Bad and Boujie Bacoo : Suriname Guyana

The Bacoo is a creature of Caribbean mythology. It is described to be a dwarf sized creature like a leprechaun and even though there are similarities between these two myths, the actions and known behavioural patterns are different.

It’s said to be planted in one's yard and if you are aware of this creature's presence within the house compound, they can use it to their advantage as these creatures feed off of bananas and milk, the person that feeds them becomes their master and the bacoo brings them wealth.

Anansi : Ghana ,Caribbean, Diaspora
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He takes the shape of a spider and is sometimes considered to be a god of all knowledge of stories. Taking the role of trickster, he is also one of the most important characters of West African, AA, WI folklore

Anansi at a Jouvert
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While often-depicted as an animal, Anansi has many representations, not only acting as a man but appearing as one. Also Anansi is an anthropomorphized spider with a human face, or conversely, a human with spider-like.

Tituba the Witch /
Folklore/History mix
The first woman to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials. She was enslaved and owned by Samuel Parris of Massachusetts. Research has suggested that she was a South American native from Barbados.

She was a pivotal figure in the witch trials when she confessed to witchcraft and snitched out Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne participated in said witchcraft. She was imprisoned and later released by Samuel Conklin, but little to nothing is known about Tituba after release.

Papa Bois -

Or known as "Maître Bois", meaning master of the woods or "Daddy Bouchon" or hairy man is a popular fictional folklore character of SLU and TNT. Called the "keeper of the forest", he is thought of as the protector of the forests and their flora and fauna.

His is thought a short, old man of African descent with cloven hooves ,beard of leaves. His body is completely covered with hair like that of a donkey and small horns sprout from his forehead. He is also known to transform himself into a deer, luring hunters into the forest

La Diablesse - Trinidad and Tobago

Or devil woman, is a woman whose figure and dress make her appear to be beautiful. But she wears a large brimmed hat to hide her disfigured and ugly face.
She is found in almost every village in Trinidad, particularly in Northern Trinidad

Her long dress hides her one hoof. She casts spells on her unsuspecting male victim’s whom she leads into the forest with the promise of sexual favors.

These men are never able to catch up with her, eventually finding themselves lost and bewildered. often meeting a grily end

Steel Donkey - Barbados

Essentially the Barbadian version of the Jamaican Rolling Calf. This ‘creature’ emerged sometime in the early 20th century, out of the superstition of ‘cursing’ your enemies.

It has features of a donkey with eyes like fire

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Soucouyant - , , ,

also known as Loogaroo or Lougarou in Louisiana and elsewhere in the Caribbean or Ole-Higue (also Ole Haig) or Asema in in it is known as Hag. Whew !

Hope you liked my #caribbeanfolklore series

She appears as a reclusive old woman by day. By night, she strips off her wrinkled skin and puts it in a mortar. In her true form, a fireball she flies across the dark sky in search of a victim. She can enter the home of her victim through any sized hole like crevices/keyholes.