To the Czech people, there isn’t anything much more nightmare-inducing than the Bubak, who’s also known as the Sack Man. This monster has different names because there are different versions of the entity along with different descriptions of its appearance. In some tales, the Buback has a pumpkin for a Read more
In Germanic folklore, there’s a supernatural being known as the Alp. Which, when translated, means “elf.” But, an Alp is nothing like what we would think of how an elf should be. An Alp is a nightmare monster. Its primary victims are women, and they only attack at night, by Read more
The Japanese have some of the craziest and most exciting monster legends out there. I mean, seriously, if you like weird and awesome, yea, they’re great. The Gashadokuro is a yokai from Japan. It’s a giant skeleton that roams the countryside at night. Their teeth chatter and a sound of Read more
The yara-ma-yha-who is a monster from Aboriginal mythology in Australia and has become quite legendary. The creatures look like a human frog hybrid with red fur, huge head, and a wide massive mouth that goes from one side of its face to the other in a wide rictus grin. But Read more
Coming into mainstream consciousness during the renaissance, we have the homunculus. Though, the origins of these monsters go back much further in Kabbalistic Hebrew mysticism. The name homunculus roughly translates to “little human being” and is essentially an artificial person that is created through the use of Alchemy and is Read more
Originating in the Philipines, the manananggal is a horrific type of female entity with vampiric qualities. This monster is also referred to as a Tik-Tik because of a tiny bird that follows it around. And if you hear the “tik-tik” sound from the bird, it means a Manananggal is in Read more
In South Afrika, there is the legend of a giant primordial snake as old as the planet Earth itself: the Grootslang. As the tale goes past down from generation to generation, the monster originated as a mistake of the gods. Originally there were many and were glorious in their might. Read more
From English folklore comes Black Annis. She is a malevolent blue-skinned haggard witch with sharp iron talons. She is extremely tall and stalks the night with glowing eyes and an ever gaping mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth. The first known written evidence of this entity comes from a title deed Read more
This demonic monster comes from the Philippines and is created whenever a fetus is aborted. Which is pretty sad, I don’t like monster legends that have to do with children or babies being harmed, but the Tikbalang is just too creepy to pass up. Their appearance is…. pretty bizarre too. Read more
[the_ad_placement id=”e”]Some monsters take a more subtle route when hunting victims. The kuri is one such creature. Lots of people die in the wild and are usually buried in shallow makeshift graves. The kuri lurk around such graves. And if either by accident or out of curiosity someone approaches this Read more
Article by Lilly Lutz The Banshee, known as the Bean Si (Irish- ” woman of the otherworld”), the Bean-Nighe (Scottish- “Little Washer by the Ford”) is a spirit that is prevalent in both Irish and Scottish folklore. Their appearance and behavior vary slightly between these two regions; both retain the Read more
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