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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
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.
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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