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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Chupacabra
Chupacabra, the livestock vampire in Puerto Rican folklore
The Chupacabra is a Puerto Rican cryptid famous for sucking blood from goats and livestock, leaving puncture wounds.
Soucouyant
Soucouyant, the Caribbean vampiric witch who sheds her skin to fly as a ball of fire
The Soucouyant is a Caribbean witch who at night sheds her skin to fly as a ball of fire and suck the blood of her victims.
Bell Witch
Bell Witch, the vengeful spirit with poltergeist activity in 19th-century Tennessee
The Bell Witch is the infamous vengeful spirit that tormented the Bell family in Tennessee with poltergeist activity and prophecies.
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.
Resurrection Mary
The phantom hitchhiker of Archer Avenue
A young woman in white who thumbs a ride on Archer Avenue and vanishes outside Resurrection Cemetery.
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.
Loogaroo
Skin-shifting witch-vampire of the French-speaking Caribbean
An elderly woman who makes a pact with the devil, leaves her skin on a silk-cotton tree and flies like a flame to deliver blood each night.
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