BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Manananggal
Manananggal Segmented Flying Torso
Village woman who at dusk separates at the waist, flies with bat wings and sucks fetuses from pregnant women with a proboscis tongue.
Pontianak
Pontianak, the woman dead in childbirth who named a city
Ghost of the woman dead in childbirth, a huge bird with a discordant cry that preys on men.
Langsuir
Langsuir, the owl vampire of Malay folklore
Woman dead in childbirth who returns as a long-clawed owl, with a hole in the back of her neck.
Penanggalan
Penanggalan, the Malay vampire of floating head and glowing entrails
The penanggalan is a Malay female vampire that detaches as a floating head with glowing entrails to hunt blood at night.
Aswang
Aswang, the witch who by day is your neighbour
By night it takes bird form and lowers its tongue through the roof to drink from pregnant women.
Tikbalang
Tikbalang, the shape-changer of the Philippine wilds
Spirit of the empty places, with outsized limbs, who changes shape and bargains with whoever tames him.
Tiyanak
Tiyanak, the newborn's cry that leads astray
Sprite of the empty places that cries like a newborn and loses the way of whoever follows it.
Krasue
Krasue Floating Head with Entrails
Thai woman who at night separates into a floating head with dangling entrails and flies low seeking blood.
Phi Tai Hong
Phi Tai Hong, Thai spirit of a violent death victim
Thai spirit of a victim of sudden violent death trapped at the exact place of demise, saturated with rage and desire for revenge, capable of possession and causing accidents.
Mae Nak
The wife of Phra Khanong dead in childbirth
She died in childbirth and went on playing the wife, until her husband saw her arm stretch.
Pocong
The shrouded dead who hops because no one untied his knots
A Malay-world corpse that returns still shrouded: no one untied its knots and it hops in search of release.
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