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Heikegani

Japanese crabs with a shell pattern similar to a scowling mask, which, according to legend, became samurai who died in a sea battle.
11-11-2024 / 11-11-2024,
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Kani oni

According to japanese folklore, demonic crabs with blue-green spiky carapaces, six limbs, and with fanged mouths on bearded faces.
11-08-2024 / 11-08-2024,
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Henkies

One of the names for the trows from the Orkney and Shetland Islands, indicating their lameness as a distinctive physical defect.
11-02-2024 / 11-02-2024,
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Water Bull from Ushachy Lakeland

In the folklore of the Ushachi district of the Vitebsk region of Belarus, a certain water creature with a shovel-shaped tail, roaring at...
10-11-2024 / 10-11-2024,
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Nife

According to the folklore of the Istanbul Greeks, the ghost of a dead bride who lures men to the cemetery at night.
09-27-2024 / 10-08-2024,
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Chervin

According to the folklore of the northwestern Switzerland, a small quadruped with extraordinary strength that moves people and cattle to the...
09-22-2024 / 09-23-2024,
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Bishmyiyyk

In Bashkir mythology, a scary old man with five moustaches, who is used to frighten naughty children.
09-20-2024 / 09-23-2024,
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Kanibōzu

According to japanese folklore, giant crabs which disguise themselves as priests and haunt temples.
09-20-2024 / 09-20-2024,
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Views: 862
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Khar Darna

In Kalmyk folk-beliefs, an evil spirit that strangles people in their sleep and prevents them from waking up.
08-06-2024 / 09-23-2024,
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Daki

Terrifying women who haunt the rocky islands of Japanese Saga Prefecture and feed upon human life.
08-06-2024 / 08-06-2024,
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Kaeru nyōbō

According to Japanese folklore, frogs that have transformed into human women to marry human men.
06-17-2024 / 06-17-2024,
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Hamaguri nyōbō

According to Japanese folklore, clams that transform into human women in order to marry human men.
06-02-2024 / 06-02-2024,
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Views: 1131
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Milauro

According to folk-beliefs of South Tyrol, a fantastic creature with a snake-dragon body and head of a human baby.
05-27-2024 / 06-21-2024,
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Belliegha

The common Maltese name for bogies inhabiting wells, caves and the sea.
04-24-2024 / 04-24-2024,
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Gadajdu

According to Maltese folklore, a nocturnal creature that looks like a human skeleton covered with a thin pale skin, waiting for the victim...
04-22-2024 / 05-24-2024,
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Views: 1685
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Lunantishee

A tribe of British fairies who jealously guard the blackthorn bushes.
04-18-2024 / 04-18-2024,
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Sprites

One of the general English names for fairies and similar creatures.
04-16-2024 / 04-24-2024,
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Views: 1218
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Rukkihunt

According to the Estonian folklore, a demon that hides in grain and is capable of blighting crops with rust spores.
04-01-2024 / 04-03-2024,
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Views: 1154
Comments: 2
04-03-2024, KOT
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Mommi

A demonological bogeyman used to frighten children by the Griko people living in southern Italy.
03-28-2024 / 04-03-2024,
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Views: 1112
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Abe

According to Albanian folklore, a female ghost or phantom wearing the coarse shroud or thick cloak.
03-13-2024 / 03-13-2024,
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Kolakog

According to the folklore of the Bicol people inhabiting the southeastern part of the Luzon island in the Philippine, a peaceful and...
02-21-2024 / 02-21-2024,
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Views: 1622
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Jans

According to the folklore of the southern Portuguese region of the Algarve, invisible house spirits who spin beautiful linen fabrics at...
12-07-2023 / 04-08-2024,
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Hiran

In Portuguese folklore, the creature that becomes from the seventh daughter is a big-headed skinny girl who turns into a snake.
11-21-2023 / 11-21-2023,
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Views: 2271
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Angako d Ngato

