Mythical Monsters

Cobbled together from corpses, the Tokoloshe is a South African monster that is particularly wicked. Night after night, Nomble is terrorized by the goblin-like creature, whose bag of tricks runs from deadly... to dreamlike. 

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Megabats aren’t the only massively winged creatures you’ll find on the Zanzibar Archipelago. The Popobawa is a bat-like shapeshifter that sows terror in times of political turmoil. It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe in it. It will find you anyway. 

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The vetala is a winged corpse, a necromancer, and in today’s story... a stowaway. Lieutenant Lambton has just arrived home to England, and his daughter Viola couldn’t be more excited to reunite — until she realizes her father’s brought something back with him. 

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In a cautionary tale from ancient Greece, a weaver declines to join the wine-soaked revelry of the Bacchanalia… and gets a surprise visit from the daughters of King Minyas. 

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From Aboriginal Australia, Balayang is a powerful bat deity who exists outside of linear time. But that doesn’t make him invincible…

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Lurking in the sewers of a German town, the Bahkauv is a hybrid monster that’s lured out by loud noises and the smell of alcohol. So revelers, beware. If you make a ruckus on your way home from a night out, you could lose your wallet… or your life. 

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In turn-of-the-century France, an artist’s muse meets the beguiling Green Fairy after tasting absinthe for the first time.

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Lurking in the cellars of Ireland’s noble families, the clurichaun is a red-clothed, ruddy-cheeked terror. He offers his services in exchange for wine. But when the stores run dry, misfortune follows. 

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In Greek mythology, Silenus is the adoptive father of Dionysus – the god of wine. And despite having a taste for the drink himself, Silenus’s mind is keen and cunning. Which makes it all the harder for King Midas to use him as a pawn in his schemes. 

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Appearing in Indigenous stories all across America, the Deer Woman is a beautiful stranger who keeps your eyes on her at every moment. Even when she’s about to kill you.

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