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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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Wraith of Anne Boleyn
The Queen Who Returns to Blickling with Her Head
Beheaded in 1536. Each anniversary she returns to her childhood home in a coach of headless horses.
Will-o'-the-Wisp
The marsh light that recedes when you follow it
A pale flame over the peat that draws back as you near it and leaves the walker in the mud.
Wraith of Catherine Howard
The Shriek of the Haunted Gallery
Fifth wife of Henry VIII, beheaded in 1542. She is not seen but heard: a shriek down the gallery.
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