According to folk-beliefs of Kalinga people from Philippines, the spiritis that afflict with sickness.
10-24-2023 / 10-24-2023,
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Views: 15829
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Bhim

According to Maltese folklore, a kind of cow-like animal monster.
10-24-2023 / 10-24-2023,
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Views: 1729
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Manangilaw

According to the folklore of the Bicolano people from Philippines, hairy humanoid giants living in caves.
10-23-2023 / 10-26-2023,
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Views: 1957
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Bentohangin

According to folk-beliefs of Sulod people from Philippines, a flying half-human, half-horse creatures similar to the winged centaurs with...
10-23-2023 / 10-23-2023,
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Views: 2108
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Abak

A malevolent or demonic spirit of the Mandayas people from Philippines.
10-23-2023 / 12-22-2023,
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Views: 2500
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Butatsch Cun Ilgs

According to the folklore of the Swiss Alps, a gigantic monster with a shapeless body covered with thousands of eyes, living at the bottom...
10-13-2023 / 10-26-2023,
Page size: 4 141
Views: 2532
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10-14-2023, KOT
Rating: 10 / 10 (1)

Bicho do Cidrão

In the folklore of the Portuguese island of Madeira, a ghostly creature that leads an invisible flock of sheep through the mountains, and...
09-18-2023 / 11-21-2023,
Page size: 1 224
Views: 2360
Comments: 3
09-19-2023, KOT
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Shefro

According to the folklore of Southern Ireland, the small trooping fairies, who often who carry off children and young girls.
07-31-2023 / 07-31-2023,
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Salbanelli

According to northern Italian folklore, the little wood spirits, children of the Salvanelli.
05-26-2023 / 05-26-2023,
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Views: 2104
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Salvanelli

According to northern Italian folklore, the wood spirits, described as tiny men living in hollows and cracks in the bark.
05-12-2023 / 05-26-2023,
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Ħeddiela

According to Maltese folklore, a female entity that presses on the sleeping person's chest; personification of sleep paralysis.
05-04-2023 / 08-06-2024,
Page size: 2 216
Views: 2777
Comments: 3
04-22-2024, KOT
Rating: 10 / 10 (2)

Amuku Pey

According to Tamil folklore, an evil spirit pressing on the chest of the sleepers.
05-04-2023 / 08-06-2024,
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Views: 2182
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Madzikirira

According to the folklore of the Shona people living in Zimbabwe, an evil spirit pressing on the chest of the sleeping people.
05-04-2023 / 08-06-2024,
Page size: 327
Views: 1953
Comments: 1
08-06-2024, KOT
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Embekete

According to folklore of the Onge people of the Andaman Islands, a tiny humanoid spirit leaving the body of a warrior who died of natural...
04-29-2023 / 04-29-2023,
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Bakekujira

According to Japanese belief, animated whale skeletons which sail near the surface of the sea.
04-26-2023 / 04-26-2023,
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Views: 4419
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Bhurey

According to the folklore of the Indian Himalayas, a spirit in the form of a teenage boy with chicken-like wings and claw-like hands.
04-21-2023 / 04-21-2023,
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Cocollona

A river creature from Gironian local folklore, a nun turned into a crocodile with butterfly wings.
01-27-2023 / 01-27-2023,
Page size: 4 608
Views: 3224
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Baak

A very tall and skinny, fish-smelling ghostly humanoid from the folklore of the East Indian state of Assam.
12-20-2022 / 06-21-2023,
Page size: 4 021
Views: 6785
Comments: 2
06-21-2023, KOT
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Kaevukoll

According to Estonian folklore, a bogeyman living in a well, which was used to scare children.
11-29-2022 / 04-16-2024,
Page size: 498
Views: 1766
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Hajikkaki

According to Japanese folklore, pathetic looking yōkai with plump, white, hairless blobby bodies; the personification of shame or...
11-28-2022 / 11-28-2022,
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Views: 3154
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Vântoase

