La Cegua/Siguanaba is a female entity that terrorizes the countries of Central America & Mexico. She is said to be a spectral woman who appears beautiful, but later reveals she has a rotting horse’s head. She preys upon womanizing & drunken men. Legends say that she was cursed.
La Cegua/Siguanaba is a female entity that terrorizes the countries of Central America & Mexico. She is said to be a spectral woman who appears beautiful, but later reveals she has a rotting horse’s head. She preys upon womanizing & drunken men. Legends say that she was cursed.
La Cegua/Siguanaba is a female entity that terrorizes the countries of Central America & Mexico. She is said to be a spectral woman who appears beautiful, but later reveals she has a rotting horse’s head. She preys upon womanizing & drunken men. Legends say that she was cursed.
The Micomalo is a creature of Costa Rican folklore. It is a huge & horrible monkey, with fire-colored eyes and black, bristly hair, which leaves incandescent traces like burns.

Some say that he is the Devil himself with the appearance of a monkey, or that he is a demon envoy.
The Curupira is a creature of Brazilian folklore. According to legends, this creature has bright red/orange hair, & resembles a man or a dwarf, but its feet are turned backwards. They are said to live in the forests of Brazil. They produce a sound like a high pitched whistle.
The Chaneque are legendary creatures in Mexican folklore. They are conceived of as small, sprite-like beings, elemental forces and guardians of nature.
The Chaneque are legendary creatures in Mexican folklore. They are conceived of as small, sprite-like beings, elemental forces and guardians of nature.
The Chaneque are legendary creatures in Mexican folklore. They are conceived of as small, sprite-like beings, elemental forces and guardians of nature.
The Luz mala is one of the most famous legend of Argentina, Chile, & Uruguay. It is a bright light that appears in the dead of night, usually floating low to the ground. It may remain motionless, move a little, or in some stories, chase the terrified observer at high speed.
El Silbón is a folkloric figure in Colombia & Venezuela, especially in Los Llanos region, usually described as a lost soul. Some legends say that the spirit is a youth who murdered and disemboweled his father for killing his wife. The spirit tends to take revenge on womanizers.
An Asema is a kind of vampire from Surinamese folklore. It is said to be a witch who lives among people during the day as an elderly man or woman. At night, the Asema takes off their skin and turns into a blue or red ball of light to fly while feeding on someone's blood.
The legend of the Ayaymama bird in Peru is a very sad one, concerning two abandoned children who grew wings and started mourning their dead mother, with their calls that sound like "Ay, ay, mama!". For more info on them, check out this thread. https://twitter.com/gjrt888/status/1273041830704275456?s=20
Duppies and jumbies are usually characterized as ghosts or spirits in the folklore of the English-speaking West Indies/Caribbean. Different cultures have different concepts of jumbees, unlike the ghost folklore which are wispy & fog-like, the jumbee casts a dark shadowy figure.
Duppies and jumbies are usually characterized as ghosts or spirits in the folklore of the English-speaking West Indies/Caribbean. Different cultures have different concepts of jumbees, unlike the ghost folklore which are wispy & fog-like, the jumbee casts a dark shadowy figure.
Duppies and jumbies are usually characterized as ghosts or spirits in the folklore of the English-speaking West Indies/Caribbean. Different cultures have different concepts of jumbees, unlike the ghost folklore which are wispy & fog-like, the jumbee casts a dark shadowy figure.
The Cadejo is a supernatural character from Central American folklore. There is a white cadejo & a black cadejo. Both are spirits that appear at night to travelers: one to protect them from harm during their journey, the other (sometimes an incarnation of the devil) to kill them
In the folklore of the Chiloé Archipelago in Chile the Trauco is a humanoid creature of small stature - similar to a dwarf or goblin - who lives in the deep forests. It has an ugly face, and legs without feet. It has a powerful magnetism that attracts young and middle-aged women
La Tulivieja is a folkloric character from Costa Rica & Panama, who is described as a female specter who, covered by a kind of hat called a tule (shaped like a banana) and with swollen and erect breasts, it would transforms into a monster that wanders along different paths.
