Reading Time: 4 minutes A bhoot or bhuta (Sanskrit: भूत bhūta) is a supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person, in the popular culture, literature and some ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent. Interpretations of how bhoots…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The baykok (or pau’guk, paguk, baguck; bakaak in the Ojibwe language and pakàk in the Algonquin language) is a malevolent spirit from the mythology of the Ojibway nation. ChronosHe has been interested in the paranormal…
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Reading Time: 9 minutes In European folklore and folk-belief of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, familiar spirits (sometimes referred to simply as “familiars” or “animal guides”) were believed to be supernatural entities that would assist witches and cunning…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Lākhey (Nepal Bhasa: लाखे, lā-khé) (alternative spellings Lākhe, Lākhay, लाखय्) is a demon in Nepalese folklore. He is depicted with a ferocious face, protruding fangs and mane of red or black hair. Lakhes figure prominently…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Gurumāpā (Devanagari: गुरुमापा) is a mythical creature in the folklore of Nepal Mandala. According to legend, he is said to take away disobedient children, and so was banished to a field in Kathmandu. The story…
View More Gurumapa Reading Time: 12 minutes The Coco (also known as the Cuco, Coca, Cuca, Cucuy, or Cucuí) is a mythical ghost-monster, equivalent to the bogeyman, found in many Hispanophone and Lusophone countries. It can also be considered an Iberian version…
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Reading Time: 1 minute In Russian folklore, the Chuchunya is an entity said to dwell in Siberia. It has been described as six to seven feet tall and covered with dark hair. ChronosHe has been interested in the paranormal…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The moon rabbit in folklore is a rabbit that lives on the Moon, based on pareidolia that identifies the markings of the Moon as a rabbit. The folklore originated in China, and then spread to…
View More Moon rabbit Reading Time: 5 minutes A jiangshi, also known as a Chinese “hopping” zombie, is a type of reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore. “Jiangshi” is read geung-si in Cantonese, Phi Dip Chin in Thai, cương thi in Vietnamese,…
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Reading Time: 7 minutes In Algonquian folklore, the wendigo (/ˈwɛndɪɡoʊ/) or windigo (also wetiko) is a mythical man-eating creature or evil spirit native to the northern forests of the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes Region of the United States…
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