The drummer boy (Edinburgh).
2.From Paraguay: Jasy Jatere is a blond, beautiful dwarf that goes around naked in the woods.
He owns a golden stick that provides him with magical powers.
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4.Toecutters (tenensnijders) cut off childrens toes when they walk barefoot through a field.
8.The Irish banshee is a creature that shrieks and wails.
You usually hear/see her close to the death of someone in your family.
10.Luison is similar to a werewolf.
On Tuesday and Friday nights he transforms into a horrible dog.
The souls he takes never go to the afterlife, and thats why hes so feared.
Some people think the seventh kid in every family grows to be a Luison.
11.People in my town spoke of Deer Woman.
Origin story differs but I was told a woman was killed and buried on top of a deer.
12.Douens- the souls of children who have died before they were baptized.
They are doomed to roam the earth forever.
13.Duppies Duppies are ghosts that roam the earth at night.
By which time the sun will have arisen and they must then return to the spirit world.
14.Mama De Leau A half woman, half snake with long flowing hair which she combs constantly.
Hunters tell stories of coming upon her in the deep forests we have.
15.Papa Bois the lover of Mama De Leau.
He lives in the forest and he is the father of the animals that live there.
He is often seen by hunters and other people who live near the forest.
He gets animals out of snares and treats sick animals.
He is usually very kind, but can be dangerous when crossed.
He might even cast a spell on a bad hunter and turn him into a wild hog.
16.Pombero is some kind of elf.
He is the guardian of the woods and wild animals.
He lives in the countryside, and announces his presence whistling.
He punishes the hunters that kill more animals than necessary, by making them disappear forever.
17.NunYunuWi (Stone man) and Utlunta (Spearfinger).
Both myths from the Cherokee tribes that were in East Tennessee.
Stone man would devour the souls of villages.
(Rokurokubi) Was a women during the day.
But when they would sleep, their neck would stretch to incredible lengths and roam around freely.
Drinking either blood or sometimes eating humans.
They appear on rainy nights near the coastal whale villages.
Scaring and placing a curse on anyone who sees it.
She will seduce young handsome men, wrap them up in her web and eat them!
21.The drummer boy (Edinburgh).
They followed the sound of the drums and at one point it stopped.
The boy never returned.
Some people say that if you stand in the right place you could still hear the drums.
24.This is a Mongolian myth.
My grandma told me this when we were at the countryside where theres very little human interaction.
I dont remember if you die by the end of it or is just left there.
One of her feet is a cows hoof, which she tries to hide under her long white skirt.
He follows her, totally under her spell.
She leads him deep into the woods and then suddenly she disappears.
27.Small town in upstate NY.
Fairly well-off guy, well-known in town, comes racing into the station, right before midnight.
No schedule shows a train arriving for another hour, but there it is.
Guy runs through the booth and jumps onto the train.
Train rolls off into the night.
Nobody ever saw him again.
The people of Hamelin were out of their wits.
The citizens agreed and promised him a generous reward if he succeeded.
Enchanted by his music, they followed him when he stepped into a nearby river where they drowned.
The piper had fulfilled his promise, but the people of Hamelin denied him his reward.
The stranger left angrily and without payment.
Some time later though he returned and played his flute once more.
This time it were the children of Hamelin that fell under his tunes spell.
He led them out of the town and into a cave under a mountain.
None of the other children were ever seen again.
29.Dont look up trees when you are out walking at night.
30.When a person is asleep, their soul leaves their body.
31.Tiktik/Wakwak A kind of aswang.
Its prominent feature is that it tricks its prey through its sounds.
When you hear tik… tik… tik… loudly, they are far away.
When you hear it quietly, they are near.
32.Maria Labo She was once a hardworking OFW and a mother of three children.
Thats where she gets her name.
She escapes and runs off in the wilderness, hunting children.
Basically a bunch of bearded dwarves.
The first one is Stekkajasteur who harasses and kills your sheep.
Giljagaur steals your milk and tips your cows.
Stufur destroys your kitchen and steals dirty pans to eat the crust off them.
Pvorusleiker (Spoon Licker) licks your spoons and is malnourished.
Pottasleiker steals your pots and also licks them.
Askasleiker hides under your bed and steals bowls you leave in your room to lick them.
Hurroaskellir slams your doors loudly while youre sleeping.
Skyrgamur steals your skyr (yogurt).
Bjugnakreiker (Sausage Swiper) hides in your oven and steals sausages that you cook.
Gluggaggir stalks you through your windows and steals things from you when he catches you sleeping.
Ketkrokur has a hook for a hand and uses it to steal your meat.
Kertasnikir stalks children to steal and eat their candles.
Gryla is the mother of these demons that abducts and eats children that misbehave.
And of course, Doorway-Sniffer (Gattabefur) who has an abnormally large nose to fucking sniff your doorways.
He also steals bread.
34.In the Netherlands we have this folklore called The Buckriders.
These Buckriders were ghosts or demonic creatures riding the sky on the back of a buck.
They plundered and raided under the name of The Buckriders.
Ancient creatures that predate the ancient cultures around here, that walk to this day.
It was a weird ass creature with CRAZY long arms that was reaching through their window at night.
Thats why you shouldnt put the head of your bed near the window.
37.Tokoloshe in the southern Africa.
The culture of witch doctors and rituals was very very very strong and real to many people.
Probably a demon possessing you rather than the fact you got an infection from a spider bite.
Shes called white lady because she wears white cloth during her apparitions.
The most popular version of the white lady is the one from Balete Drive.
39.Tiyanak Its a baby demon that disguises itself as a lost baby in the forest.
40.In Oxfordshire (UK) theres a fairly obscure creature of legend called the Boneless.
Its purported to be a sort of protoplasmic blob that ambushes and suffocates travelers on lonely paths.
Parents tell their children that the Babai is waiting under their beds.
42.The cursed monastery of Creake.
This one is interesting because its half-historical fact.
In the middle of the Norfolk broads theres a ruined monastery.
However some years later the monastery was destroyed during a heavy storm.
It had been ravaged by fire after purportedly being struck by lightning.
None of the monks survived having had the misfortune to be fast asleep when the blaze took hold.
Normally it would be horribly traumatizing for the local community to lose their connection to God like that.
Many of locals even came to believe the monastery had been cursed by God.
So it was abandoned to lapse into ruin once again.
If youre Mexican you know her story.
If youre not let me tell you.
She didnt mean to kill them, but it was too late, they were dead.
Most parents use it as a lesson to listen to them or she will kill you.
My great grandmother told us how she evaded one a long time ago while her husband was away gambling.
They found deep gashes on the side of her home the next night.
Basically a Cajun swamp werewolf.
48.The balan-balan or Penanggal.
A floating head with its organs still intact (guts, heart, etc.)
It is believed to be a creature of witchcraft practiced by people for various reasons.
Pregnant women and young children especially.
Thats why in any old crossroad here in Galicia, there is a Cruceiro.