According to Romanian folklore, a female creatures capable of causing dust storms and powerful winds.
11-10-2022 / 11-10-2022,
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Views: 2482
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Minokedachi

According to Japanese folklore, ugly yōkai spirits which resemble hairy old men.
10-30-2022 / 10-30-2022,
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Tailypo

A large cat-like creature with a markedly long tail that was, according to Appalachian oral traditions and campfire stories, capable of...
10-24-2022 / 10-25-2022,
Page size: 2 027
Views: 3009
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Matsadu

According to the folklore of the East Indian Atong people, a shapeshifter which is human during the day and becomes a tiger at night.
10-24-2022 / 10-24-2022,
Page size: 398
Views: 2480
Comments: 2
10-24-2022, KOT
Rating: 10 / 10 (1)

Kenmun

Hairy water and tree spirits from the Amami islands in southern Japan, a cross between a kappa and a monkey.
10-12-2022 / 10-12-2022,
Page size: 8 263
Views: 4500
Comments: 2
10-12-2022, KOT
Rating: 9 / 10 (1)

Bindas

A some bathhouse spirit, which was used to scare children in the Lepel district of Vitebsk Region of Belarus.
10-02-2022 / 09-27-2024,
Page size: 1 336
Views: 6233
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Ajaju

A man-eating monster from the Garo Hills of Meghalaya (Eastern India), looking like giant kneeless chameleon with twelve long forked tongues.
09-30-2022 / 10-20-2022,
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Tulikettu

According to folk stories of northern and eastern Finland, mythical black fox whose tail twinkles fire.
07-04-2022 / 07-05-2022,
Page size: 1 849
Views: 6704
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Kiyo hime

Famous demon woman from Japanese literature who has attained the maximum level of power, an example of a honnari hannya.
06-29-2022 / 06-29-2022,
Page size: 6 369
Views: 21223
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Jūmen

According to Japanese folklore, the ugly yōkai that looks like a man with elephant ears, a wide fish lips and red rings around his eyes.
06-17-2022 / 06-17-2022,
Page size: 1 902
Views: 4043
Comments: 1
06-23-2022, korg
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Nikurashi

According to Japanese folklore, the yōkai that looks like a girl with a seductive body, but with a scary face, a ribbed neck and dangling...
06-17-2022 / 06-17-2022,
Page size: 1 646
Views: 4192
Comments: 1
06-23-2022, korg
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Iyaya

According to Japanese folklore, the urban yōkai that looks from the back like an attractive young woman, but has an ugly old face.
06-14-2022 / 06-14-2022,
Page size: 1 091
Views: 4543
Comments: 1
06-23-2022, korg
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Toyol

According to Malaysian folklore, an undead vampiric demon, created by magic and used by a witch to be her familiar.
05-26-2022 / 05-26-2022,
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Views: 4205
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Bram Bram Chok

A monster from Kashmiri folklore, the giant covered with long dark hair, with flaming torchlike eyes.
04-27-2022 / 05-09-2023,
Page size: 3 055
Views: 5394
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Moyang Lang Kuit

According to Mah Meri folklore from western Malaysia, a serpent-eagle spirit whose appearance is a bad omen.
04-26-2022 / 04-26-2022,
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Views: 2759
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Shoopiltee

According to Shetland folktales, the water-spirit which appears in the form of a pretty little horse.
04-25-2022 / 04-25-2022,
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Views: 3367
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Biron

According to Japanese folklore, the elongated, white, ghostly-looking yōkai with drooping features, protruding teeth, and long tails.
04-24-2022 / 04-24-2022,
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Seal Maidens

Beautiful sea shapeshifting maidens from the folklore of the British Isles.
03-30-2022 / 03-30-2022,
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Views: 4173
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Gwragedd Annwn

Beautiful and desirable lake maidens from welsh folk fairy tales.
03-30-2022 / 03-30-2022,
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Views: 5255
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Raijū

