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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Ghaddฤr
Yemeni jinn who tortures desert travelers
Ghaddฤr ambushes lone travelers in the deserts of Yemen and the Hejaz, captures, tortures and leaves them to die; cousin of the ghลซl and siสฟlฤ.
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Abchanchu
Abchanchu, Aymara vampiric spirit of the Andean high plateau and guardian of the subterranean mineral world
Aymara spirit of the high plateau that guards mines and punishes solitary travelers.
La Llorona
She who weeps by the water for her children
She killed her children and seeks them by night in the rivers. Her weeping sounds far off when she is near.
Old Higue
Old Higue, blood-sucking witch of Guyanese and English-speaking Caribbean folklore
By day a solitary old woman, at night she sheds her skin, hides it in a jar and flies as a ball of fire to drink blood, preferably from babies.
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