mythical creatures
adze: vampire, transforms into a firefly, biting people in their sleep, killing them (ghana)
inkanyamba: gigantic, winged eel with a voracious appetite. it is associated with brutal storms (south africe)
aswang: shape-shifting monster that devours unborn babies (philippines)
dybbuk: malevolent possessing spirit that only departs after having accomplished its goal (israel)
kamaitachi: sickle-limbed weasel that can easily cut off your limbs (japan)
teke teke: ghost of a young girl who died being cut in halp by a train. she drags herself forward, her torso leaving a trail as she crawls around, seeking to dismember other people with a scythe (japan)
pontianak: ghost of a woman who died pregnant. she eats organs after digging them out of a body with her long and sharp fingernails (indonesia)
ghoul: shapeshifting demon. it takes on the form of the corpse it has most recently devoured (arabia)
draugr: an undead with superhuman strength and stamina, cannot be harmed with normal weapons (norway)
banshee: female spirit that heralds the death of a loved one with chilling and relentless shrieks (ireland)
nuckelavee: demon-hybrid that appears as a skinned horse with skinned male torso poking out its back. it breathes disease and decay (orkney)
redcap: murderous goblin that lives in ruined castles (scotland)
kelpie: emits a cry, sounding like a human drowning to lure its pray into the water. it will then plunge the prey into an underwater grave (scotland)
gargoyle: brooding winged creature said to scare away evil spirits (england)
black dog: omen of death, associated with electrical storms, place a execution and crossroads (england)
black annis: blue witch with iron talons and a taste for humans, specifically children (england)
cerberus: three-headed dog that guards the gates to the underworld, it prevents the dead from leaving (greece)
lou carcolh: serpentine mollusc that lives in underground caverns, it swallows its victims whole (france)
nalusa falaya: black, long beings that slither around and melt into shadows (choctaw)
wendigo: cannibalistic monster that was once human, driven into madness by starvation and greed (algonquian)
la ciguapa: enchanting woman with backwards feet. she lures men into the woods (dominacan republic)
chupacabra: creature that feeds on the blood of livestock (puerto rico)
bunyip: water cryptid that lurks in swamps and creeks, on the lookout for human flesh (australia)
