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
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
From the Caribbean island folklore come the Jumbies. Though to Caribbean lore, the word Jumbies refers to a whole group of vampiric entities who hunt in the night. Though, the Jumbies I’m talking about are described in the old-timey saying “it looks like a corpse candle”. Which sounds strange, but is Read more
The skinwalker is a notorious supernatural monster from Native American legends. They’re shape-shifters who were at one point normal human beings. They can transform into any animal they want, though sometimes the animal is twisted and demonically grotesque. The Navajo Tribe, in particular, have an immense amount of lore surrounding skinwalkers. Read more
In Arabic mythology as well as European folklore there’s an evil creature that lurks in graveyards and uninhabited places where there’s plenty of corpses around; the ghoul. In Arabian folklore, a ghoul is a shapeshifting demon that roams the desert and likes to take on the form of a hyena. Read more
Some people are born Strigoi, and some people become Strigoi after death. In Romania, people are still commonly knowledgeable about this ancient depiction of the vampire. In fact, Bram Stoker, the author of the famous ‘Dracula’ was originally going to have his vampire be from Austria until he discovered the Read more
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