Wendigo
wiindigoo · witiko · Whitego
A cannibal hunger under winter scarcity — and the fear that an adult person can be overtaken by it.
Algonquian traditions · Northern forests
THE CABINET
The files ahead. Real folklore, from across the world.
Kappa
kawatarō · enkō
Before mass media turned it cute, river lore treated it as an expert drowner with a taste for livestock, children, and etiquette traps.
Japan
Banshee
bean sí · bean sidhe
Her old job is usually not killing, but announcing that death is already on the road.
Ireland and Gaelic Scotland
Black Shuck
Old Shuck · Old Shock
When the East Anglian black dog makes the record, it does so with thunder, church doors, and witnesses who thought the Devil had come in on four legs.
East Anglia, England
Kelpie
water kelpie
The horse by the ford looks rideable right up until your hands will not come off its hide.
Scotland
Ghoul
ghul · ghulah
The Arabic ghoul is a road and graveyard ambusher first, a cemetery zombie second.
Arabic and Middle Eastern folklore
Bunyip
banib · katenpai
There was never just one bunyip — southeastern Aboriginal traditions vary by language group and place, and the unified swamp monster is largely a colonial simplification.
Southeastern Aboriginal Australia
Dullahan
Gan Ceann · Cóiste Bodhar
The headless rider does not need to chase everyone — only to stop where a name is about to be called.
Ireland
Will-o'-the-wisp
ignis fatuus · corpse candle
The light in the marsh does not attack; it lets the traveler do the walking.
Britain, Ireland, and wider Europe
Selkie
silkie · selchie
In northern island lore, the magic costume is not a cape but a sealskin, and whoever controls it controls the marriage.
Orkney, Shetland, and the North Atlantic
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