BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Qarinah
Qarina, the female double born with every man
Female double born with every man, bringing jealousy and barrenness, and prowling by night as a cat.
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.
Qarฤซn
Qarฤซn, male spirit-double who whispers temptations according to Islamic tradition
Male spirit-double assigned to each person at birth who accompanies them throughout life whispering temptations.
Alukah
Alukah, the insatiable leech of Proverbs 30:15
The Alukah is the bloodsucking demon of Jewish folklore, born from the insatiable leech of Proverbs 30:15.
Si'lat
Jinn of the wastelands
The ghul's female in the Arabic sources: she leads the lone traveller off the road, and sometimes marries him.
Shiqq
Shiqq, pre-Islamic Arab demon of half-body that stalks desert paths
The shiqq is a pre-Islamic demon of the Arabian Peninsula that appears as a human being split lengthwise in half and attacks travelers on desert roads.
Iblis
Iblis, the jinn who would not bow
The jinn who refused to bow before Adam and won a respite to tempt until Judgment.
Shaitan
Shaitan, whisperer of Iblis's legion
Rebel jinn who whispers to the human heart to turn it from God, yet can never force the will.
Umm al-Sibyan
Umm al-Sibyan, Arabic-Islamic female demon of infant mortality
Umm al-Sibyan causes miscarriages, childbirth deaths, infant mortality, and seizures in nursing infants.
Estrie
Estrie, medieval Ashkenazi Jewish vampire that takes the form of a bird or cat
Living woman of the community who flies at night to drink blood and dies if she eats bread and salt from her victim.
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