#CreatureFeature

~ ~ ~ Hey, P&W! Wow, thanks for all of your participation in last week's OWC, #CreatureFeature! It was super fun reading about all kinds of creatures and spirits. Since we got so many awesome posts this time around, we have quite a few top picks! Check them out, if you haven't already. Yo...

#CreatureFeature I'm sure many of you have heard of the tales of Werewolves and Vampires from around the world and around your region, but, I'm sure you've never heard of a creature quite like this. < :wavy_dash: :wavy_dash: :wavy_dash: :wavy_dash: :wavy_dash: 🦋 :ant: 🦋 :wavy_dash: :wavy_dash: :wavy_dash: :wavy_dash: :wavy_dash: > The Lougawou The Lougawou / Lougarou is a Haitian Fol...

In the cold night of Christmas, a creature roams the land looking for those who had the misfortune to not receive new clothes for Christmas or those who were badly behaved. The Jolakötturinn or Yule Cat is a giant cat with glowing yellow eyes. They roam the snowy streets and look in ...

I adore this week’s OWC and decided to dive head first into the folklore of a culture I rarely see talked about - but which is very close and dear to me. Persian Folklore. I hope to take this challenge and make it the start of a whole series revolving around the topic. Now, although I am ...

Lokis kids tend to habe a bit of a bad reputation mostly for being the causes of ragnarok and the also because of their appearances. However, are they really that bad? As a person whose patrons are Loki and Hel at times I'm a bit biased towards their family however I think that at times many people ...

I was going through my mixes on Spotify, and I found the song Selkie-boy by The Lost Words: Spell Songs and Julie Fowlis (click here for Spotify link). I cried when I heard it and read over the lyrics. It was a call back home for me. But some of you may not even know what a Selkie is. ...

The creature I've connected most to recently has been the Selkie. In reading Danielle Dulsky's "Moon and Flame" alongside the seasons of the year, a recent chapter included "The Selkie-Hags Pelt: A Harvest Moon Tale." She describes this creature succinctly as "half woman and half seal". ...

I tried to keep this as short and precise as I could. I love all of the lore surrounding Chimera. The Chimera, according to Greek mythology, was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal. It is usually depicted as a...

Hello. Today I'm gonna share the Legend of the foundation of Ljubljana, my countrys capital city. The story goes like this... The hero of Greek mythology, Jason, stole the golden fleece from King Aeëtes and fled on Argo with his comrades, known as Agronauts across the Black Sea. Instead g...

A Dybbuk is a malevolent spirit that enters the living and attaches itself to the victim's soul. This spirit gains its name from this act of possession as the word Dybbuk is derived from the Hebrew word דָּבַק‎ dāḇaq which translates to “adhere” or “cling”, Dybbuk is in fact an abbreviation as the s...

I thought this week’s #OWC #CreatureFeature is a perfect chance to start what I hope to make a reasonably long series about Slavic demonology. The first part will go over my favorite Slavic entity - żmij (a.k.a. „the Slavic dragon”) and the varied ways their lore developped aming Western, Eastern...

DISCLAIMER There isn't an exact translation of a lot of things that I named on this blog. It's part of chileans' folklore and, as a chilean, I wanted to respect the proper names. ╴ ╴ ╴ ╴ ╴ ╴ ╴❀ ╴ ╴ ╴ ╴ ╴ ╴ ╴ ＷＥＬＣＯＭＥ ＴＯ ＭＹ ＢＬＯＧ ─────────────────── .          .   ...