underworld, death and winter, wields a baneful sword and is a skillfull black magician. His death is on the tip of a needle, which is hidden inside a crystal egg, which is also trapped in a chest - a kind of phylactery.
Kos is also famous for being an indigenous slavic Lich.
Also, here in Russia we, too, have our own version of the worldly known Boogeyman. Here he's commonly known under the name "Babay" or "Babayka", a formless dark creature that lurks in the shadows when the night falls. Parents usually mention him to make naughty children behave nicely, especially when they refuse to go to sleep.
Hides wherever it is dark, be it wardrobes, closets, or under the bed. A fairly stereotypical creature, but commonly feared by children.
Vourdalak (vurdalak), in Slavic mythology - analogue of vampire, and ALSO werewolf (those were usually seen as the same entity due to vampires' ability to turn into animals at will).
I have a folklore being from my family, pretty sure no one else other than some select others in Utah know.
In Utah around the salt lake valley,
my family has passed a tale about a "skin walker" that lived around the woody areas at the Jordan river area (a river In salt lake valley.) They called him Ol' Howler, because of his howling that can be heard at night.
Apparently he was a nuisance to the settlers around the area when they arrived, he stole food and chickens. I don't know the full story behind him, but I was told that the pioneers went on a big hunt In the Jordan river, and chopped down most of the willow trees. The beast ran off into the wilderness and hasn't been seen since.
I don't know if my family is pulling my leg and telling spoopy stories, or if this is a real tale. I haven't found anything about Ol' Howler online so I'm convinced it's family bs.
Pic isn't the same, but it gives an idea.
>>17108184
Was there once wolves in Ireland/UK?
>>17095641
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht
Knecht Ruprecht (English: Farmhand Rupert or Servant Rupert) is a companion of Saint Nicholas as described in the folklore of Germany. He first appears in written sources in the 17th century, as a figure in a Nuremberg Christmas procession.[1]:155
>>17109179
>His death is on the tip of a needle, which is hidden inside a crystal egg, which is also trapped in a chest - a kind of phylactery.
I've seen versions in which killing him is much more of a pain in the ass than that, with the egg being inside a duck that is inside a hare that is inside the box, which is burried under a green oak tree on a magical island that doesn't always exist. After you cut down the tree and dig up and open the box, the hare will bolt out of it. Once you kill the hare, the duck will fly away. After you kill the duck, you can get the egg. And then in some versions you have to smash the egg into Koschei's forehead to kill him, in addition to everything else. That bastard is incredibly hard to kill.
>>17103826
Idk, seemed pretty straight-forward to me, albeit simplified. I'm sure anyone who can understand anything could have looked up Tuatha de Danann and correlated everything I said.
>>17109464
The extermination of Northern Europe's wolves first became an organized effort during the Middle Ages, and continued until the late 1800s. In England, wolf persecution was enforced by legislation, and the last wolf was killed in the early sixteenth century during the reign of Henry VII. Wolves lasted longer in Scotland, where they sheltered in vast tracts of forest, which were subsequently burned down. Wolves managed to survive in the forests of Braemar and Sutherland until 1684. The extirpation of wolves in Ireland followed a similar course, with the last wolf believed to have been killed in 1786.
'Russian Fairy Tales' (Russian: Hapoдныe Pyccкиe Cкaзки, variously translated; English titles include also Russian Folk Tales), is a collection of Russian fairy tales, collected by Alexander Afanasyev and published by him between 1855 and 1863. His work was explicitly modeled after the Brothers Grimm's work, 'Grimm's Fairy Tales'.
Vladimir Propp drew heavily on this collection for his analyses in his Morphology of the Folktale.
Some of the tales included in these volumes:
The Death of Koschei the Immortal
Vasilissa the Beautiful
Vasilisa The Priest’s Daughter
Father Frost
Sister Alenushka, Brother Ivanushka
The Frog Princess
Vasilii the Unlucky
The White Duck
The Princess Who Never Smiled
The Wicked Sisters
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Magic Swan Geese
The Feather of Finist the Falcon
Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf
The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise
The Bold Knight, the Apples of Youth, and the Water of Life
Go I Know Not Whither and Fetch I Know Not What
The Golden Slipper
The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa
The Wise Little Girl
The Armless Maiden
The Giant Turnip
Kikimora (Russian: кики́мopa; IPA: [kʲJˈkʲimərə]) is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic (especially Eastern) mythology. Her role in the house is usually juxtaposed with that of the domovoy, whereas one of them is considered a "bad" spirit, and the other, a "good" one. When the kikimora inhabits a house, she lives behind the stove or in the cellar, and usually produces noises similar to those made by the mice in order to obtain food. Kikimory (in plural) were the first traditional explanation for sleep paralysis in Russian folklore.
The word kikimora may have derived from Udmurt (Finn-Ugric) word kikka-murt (compare Finnish Kikke Mörkö), meaning scarecrow (literally bag-made person), although other etymological hypotheses also exist. The OED links mora with the mare of nightmare, moreover, inconclusive linguistic evidence suggests that the French word cauchemar might have also derived from the same root.
