2026-01-16
•3 min read
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monsters and myths
Anansi: The Master of Webs
He is the Spider who owns all stories. He tricked the Sky God, captured the impossible beasts, and taught humanity that a sharp mind beats a sharp sword.
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monsters and myths
Baba Yaga: The Iron Nose
She is the Grandmother of the Forest. She travels in a mortar, steers with a pestle, and lives in a house that walks on chicken legs. She is not evil, but she is certainly not safe.
2026-01-16
•3 min read
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monsters and myths
Ciguapa: The Backward Walker
In the high mountains of the Dominican Republic, there is a woman you will never catch. She is beautiful, she is wild, and she has only one flaw: her feet are on backward.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
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monsters and myths
Curupira: The Forest Warden
The Amazon has a guardian. He is small, he has hair like fire, and his feet are turned backward. If you hunt for food, he will ignore you. If you hunt for sport, he will make sure you never leave the jungle.
2026-01-16
•3 min read
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monsters and myths
Dokkaebi: The Goblin of Artifacts
They are not ghosts. They are not monsters. They are the souls of old tools—brooms, pokers, and pestles—stained with human blood. They love wrestling, buckwheat jelly, and gold.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
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monsters and myths
Goblin: The Malice Underfoot
They are the scavengers of the supernatural world—small, malicious, and everywhere. A Goblin's prank can easily turn into a murder if the price is right.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
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monsters and myths
Kappa: The River Child
It looks like a child with a turtle's shell and a beak. It loves cucumbers. It loves sumo wrestling. And it loves to drown people and steal their souls.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
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monsters and myths
Kapre: The Smoker in the Tree
He sits in the branches of the ancient acacia, a giant with skin like bark, smoking a cigar that never burns out. He watches, he waits, and sometimes, he makes you fall in love.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
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monsters and myths
Kobold: The Spirit of the Mine
They live in your cellar. They live in the mines. They can be helpful spirits who finish your chores, or malicious demons who hide the silver and collapse the tunnels.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
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monsters and myths
Leprechaun: The Solitary Faerie
He is not a friendly little man. He is a master shoemaker, a hoarder of gold, and a trickster who will use every ounce of his magic to keep you away from his treasure.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
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monsters and myths
Leshy: The Lord of the Forest
He is as tall as the pines and as small as a blade of grass. He has green hair, bark for skin, and his shoes are on backward. If you get lost in the Russian woods, it's because the Leshy wants you to be lost.
2026-01-16
•3 min read
slavic-mythologyforest-spiritstricksters+2
monsters and myths
Maui: The Demigod
He is a hero, a trickster, and a demigod. Maui fished up islands, slowed down the sun, and stole fire for humanity. He is the champion of the Pacific, and he never backs down from a challenge.
2026-01-16
•2 min read
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