According to Japanese folklore, the embodiment of lightning into an animal form with long, sharp claws and ferocious faces.
03-18-2022 / 03-18-2022,
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Views: 11963
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Kingu

A monstrous god in Babylonian (akkadian) mythology, the son of the gods Abzu and Tiamat.
02-10-2022 / 02-10-2022,
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Korōri

According to Japanese folklore, a personification of cholera, a chimerical beast in the form of a tanuki, with the stripes of a tiger, and...
01-24-2022 / 01-25-2022,
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Chinka

According to georgian folklore, a mythical creature, living in a house or an abandoned building.
12-29-2021 / 12-29-2021,
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Gye-lyong

One of the many Korean dragons, the rooster-dragon, often called as Korean basilisk or Korean cockatrice.
11-24-2021 / 11-24-2021,
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Agogwe

According to East African folklore, humanoid dwarf creatures with yellowish-red skin and orange-colored hair.
11-18-2021 / 04-06-2024,
Page size: 12 081
Views: 6283
Comments: 1
06-23-2022, korg
Rating: 10 / 10 (2)

Niffler

Small black beast from Harry Potter world, has a predilection for anything glittery.
11-17-2021 / 11-17-2021,
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Views: 11502
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Gray panda of the Lubcha castle

According to local legend, the ghost of an ash-smeared panda living in the Lubcha Castle near Novogrudok, in the north-west of Belarus.
11-01-2021 / 11-05-2021,
Page size: 1 242
Views: 7563
Comments: 2
11-01-2021, KOT
Rating: 10 / 10 (2)

Ulišyca

According to Belarusian folklore, a female nocturnal forest or water demon with red eyes, a large mouth to ears, a flat nose, tail and cow's...
10-20-2021 / 03-18-2023,
Page size: 6 549
Views: 11103
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Kurakpao

According to folk beliefs of Bicol people from Luzon island in the Philippines, a very untidy and dirty creature that has thick, disheveled...
10-12-2021 / 10-12-2021,
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Views: 4412
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Shinigami

According to Japanese folklore, a broad term referring to spirits of the dead which possess and harm the living.
10-10-2021 / 10-14-2021,
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Views: 11582
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Barola

According to folk beliefs of Punjabi (region of Pakistan and India), a whirlwind or dust devil.
08-27-2021 / 08-27-2021,
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Views: 6089
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Biloko

Acording to Congo folklore, a hairless humanoid overgrown with grass, within mouth up wide enough to swallow its prey whole.
08-27-2021 / 08-27-2021,
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Tripodero

According to the folklore of the American colonists, an amazing creature with two contractile telescopic legs, a kangaroo tail and the...
08-05-2021 / 08-05-2021,
Page size: 8 099
Views: 6257
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Arie

According to Japanese folklore, prophetic aquatic yōkai with bulbous shiny bodies and long necks stick straight up out of the center of...
07-24-2021 / 07-24-2021,
Page size: 4 010
Views: 12578
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Macupo

According to Philippine folklore, a large snake, with prominent red crest, long tongue with thorn-like hairs, sharp tusks and forked tail.
07-21-2021 / 07-21-2021,
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Mondao

According to Zimbabwean folklore, pale-skinned needle toothed mermaids that enjoy pulling fishermen and swimmers under the waves.
07-20-2021 / 07-20-2021,
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Kumao

According to Philippine folklore, a creature that collects the finger nails of children and use it to trade in the underworld.
07-14-2021 / 07-15-2021,
Page size: 1 212
Views: 6162
Comments: 2
07-15-2021, KOT
Rating: 10 / 10 (1)

Bugsok

According to Philippine folklore, a creature that kidnaps children and turns them into its own kind.
07-14-2021 / 07-14-2021,
Page size: 208
Views: 4731
Comments: 2
07-15-2021, KOT
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Tsuchinoko