There are two different kinds of Kikimoras. The one that comes from the forest is married to the Domovoi. The other one comes from the swamp (Russian: кики́мopa бoлóтнaя) and is married to Leshy. It is said that she can be identified by her wet footprints. When home builders wanted to cause harm to someone buying a house, they would bring in Kikimora. Once she is inside, it is difficult to get her to leave.
When the house is in order, Kikimora looks after the chickens and housework. If not, she whistles, breaks dishes, and makes noises at night. She also comes out at night to spin.
>>17095665
I always thought that was a Connecticut thing, but according to Wikipedia it's Ohio and Michigan as well
>>17111510
>when the house is in order she does the housework
??????
>>17112763
When the house hasn't gone to shit, she helps keep it that way; likewise when the house HAS gone to shit.
Chort (Russian: Чёpт, Belarusian and Ukrainian: Чopт, Polish: Czort and Czart, Czech and Slovak: Čert) is considered to be a demon of total evil, with horns, hoofs, skinny tail, and a pig-face in Slavic mythology (demonology). He is the son of the Slavic god Chernobog and the goddess Mara. In Ukraine, he is also known as haspyda, didko, irod, and kutsyi. In folk Christianity, he is considered a minion, or a synonym, of Satan.
Compare to sayings (curses) "Tysiacha chertei"(Russian) - meaning thousands of demons, "Chort poberi"(Russian) - meaning as overtaken by the demon, the saying is often used as an acceptable version of cursing in the Eastern Europe, "Chort poputal"(Russian) - meaning mixed up by the demon, "K chertiam"(Russian) - meaning to hell, and many others.
>>17095677
Lol...it is an old one...the movie is just new...
Tikbalang (also written as Tigbalang, Tigbalan, or Tikbalan) is a creature of Philippine folklore said to lurk in the mountains and forests of the Philippines. It is generally described as a tall, bony humanoid creature with disproportionately long limbs, to the point that its knees reach above its head when it squats down. It has the head and feet of an animal, most commonly a horse. It is sometimes believed to be a transformation of an aborted fetus which has been sent to earth from limbo.
>>17114956
Tikbalangs are said to scare travelers and lead them astray. Tikbalangs play tricks on travelers such that they keep on returning to an arbitrary path no matter how far he goes or where he turns. Supposedly this is counteracted by wearing one's shirt inside out. Another countermeasure is to ask permission out loud to pass by or, not to produce too much noise while in the woods in order not to offend or disturb the tikbalang.
Ningen: The Ningen's sheer size and slightly humanoid features make it a chilling unknown. Descriptions of the creature, who has ben spotted by Japanese fishermen, reads:
It is a humongous, “blubbery, whale-like creature,” whose smooth, pale form vaguely resembles the head, torso and appendages of a human being. Many observers have also reported that these animals have no distinct facial features save for two, huge eyes and a mouth-like slit
Next time you smell something wonderfully fragrant followed by a putrid stench, don’t be fooled — it’s probably a Pontianak. Having died during childbirth, Pontianaks return to the earth as undead creatures who just want to feast on the flesh of easily seduced men and pregnant women. These creepy beings take the form of eerily beautiful, long-haired ladies in white gowns whose cries notoriously warn of their presence — if loud, she’s far; if soft, you’re doomed. She’ll lure you with her beauty, then dig her sharp fingernails into your stomach to feed on your innards! And rip out your sex organs! Oh, and be wary of your beloved bananas, because daytime Pontianaks tend to hide their souls in banana trees. Tasty.
Crom Dubh/Cromm Cruach/ Arawn - Celtic God of Death and the Harvest, King of the Dead, Referred to as Crom Dubh (Black Bent One) around harvest time when he came before his followers covered in rich black soil and bent under a giant load of barley. According to Christian writers, he was propitiated with human sacrifice and his worship was ended by Saint Patrick.
>>17103829
Stop trying to make fetch happen, it's not going to happen.
>>17096034
>breastfeed serpents
Hawt
>>17095316
Most of the one I know are from shinmigami tensei 4
>>17115019
>Oh, and be wary of your beloved bananas, because daytime Pontianaks tend to hide their souls in banana trees. Tasty.
So what happens if you eat one? Do you kill it or become possessed?
Fantastic thread, OP.
Really enjoyed that.
>>17097297
Which does nothing to refute its possible reality.
>>17099660
Fluff. Try some R.J. Stewart, Orion Foxwood, or Robin Artisson instead.
>>17117299
Damn. Forgot the pic I wanted to include.
>>17095911
Eastern Band here. People still claim the see and hear Tsul 'Kalu from time to time. Shit one of the Elder Bradleys lost his council seat back in the early 2000s because he swore he encountered the creature while on a solo hunting trip out past Robinsville.
Hey, there's one for ya kids. Look up Tsul 'Kalu. Some of the other tribal nations have some interesting cryptids also.
This has been the best thread on this board in months. I must bump it.
>>17114985
What the actual fuck
>>17120072
It's called Photoshop, newfie.
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