Amarok - The Giant Wolf of Inuit Folklore That Hunts Alone

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CURUPIRA - The Backward-Footed Monster of the Amazon

In 1560, a Jesuit priest wrote a letter from the coast of Brazil about demons that whip, torment, and sometimes kill people in the bush. It was the first monster ever recorded in Brazilian folklore. The people who lived beside it called it the Curupira. He is about the size of a ...  Show more

Abhartach - The Irish Undead Chieftain Said to Have Inspired Dracula

Long before Count Dracula, something in the north of Ireland refused to stay buried. Abhartach, the dwarf chieftain of Slaghtaverty in County Londonderry, was a magician and a tyrant. Killed once, he rose again. Killed twice, he rose again. Only a yew wood blade, an upside-down g ...  Show more

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