According to Japanese folklore, short and stumpy snake-like yōkai.
05-02-2021 / 05-02-2021,
Page size: 6 072
Views: 41636
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Rating: 9.5 / 10 (2)

Mahwot

According to folk beliefs from Ardennes, a lizard-like amphibious monster the size of a calf.
03-22-2021 / 03-22-2021,
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Views: 8341
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Karnabo

According to folk beliefs from Ardennes, hideous bogey in the form of a man with basilisk eyes and a long, trunk-like nose.
03-19-2021 / 03-23-2021,
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Views: 6275
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Lagtaw

According to folk beliefs of Suluk people from Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines, a tall black demon with huge fiery eyes.
03-16-2021 / 03-16-2021,
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Agalon Hayopan

According to folk beliefs of Bicol people from Luzon island in the Philippines, an inactive aswangs who employ crocodiles to kill people and...
03-14-2021 / 03-14-2021,
Page size: 1 198
Views: 7136
Comments: 1
06-23-2022, korg
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Dōnotsura

According to Japanese folklore, headless yōkai with extremely large face on its torso.
03-13-2021 / 03-13-2021,
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Inene

According to folklore of the Onge people of the Andaman Islands, ghost-beings of the deceased by natural death.
02-20-2021 / 02-20-2021,
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Views: 4569
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Portunes

According to English folk beliefs, small agricultural fairies, who help with any arduous labour, but don't miss the opportunity to make...
02-07-2021 / 02-08-2021,
Page size: 5 649
Views: 5751
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Rating: 9 / 10 (1)

Gawgaw

According to a Maltese superstitious belief, a zombie-like beast with long hair and curved nails, shambling through the streets late at...
02-04-2021 / 02-04-2021,
Page size: 2 226
Views: 6132
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Rating: 9.5 / 10 (2)

Umi bōzu

According to Japanese folklore, mysterious giantic aquatic yōkai.
01-31-2021 / 01-31-2021,
Page size: 3 346
Views: 10005
Comments: 4
04-09-2022, KOT
Rating: 10 / 10 (1)

Gaueko

According to Basque mythology, the spirit of the night that does not allow humans to do certain works outside the house during the night.
01-24-2021 / 01-24-2021,
Page size: 6 446
Views: 7633
Comments: 1
01-24-2021, Дмитрий
Rating: 10 / 10 (1)

H’awouahoua

According to folklore from Algeria, a monstrous creature that is known for eating children alive.
01-21-2021 / 01-21-2021,
Page size: 1 191
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Views: 7364
Comments: 2
01-21-2021, KOT
Rating: 10 / 10 (1)

Tōfu kozō

According to Japanese folklore, small yōkai who resemble children-servants with large heads and clawed fingers and toes.
01-19-2021 / 01-19-2021,
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Teursts

According to Bretonian Folklore, large, black, and fearsome beings, like the Highland ourisk.
01-07-2021 / 01-07-2021,
Page size: 486
Views: 5397
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Tunnerez noz

According to Bretonian Folklore, evil spirits who appear at night on the banks of streams and call on the passers-by to assist them to wash...
01-07-2021 / 01-07-2021,
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Views: 4934
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Caointeach

A one of female spirits in Scottish folklore and a type of Highland banshee.
01-07-2021 / 01-07-2021,
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Views: 6144
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Caoineag

Highland spirit from the class of Fuaths, a harbinger of death, similar to banshee but entirely invisible.
01-07-2021 / 01-07-2021,
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Views: 6788
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Bean-nighe

A female spirit in Scottish and Irish folklore, regarded as an omen of death, a type of banshee that haunts desolate streams and washes the...
01-07-2021 / 01-07-2021,
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Views: 14576
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Nain

According to Bretonian Folklore, a figure fearsomely Celtic in its hideousness, resembling the gargoyles which peer down upon the traveller...
01-07-2021 / 01-07-2021,
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Views: 6659
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