La Tulivieja is a folkloric character from Costa Rica & Panama, who is described as a female specter who, covered by a kind of hat called a tule (shaped like a banana) and with swollen and erect breasts, it would transforms into a monster that wanders along different paths.
La Tulivieja is a folkloric character from Costa Rica & Panama, who is described as a female specter who, covered by a kind of hat called a tule (shaped like a banana) and with swollen and erect breasts, it would transforms into a monster that wanders along different paths.
Legend of the Chupacabra started in Puerto Rico, but there are now sightings all over the world. The name means "Goat-sucker" and it comes from the animal's habit of attacking & drinking the blood of livestock, like goats.

This thread has more info: https://twitter.com/gjrt888/status/1262118394234470401?s=20
Zombies (zombi/zonbi) are featured widely in Haitian rural folklore as dead persons physically revived by the act of necromancy of a bokor, a sorcerer or witch. A zombie remains under their control, having no will of its own.
The Douen is an entity from Trinidadian folklore. Their feet are said to be backwards, and they can call to children in a parent's voice & try to lure them into the forest. They wear a big straw hat to hide the fact that they have no face except for a small mouth to speak with.
The Douen is an entity from Trinidadian folklore. Their feet are said to be backwards, and they can call to children in a parent's voice & try to lure them into the forest. They wear a big straw hat to hide the fact that they have no face except for a small mouth to speak with.
The Douen is an entity from Trinidadian folklore. Their feet are said to be backwards, and they can call to children in a parent's voice & try to lure them into the forest. They wear a big straw hat to hide the fact that they have no face except for a small mouth to speak with.
In Brazilian folklore , Boitatá is a giant fire snake that protects the fields against those who set it on fire. It lives in the waters and can also turn into a burning log, burning those that set fire to forests and forests. It is linked to a phenomenon called Fogo-fátuo
In Brazilian folklore , Boitatá is a giant fire snake that protects the fields against those who set it on fire. It lives in the waters and can also turn into a burning log, burning those that set fire to forests and forests. It is linked to a phenomenon called Fogo-fátuo
In Brazilian folklore , Boitatá is a giant fire snake that protects the fields against those who set it on fire. It lives in the waters and can also turn into a burning log, burning those that set fire to forests and forests. It is linked to a phenomenon called Fogo-fátuo
The Pombéro is from the Guaraní folklore of Paraguay, southern Brazil and, Argentina. It is a mythical humanoid creature of small stature. He is said to be a primarily nocturnal creature, and generally viewed as a troublemaker. He is usually described as being short and ugly.
The Pombéro is from the Guaraní folklore of Paraguay, southern Brazil and, Argentina. It is a mythical humanoid creature of small stature. He is said to be a primarily nocturnal creature, and generally viewed as a troublemaker. He is usually described as being short and ugly.
The Pombéro is from the Guaraní folklore of Paraguay, southern Brazil and, Argentina. It is a mythical humanoid creature of small stature. He is said to be a primarily nocturnal creature, and generally viewed as a troublemaker. He is usually described as being short and ugly.
In Ecuador, la Dama Tapada is a mysterious woman who appears men who walk alone through the streets of the city between midnight & 4 am. She signals men to follow her, & in a trance, they do. As they approach, her face becomes that of a corpse, still in a process of putrefaction.
The legend of the Duendes del bacín is a popular and well known one in rural Costa Rica. A family went to live in a house in the middle of a pasture where, without them knowing it, duendes lived. Already established there, the duendes fall in love with the owner's daughters...
... and they begin to make mischief, without letting the tenants live in peace. The family then decides to leave the house, and so that the duendes would not notice, they decided to do it in silence, but one of their children made a noise, causing the duendes to come out again
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